scholarly journals Urban strategies evaluation for waste management in coastal areas in the framework of area metabolism

2021 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2097277
Author(s):  
Irene Voukkali ◽  
Pantelisa Loizia ◽  
Jose Navarro Pedreño ◽  
Antonis A. Zorpas
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Accumulation Rate ◽  
Compositional Analysis ◽  
Total Surface Area ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Coastal Regions ◽  
Accumulation Index ◽  
Administrative Units

Europe is considered one of the most attractive and safe prevalent tourist destinations in the entire world. Approximately half (47.4%) of European tourist visits occurred in coastal regions, defined “on the basis of and consist of local administrative units or municipalities that border the sea, or have at least half of their total surface area within a distance of 10 km from the sea.” Destinations such as Malta, Greece, Cyprus, Spain and Croatia presented with an increased level of tourist accommodation establishments, as well as, the overall flow of tourism in the European Union is mostly concentrated on Mediterranean coastal regions (as nine out 10 tourists, in 2015, spent their holidays at coastal areas). This paper, is dealing with the assessment of a tourist area and how the concept of urban metabolism has been affected by touristic activities. Moreover, this research using several key performance indicators such as waste compositional analysis, the clean coast index, the accumulation rate, and accumulation index, etc., tries to measure the level of environmental performance, and furthermore, to assess the existing infrastructures and the waste management plan, that are being implemented. The results are very useful, for any policy-maker, as well as competent authorities and/or tourist organizations which are dealing with tourist activities and aim to propose or re-schedule any waste strategy targeting the goals of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, European Green Deal, and the new circular economy strategy.

scholarly journals Factors of variability in the accumulation of waste in a mountain region of southern Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 192 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Przydatek ◽  
Klaudia Ciągło
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Accumulation Rate ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
European Union Law ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Multiple Indicators ◽  
Change Factors ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Waste Accumulation

AbstractThe analysis of change factors in waste management in the period from 2012 to 2015 in three municipalities in a mountainous region of southern Poland exhibited strong differentiation. This was recognised based on multiple indicators of waste accumulation. Such differences were investigated between two periods, which highlighted the effect of changes in waste management primarily resulting from Directive 2008/98/EC. These changes relate to the development of selective waste collection based on eight types of waste. On this basis, an increase was observed in the amount of waste collected in the communities. Particular attention was paid to the community with the highest number of tourists, the waste accumulation rate (452.74 kg per capita) and the cost per year. An increase in the number of tourists is an important factor in terms of waste accumulation, and other factors made it possible to recognise the direction of the changes taking place in waste management. In terms of changes in waste accumulation, the implementation of the European Union law into the national law in the field of waste management is a significant factor.

scholarly journals Measuring the Level of Environmental Performance on Coastal Environment before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from Cyprus

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2485
Author(s):  
Pantelitsa Loizia ◽  
Irene Voukkali ◽  
Georgia Chatziparaskeva ◽  
Jose Navarro-Pedreño ◽  
Antonis A. Zorpas
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Accumulation Rate ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Coastal Environment ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Accumulation Index ◽  
Plastic Containers ◽  
Waste Accumulation

Tourism activities are considered, among others, the backbone of the local economies. However, tourism activities lead to adverse environmental impacts, especially in coastal zones. Coastal areas are considered and recognized as of strategic importance due to the fact that several activities take place, from leisure to business. At the same time, coastal areas are under pressure from tourist activities, and the waste generated is a very serious issue. Therefore, there are limited studies related to the environmental dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic in the coastal environment. This paper provides answers to the hypothesis that the pandemic lockdown scenario would improve environmental performance due to reduced usage and, therefore, waste, taking into account specific key performance indicators (KPIs) as these KPIs are used to evaluate the performance of an area. The results showed that the study area improved, as did the selected KPIs, i.e., clean coast index (CCI), waste accumulation rate (WAR), and waste accumulation index (WAI). Additionally, according to the final results, the concentration of micro-, meso- and macroplastics on the beach reduced, and the main issues remained the solutions on cigarette butts, straws, and other plastic containers. Furthermore, the final results are considered very useful to local authorities, stakeholders, consultants, policymakers, and any other competent authorities, to reschedule their waste management strategies, to improve waste infrastructures and their level of services (LOS), as well as, to suggest frequent awareness-raising activities to their visitors on how to protect the coastal environment, taking into account a pandemic scenario, as well as, the policy alternative impacts on EU coastal zones 2000–2050.

scholarly journals THE STRUCTURE OF THE SECONDARY RESOURCES MARKET IN UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina Stromilova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Secondary Resources ◽  
Docu Ments ◽  
Economic Relations

In the last decade, the European Union has adopted a number of the docu-ments that define the main ways of transition to a circular economy. The transition to a circular economy is due to the excessive burden on the environment of the existing business models. The secondary resources market, as one of the key elements of the circular economy, is becoming an integral and important component of any economic system. The definition of the secondary resources market as a set of economic relations in the field of demand and supply for the use of waste as secondary resources have been considered. The structure of the secondary resources market has been analysed. The institutional and legal, business and consumers subsystems have been identified as main subsystems of this market. The key elements of each subsystem have been described. Sources of formation of secondary resources with their division into as production and consumption have been considered. The key factors influencing on the market of the secondary resources have been formulated. Among which, in particular, the use of economic instruments; system of organization of collection, sorting and storage of waste; amount and quality of secondary raw materials; waste transportation costs and others. The role of the National policy and legislation at the process of acceleration secondary resource market development in Ukraine has been defined. The key strategic documents such as National Waste Management Strategy in Ukraine until 2030 and National Waste Management Plan in Ukraine until 2030 have been considered as a key documents implementation of which will allow further development of the secondary resources market. In particular, the development and implementation of the Regional waste management plans in each oblast of Ukraine will allow to build effective waste management schemes (for household, industrial, medical, construction waste, etc.) with the priority of their recycling in each region of the country; create a waste processing infrastructure based on the principles of self-sufficiency and proximity; set waste management tariffs based on full cost recovery, etc.

scholarly journals Development and Structural Changes of Carbon Footprint in EU28

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4771
Author(s):  
Josef Slaboch ◽  
Pavlína Hálová ◽  
Adriana Laputková
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Topical Issue ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Index Analysis ◽  
Per Capita

This paper discusses the topical issue which examines the development of CO2 emissions in individual countries of the European Union (EU28) for the period between 2000 and 2017. Carbon footprint is monitored in four basic economic sectors of the EU28 countries—energy, other industries, agriculture, and waste management. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a structural analysis of the percentage contribution of individual sectors while determining the average conversion of emissions in tonnes per capita for individual countries, subsequently identifying the tendencies in the development of the detected rates. A cluster analysis for the EU28 that demonstrate similar carbon footprint values in the examined economic areas is conducted for the findings. The partial aim of the paper is to perform a comparison of the monitored countries and detect whether the differences between those striving for decarbonisation are diminishing. The energy industry is the most significant contributor to emission levels. The index analysis indicates that the level of emissions throughout the EU28 in all the monitored sectors has decreased, predominantly in waste management (by 40%,) which is followed by industry (17%), energy (by 16.2%), and agriculture (by 5%). The cluster analysis conducted for 2000 and 2017 has confirmed the convergence of the identified groups of the EU28. Individual clusters of the countries thus display minor differences and converge in general.

scholarly journals Waste management from pulp and paper production in the European Union

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 293-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.C. Monte ◽  
E. Fuente ◽  
A. Blanco ◽  
C. Negro
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Paper Production

scholarly journals Stan i prognoza rozwoju systemu gospodarki odpadami w Europie i USA

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-123
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Biernat ◽  
Paulina Luiza Dziołak ◽  
Izabela Samson-Bręk
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The World

This article presents waste management in the world and in some highly developed countries in the European Union such as Germany, Netherlands, and Sweden. The article presented also waste management systems in these countries, with special attention to the processes of energy use of waste (Waste to Energy - WTE) in existing plants.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE-TERRITORIAL REFORM FOR A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY IN ALBANIA.

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurora Ndreu
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
National Body ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Administrative Units ◽  
The Impact

One of the main requirements of the European Union for countries that want to integrate this supra-national body, is the creation of large administrative units, in order to absorb easily and efficiently the funds obtained from pre-accession scheme. Through this reform it is meant to be achieved a good management of allocated funds regarding the socio-economic development of the countries.Given that the old territorial-administrative system that existed until 2014 when was adopted the new reform, had created imbalance between the development of regions and local units, unnecessary high costs merely used for operative expenses and staff salaries, not functioning properly of the local units and above all lack of public services delivery to citizens. As a result it was necessary to undertake a new reform where would be offered a new model of efficient organization.The goal of reform should be the creation of local communities with a strong autonomy, capable of having the necessary capabilities and tools to encourage local development in all its aspects. In connection with the need for undertaking such a reform and its impact on the economy was agreed between political parties and throughout civil society. Problems and disputes between the parties began regarding the modus operandi of the drafting and implementation of the reform. In this paper I will show how the new territorial-administrative reform was drafted and adapted. The problems behind the theoretical drafting and putting it in practice. The impact in the development of the economy.

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