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A Path to Sustainable Municipal Waste Management: From Engineering Practices to Education and Training

izvorni znanstveni rad

izvorni znanstveni rad

A Path to Sustainable Municipal Waste Management: From Engineering Practices to Education and Training

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Tip izvorni znanstveni rad
Godina 2022
Časopis Engineering power : bulletin of the Croatian Academy of Engineering
Nadređena publikacija Engineering Power : Bulletin of the Croatian Academy of Engineering
Volumen 17
Svesčić 1
Stranice str. 23-27
ISSN 1331-7210
Status objavljeno

Sažetak

With population growth and increasing municipal solid waste generation, efficient and sustainable waste management strategies become important to protect both human health and the environment. Although the transition from the prevailing waste management systems, such as landfilling, to modern waste management systems based on the 3R principle (reduce, reuse and recycle) is imperative, it is still very difficult to achieve in many countries. The waste management systems applied are in line with the country’s income level, and the sustainable cutting-edge technologies are almost exclusively applied in high- and upper-middle- income countries. Thus, the modernization of the waste management system is achieved mostly through the growth of the gross domestic product. Moreover, the efficiency of modern sustainable waste management systems depends not only on the implementation of appropriate technical and economic strategies, but also needs to be supported by the education of citizens and the training of waste management professionals. The paper gives an overview of the educational- professional project “EDUcation for CLImate Change mitigation in the municipal solid waste sector”, which is part of the European Climate Change Initiative (EUKI).

Ključne riječi

municipal waste management ; sustainability ; landfills ; training in waste management ; greenhouse gas mitigation ; EUKI