Progress and challenges to the global waste management system
© The Author(s) 2014.
| Publié dans: | Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA. - 1991. - 32(2014), 9 vom: 17. Sept., Seite 800-12 |
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| Autres auteurs: | , , |
| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2014
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| Accès à la collection: | Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Global challenges resource management root causes systems approach wastes Industrial Waste Solid Waste Waste Products |
| Résumé: | © The Author(s) 2014. Rapid economic growth, urbanization and increasing population have caused (materially intensive) resource consumption to increase, and consequently the release of large amounts of waste to the environment. From a global perspective, current waste and resource management lacks a holistic approach covering the whole chain of product design, raw material extraction, production, consumption, recycling and waste management. In this article, progress and different sustainability challenges facing the global waste management system are presented and discussed. The study leads to the conclusion that the current, rather isolated efforts, in different systems for waste management, waste reduction and resource management are indeed not sufficient in a long term sustainability perspective. In the future, to manage resources and wastes sustainably, waste management requires a more systems-oriented approach that addresses the root causes for the problems. A specific issue to address is the development of improved feedback information (statistics) on how waste generation is linked to consumption |
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| Description: | Date Completed 29.06.2015 Date Revised 21.09.2015 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1096-3669 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0734242X14537868 |