WASTE MANAGEMENT IN EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 71-77
Author(s):  
Lyudmila V. Ivanova ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Environmental Standards ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
Toxic Emissions ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Russian Federation

Numerous specialized and unauthorized landfills and huge volumes of waste are a serious problem for the use of minerals. The country's system of solid waste management, based on burial, incinera-tion, partial processing, does not fully comply with the climatic and socio-economic characteristics of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. Russia is one of eight members of the Arctic Council, international organizations promoting development of cooperation in the field of environmental protection and sustainable develop-ment of circumpolar areas. In 2001, the Arctic Council approved an Action Plan for the elimination of pollution in the Arctic. For the implementation of the Plan, a specially created expert group on waste supports and oversees pilot projects demonstrating environmentally friendly waste management in the Arctic. Waste dis-posal methods that do not meet environmental standards can contribute to soil, water and air pollution through toxic emissions. Improper waste management can also lead to transboundary emissions. While there is clear progress in this direction in Europe due to the implementation of effective public policies on waste and a focus on the transition to a circular economy, significant amounts of valuable resources remain untapped as a result of ineffective waste management in practice.

scholarly journals Coordination of International Organizations of the North-Arctic Regions: to the Program of the Presidency of the Russian Federation in the Arctic Council

2020 ◽  
pp. 148-162
Author(s):  
Boris KRASNOPOLSKIY ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Arctic Basin ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
The North ◽  
Arctic Regions ◽  
The Russian Federation

Mechanisms for coordinating the activities of international interstate and macro-regional organizations of the North-Arctic regions, the implementation of which may be directly related to the program of the Russian Federation’s Presidency of the International Arctic Council in 2021-2023, are proposed. Among these organizations, primarily the Arctic Council is an international forum, which operates on the basis of interstate government agreements of the highest level between the Arctic countries. But in recent years, the Arctic territories’ activities at the macro-regional and regional levels, their regional and local govern-ments have increased. How are the efforts of these top-level intergovernmental and regional communities and societies coordinated? For example, how is the interaction of the Arctic Council with the established sufficiently effective Barents / Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) or the Northern Forum regulated and the newly created Bering / Pacific-Arctic Council (BPAC)? Do we need clear and well-coordinated mechanisms for this interaction and who should do it? The analysis concludes that a special task force is needed within the Arctic Council structure to develop mechanisms for coordinating its activities with similar macro-regional structures to make the process a coherent and focused one to address the priorities of the Arctic basin in the coming decades. The duration of this task force will depend on the outcome of the task at hand. This proposal is very timely, as it is possible to implement it during the presidency of the Russian Federation in the Arctic Council in 2021–2023.

Challenges and opportunities associated with municipal solid waste management

2021 ◽  
pp. 231-258
Author(s):  
Anudeep Nema ◽  
K. Mohammed Bin Zacharia ◽  
Aman Kumar ◽  
Ekta Singh ◽  
Vempalli Sudharsan Varma ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Problems of environmental management in the Arctic: analysis and solution.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Юрий Кочемасов ◽  
Yuriy Kochemasov ◽  
Екатерина Кочемасова ◽  
Ekaterina Kochemasova ◽  
Наталья Седова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
National Security ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Federal Target Program ◽  
Strategy Of Development ◽  
Target Program ◽  
The Russian Federation

The presented analytical review considers environmental and socio-economic problems of environmental management in the Arctic, the comprehensive studies of which were carried out within the framework of the subprogramme "Development and use of the Arctic" of the Federal target program "World ocean", the Federal target program "risk Reduction and mitigation of natural and man – made emergencies in the Russian Federation", the UNEP/GEF project "Russian Federation-support to The national action plan for the protection of the Arctic marine environment" and other international projects. Many of the author's conceptual and methodological developments remain relevant at present to solve the problems identified in the strategy of development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and national security for the period up to 2020, the Strategy of development of Maritime activities of the Russian Federation until 2030, the Strategy of national security of the Russian Federation. Strategic planning documents have been developed: including the Basics of the state policy of the Russian Federation in the Arctic, the action Plan of the Arctic Council for sustainable development, the Strategic action program (SPD) for environmental protection of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, the draft concept of sustainable development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, investment proposals and guidelines for cleaning the Arctic territories from pollution, including in the areas of the Russian presence on the Svalbard archipelago, reduction of natural and man-made risks of emergency situations and increase of protection of valuable natural areas. Also in the monograph are considered: proposals for the regulatory consolidation of the boundaries of the Arctic natural territory in the Russian Arctic to establish a special regime of natural resources, taking into account the high vulnerability of Arctic ecosystems to man-made impacts; methods of causal analysis to determine the relationship between the quality of the environment, the activities of sectors (industries) and the policy of public administration and regulation; road map for the transition from sectoral to complex (integrated) management of marine environmental management; methods of marine spatial planning; strategic environmental assessment of infrastructure projects, etc.

scholarly journals Challenges and opportunities associated with waste management in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 160764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil Kumar ◽  
Stephen R. Smith ◽  
Geoff Fowler ◽  
Costas Velis ◽  
S. Jyoti Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
Waste Dumps ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Key Barrier ◽  
Treatment And Disposal

India faces major environmental challenges associated with waste generation and inadequate waste collection, transport, treatment and disposal. Current systems in India cannot cope with the volumes of waste generated by an increasing urban population, and this impacts on the environment and public health. The challenges and barriers are significant, but so are the opportunities. This paper reports on an international seminar on ‘Sustainable solid waste management for cities: opportunities in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries’ organized by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute and the Royal Society. A priority is to move from reliance on waste dumps that offer no environmental protection, to waste management systems that retain useful resources within the economy. Waste segregation at source and use of specialized waste processing facilities to separate recyclable materials has a key role. Disposal of residual waste after extraction of material resources needs engineered landfill sites and/or investment in waste-to-energy facilities. The potential for energy generation from landfill via methane extraction or thermal treatment is a major opportunity, but a key barrier is the shortage of qualified engineers and environmental professionals with the experience to deliver improved waste management systems in India.

scholarly journals Analysis of Tokyo’s municipal solid waste management system

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yakov Vishnyakov ◽  
Alexander Kanunnikov
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Complete Information ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Standards ◽  
The City

The article analyzes the features of municipal solid waste management in Tokyo. Special attention is paid to the analysis of trends in the volume of waste in the city of Tokyo over the past decades, as well as the reasons for the constant decline in these volumes. The article deals with the waste management activities of the Clean Authority of Tokyo, discusses the features of treatment of various types of waste, as well as the arrangement of the Tokyo city waste landfill. It was noted that the capital of Japan succeeded in creating an effective system for the disposal and recycling of municipal solid waste that can ensure the environmental safety of the city, as well as integrate waste into the country’s fuel and energy complex. An important feature of Japanese waste management companies is the desire not only to comply with official environmental standards, but also to adhere to their own standards, even more stringent. Based on an analysis of Japanese experience, the authors put forward proposals for optimizing the sphere of waste management in Russia. In particular, attention is drawn to the need to prevent an environmental catastrophe caused by a careless attitude to waste, improve the quality of life of citizens, prevent social unrest associated with environmental pollution, and also involve waste in the generation of electricity and heat. The authors note that as part of the “trash” reform, it is necessary to increase the environmental awareness of citizens, provide citizens with relevant and complete information about the industry, and create stricter environmental standards for waste to energy plants and other enterprises involved in waste management.

scholarly journals The Specifics of the Partnership between Russia and the Republic of Korea in the Economic Development of the Arctic

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Ya. V. Leksyutina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
Northern Sea Route ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Arctic Policy

Since 2013, when the Republic of Korea (ROK) was admitted in the Arctic Council as an observer and issued its first Arctic policy, Seoul has strengthened its engagement in the Arctic and revealed its strong interest in expanding the economic cooperation in the Arctic with Russia. Seeing Arctic cooperation as mutually beneficial and further advancing the bilateral relations, Russia and the ROK have made a number of policy statements on their intentions to develop cooperation in the Arctic. This paper reveals the specifics and current scale of Russia’s cooperation with the ROK in the development of the resource base of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and the Northern Sea Route.

scholarly journals National Projects in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
pp. 113-129
Author(s):  
Nikolay GAGIEV ◽  
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Lyudmila GONCHARENKO ◽  
Sergey SYBACHIN ◽  
Anna SHESTAKOVA ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Zone ◽  
Arctic Council ◽  
The North ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Murmansk Region ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Nenets Autonomous

In 2021, the Russian Federation will assume the chairmanship of the Arctic Council. This fact confirms the special attention of the country’s leadership to the unique geostrategic region. In December 2020, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, at an online meeting with volunteers and finalists of the contest “Volunteer of Russia”, noted that Russia would grow with the Arctic and the territories of the North. Many Russian citizens’ lives and the state’s success in the international arena depend on this territory’s development. One of the most important mechanisms for achieving the stated goals is national projects (NP), which should make a significant contribution to the development of the country’s territory. The purpose of the study is to assess NP in the subjects that are entirely related to the Arctic zone: Murmansk region, Nenets Autonomous okrug (NAO), Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous okrug (YANAO), and Chukotka Autonomous okrug (CHAO). In the course of the work, general scientific research methods were applied: comparative analysis, data comparison, induction, deduction, etc. The study results showed that, despite all the differences in economic and geographical position, financial condition, population, and regional development priorities, all Arctic regions have similar problems that hinder the effective development of territories. Without solving the problems indicated in the work, it is impossible to expect a qualitative «breakthrough» and implement the NP’s goals.

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