scholarly journals Municipal Urban Waste Management—Challenges for Polish Cities in an Era of Circular Resource Management

Resources ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Agata Mesjasz-Lech
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
City Management ◽  
Environmental Orientation ◽  
Material Cycles ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Urban Waste Management

Municipal authorities increasingly view environmental protection as one of the goals of city management. The pro-environmental orientation of cities can, therefore, foster the creation of new management methods and instruments and promote reorganization of determining material flows in a municipal system. Activities of this kind should result not only in the reduction of generated waste but also in the creation of closed material cycles. Considering the tasks of Polish local governments, municipalities should pay the most attention to municipal waste. Accordingly, the goal of this study was to identify the problem of mixed municipal waste in cities and assess the influence of investments into fixed assets for environmental protection in the scope of waste management on the quantity of mixed municipal waste in cities. This article also identifies activities for circular resource management that need to be realized by Polish municipalities. The analysis was performed using the panel model, dynamic indexes, and critical analysis of city documents. The conducted research revealed positive trends in cities with respect to the amount of waste collected non-selectively that is conducive to circular resource management. The fact that municipal waste quantity is on the increase should encourage urban authorities to promote pro-environmental waste management behaviors among city dwellers.

WASTE MANAGEMENT VERSUS SUSTAINABLE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol XX (3) ◽  
pp. 34-40
Author(s):  
Mariusz Dacko ◽  
Aneta Dacko ◽  
Gabriela Mazur
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Local Conditions

The aim of the paper was to present the ways for activities that municipalities could take to improve their waste management systems. The issue of waste management and shaping social attitudes in terms of their disposal is the domain of local governments. It closely fits the essence of sustainable local development. It is important for every community not only in the context of environmental protection, but also for socio-economic reasons. There is a wide variety of solutions for the disposal of waste. According to the authors, sustainable development of this sphere of human life and activity can be more effectively implemented when the attitudes and opinions of residents are known. It can then be done by searching for and implementing patterns adapted to local conditions. On the example of the Biecz commune located in the Małopolskie province, the functioning of the local waste management system was presented in the light of the existing secondary data and the results of own surveys. Real problems were discussed and ways to overcome them were proposed.

scholarly journals Communication Strategy for the Interaction of Local Governments and the Public in Addressing Municipal Waste Management

2019 ◽  
pp. 82-91
Author(s):  
Nataliia Levchenko ◽  
Nadiia Datsii ◽  
Ihor Rodchenko
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Communicative Interaction ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Communicative Strategy

The article states that overload landfills have become a big environmental threat to the environment and public life, the extent of which is steadily increasing provided, that the principle of «extended producer responsibility» in Ukraine do not work. It is stressed that the administrative-territorial reform and the whole burden of the management of municipal waste are vested in the local authorities. The necessity of intensifying the dialogue of local authorities and the public on the treatment of municipal waste is stressed. It is established that a long time communicative interaction between public authorities and the public on these issues be limited solely to inquiries and complaints. Accentuated that at present the public needs a better communication vehicle for engagement with local authorities, which would reverse the information when provided to a positive communicative effect and contributed to the transformation of information into a decision, and decisions on action. It is proved that the solution of this issue possible in the development of the communicative strategy of interaction of local governments and the public, able to ensure sustainable development of territories thanks to improve the condition of landfills and dumps, the organization of separate waste collection and recycling. The proposed etiology develop a communication strategy of interaction of local governments and the public in addressing issues of treatment of municipal waste, taking into account its compatibility with other concepts, strategies and development plans of the territories. In detail each of the stages of development of the communication strategy of interaction of local governments and the public. It is proved that the introduction in practice of the proposed topolog develop a communication strategy of interaction of local governments and the public in addressing issues of treatment of municipal waste will simplify the development process and provide clarity to determine the most appropriate channels of communication with each of the priority stakeholder groups interested in the growth of the percentage of coverage, the provision of municipal solid waste management, improvement of landfills and dumps, which have become a threat to the environment and public life.

scholarly journals Identification and Analysis of Sets Variables for of Municipal Waste Management Modelling

Geosciences ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 458
Author(s):  
Nęcka ◽  
Szul ◽  
Knaga
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Waste Stream ◽  
Municipal Waste Management ◽  
Territorial Differentiation ◽  
Accumulation Index ◽  
Input Variables ◽  
Socioeconomic Function ◽  
Harmful Effects

Due to the large quantities of municipal waste generated, their harmful effects on the environment should be minimized. The rationalization of waste management is therefore necessary to achieve a more sustainable development system. In order to support the decision-making process for municipal waste management, this document focuses on developing models for practical use by local authorities in forecasting and managing the size of waste stream in their area. This action, because of its specificity, is a difficult task, especially because of the systemic changes made and the territorial differentiation and changes in the living level of the population. The work presents studies conducted in 2479 municipalities for which mass accumulation index forecasts were developed, using selected methods based on readily available input variables that have not yet been used (structure municipalities and typology of municipalities by scope of influence). The studies confirmed the hypothesis that the amount of municipal waste collected from households depends both on the administrative type of the municipality and on the factors related to the location and socioeconomic function of the area. The inclusion of localization and socioeconomic factors, which so far were not used to model the municipal waste stream, allowed for the reduction of the prediction error of this indicator. Relevant waste stream forecasts will allow local governments to achieve more effectively the objective of sustainable waste management and thus reduce their environmental impact. The achievement of this objective will be possible not only through the preparation of infrastructure to serve the projected waste volumes; it will also identify the waste management areas where the municipal waste reception process is inadequate. Thus, it will help to eliminate illegal processing and the landfill of waste.

scholarly journals Economics of Solid Waste Management: A Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muniyandi Balasubramanian
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
City Management ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Many

Solid Waste Management is one of the importance environmental issues at many developing countries. There is a lack of studies on economic analysis of solid waste management in the many cities at the national and international level. Most of the Municipal Corporation or city management is the major responsibility for better waste management. However, the local governments has been allocated budget for solid waste management without analysing cost and benefit of solid waste. Although, waste management budget is focusing on collected waste but, uncollected waste has been creating a number of socio, economic and health issues. Therefore, this chapter has presents a details review on economics of solid waste management at the various developing and developed countries. The main policy implication of the paper is to emphasis on better understanding of economic importance of solid waste management to the local policy makers.

NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES FOR WASTE MINIMIZATION IN THE CHEMICAL AND PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES : FINDINGS OF THE SALVADOR, BRAZIL, 1993 CONFERENCE

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Francisco Fontes Lima ◽  
Francisco Alves Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Waste Minimization ◽  
Source Control ◽  
International Conference ◽  
The Third ◽  
Control Programmes ◽  
Petrochemical Industries

This paper describes the findings of the “Third International Conference on Waste Management in the Chemical and Petrochemical Industries,” held in Salvador, Brazil, October 20-23, 1993. A summary of the 74 technical papers, divided into six major categories, is presented together with comments on the more stringent legislation concerning source control programmes. Case studies of two large chemical complexes that have been developing successful waste minimization programmes are described in detail: CETREL-Environmental Protection Company in Camaçari, Brazil, and BASF AG in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

scholarly journals Situation, Challenges, and Solutions of Policy Implementation on Municipal Waste Management in Vietnam toward Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3517
Author(s):  
Lien Thi Kim Trinh ◽  
Allen H. Hu ◽  
Song Toan Pham Phu
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Waste Management ◽  
Waste Management Policy

Municipal solid waste management is an environmental issue that has received considerable attention from researchers and environmental managers for decades. Supporting the management programs entail policies and regulations related to municipal solid waste. In developed countries, the implementation of environmental policies plays an important role and has a substantial impact on the effectiveness of solid waste management. However, in many developing countries such as Vietnam, the situation and effectiveness of the policy implementation have not been studied extensively. This investigation is conducted to ascertain the situation, limitations, and challenges in implementing solid waste management policy in Vietnam. Then, solutions for the problems and improvements for implementation efficiency are presented. This work used online questionnaires to survey environmental managers in different localities and applied qualitative research method to analyze data. The results show that not all national policies on solid waste management are implemented in all localities. Waste separation is also the foremost concern in municipal waste management in most localities of Vietnam. Most of the localities claimed that the unrealistic nature and difficult implementation of the policies and the lack of needed resources are the main limitations and challenges in Vietnam. Survey results also revealed that different localities in Vietnam have different solutions to increase policy implementation efficiency. Besides, the study also found similarities in the implementation of policies in solid waste management between Vietnam and some other countries and also gathered some valuable lessons for the improvement strategy. Finally, the implementation of an effective domestic solid waste management policy is an important platform for improving environmental quality and ensuring the sustainable development of the nation and mankind.

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