Solid waste management in European countries: A review of systems analysis techniques

In the past few decades, solid waste management systems in Europe have involved complex and multi-faceted trade-offs among a plethora of technological alternatives, economic instruments, and regulatory frameworks. These changes resulted in various environmental, economic, social, and regulatory impa...

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Publicado en:Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 92; no. 4; pp. 1033 - 1051
Autores principales: Pires, Ana, Martinho, Graça, Chang, Ni-Bin
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Academic Press Inc. Apr2011
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          Pires, Ana
          Martinho, Graça
          Chang, Ni-Bin
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          Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
          Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL 32816, USA
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        Europe
        Decision making
        Sustainable development
        Waste management research
        System analysis
        Solid waste
        Integrated solid waste management
        Interdisciplinary research
        Engineering models
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          Sustainable development
          Europe
          Administration of General Economic Programs
          Waste treatment and disposal
          Other Waste Collection
          Waste collection
          Solid Waste Landfill
          Waste management research
          System analysis
          Solid waste
          Integrated solid waste management
          Interdisciplinary research
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        Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Energie ( ADEME )
        aid in the management and European comparison of a municipal solid waste treatment for a global and sustainable approach ( AWAST )
        biodegradable municipal waste ( BMW )
        comparative environmental risk assessment ( CERA )
        cost–benefit analysis ( CBA )
        decision support systems ( DSSs )
        Duales System Deutschland ( DSD )
        dynamic programming ( DP )
        electronic data exchange ( EDX/EDI )
        environmental and ecological risk assessment ( RA )
        environmental assessment of solid waste systems and technologies ( EASEWASTE )
        environmental impact assessment ( EIA )
        environmental risk assessment ( ERA )
        European Community ( EC )
        European Data Interchange of Waste Notification System ( EUDIN )
        European Economic Community ( EEC )
        European Environment Agency ( EEA )
        European environment information and observation network ( EIONET )
        European Union ( EU )
        expert system ( ES )
        extended producer responsibility ( EPR )
        extensible markup language ( XML )
        forecasting models ( FM )
        garbage in, garbage out ( GIGO )
        geographic information system ( GIS )
        greenhouse gas ( GHG )
        grey integer programming ( GIP )
        input–output analysis ( IOA )
        integrated modeling system ( IMS )
        integrated solid waste management ( ISWM )
        integrated waste management ( IWM )
        landfill allowance trading system ( LATS )
        life cycle assessment ( LCA )
        life cycle inventory ( LCI )
        linear programming ( LP )
        management information system ( MIS )
        material flow analysis ( MFA )
        mixed-integer programming ( MIP )
        model for description and optimization of integrated material flows and energy systems ( MIMES/WASTE )
        multicriteria decision making ( MCDM )
        municipal solid waste ( MSW )
        non-linear programming model ( NLP )
        not in my backyard ( NIMBY )
        optimization models ( OM )
        ORganic WAste REsearch ( ORWARE )
        pay-as-you-throw ( PAYT )
        polyethylene terephthalate ( PET )
        quality assurance system ( QAS )
        scenario development ( SD )
        simulation models ( SM )
        socioeconomic assessment ( SoEA )
        Solid waste management
        solid waste management ( SWM )
        solid waste-integrated model ( SWIM )
        strategic environmental assessment ( SEA )
        substance flow analysis ( SFA )
        subSTance flow ANalysis ( STAN )
        substance flow inter-nodal exchange ( SFINX )
        Sustainability
        sustainability assessment ( SA )
        sustainable development strategy ( SDS )
        Systems analysis
        tool for analyzing separation actions and recovery ( TASAR )
        waste analysis software tool for environmental decisions ( WASTED )
        waste and resources assessment tool for the environment ( WRATE )
        waste hierarchy principle ( WHP )
        Waste Resources Allocation Program ( WRAP )
        waste-integrated systems for assessment of recovery and disposal ( WISARD )
        Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Energie ( ADEME )
        aid in the management and European comparison of a municipal solid waste treatment for a global and sustainable approach ( AWAST )
        biodegradable municipal waste ( BMW )
        comparative environmental risk assessment ( CERA )
        cost–benefit analysis ( CBA )
        decision support systems ( DSSs )
        Duales System Deutschland ( DSD )
        dynamic programming ( DP )
        electronic data exchange ( EDX/EDI )
        environmental and ecological risk assessment ( RA )
        environmental assessment of solid waste systems and technologies ( EASEWASTE )
        environmental impact assessment ( EIA )
        environmental risk assessment ( ERA )
        European Community ( EC )
        European Data Interchange of Waste Notification System ( EUDIN )
        European Economic Community ( EEC )
        European Environment Agency ( EEA )
        European environment information and observation network ( EIONET )
        European Union ( EU )
        expert system ( ES )
        extended producer responsibility ( EPR )
        extensible markup language ( XML )
        forecasting models ( FM )
        garbage in, garbage out ( GIGO )
        geographic information system ( GIS )
        greenhouse gas ( GHG )
        grey integer programming ( GIP )
        input–output analysis ( IOA )
        integrated modeling system ( IMS )
        integrated solid waste management ( ISWM )
        integrated waste management ( IWM )
        landfill allowance trading system ( LATS )
        life cycle assessment ( LCA )
        life cycle inventory ( LCI )
        linear programming ( LP )
        management information system ( MIS )
        material flow analysis ( MFA )
        mixed-integer programming ( MIP )
        model for description and optimization of integrated material flows and energy systems ( MIMES/WASTE )
        multicriteria decision making ( MCDM )
        municipal solid waste ( MSW )
        non-linear programming model ( NLP )
        not in my backyard ( NIMBY )
        optimization models ( OM )
        ORganic WAste REsearch ( ORWARE )
        pay-as-you-throw ( PAYT )
        polyethylene terephthalate ( PET )
        quality assurance system ( QAS )
        scenario development ( SD )
        simulation models ( SM )
        socioeconomic assessment ( SoEA )
        Solid waste management
        solid waste management ( SWM )
        solid waste-integrated model ( SWIM )
        strategic environmental assessment ( SEA )
        substance flow analysis ( SFA )
        subSTance flow ANalysis ( STAN )
        substance flow inter-nodal exchange ( SFINX )
        Sustainability
        sustainability assessment ( SA )
        sustainable development strategy ( SDS )
        Systems analysis
        tool for analyzing separation actions and recovery ( TASAR )
        waste analysis software tool for environmental decisions ( WASTED )
        waste and resources assessment tool for the environment ( WRATE )
        waste hierarchy principle ( WHP )
        Waste Resources Allocation Program ( WRAP )
        waste-integrated systems for assessment of recovery and disposal ( WISARD )
      ab: In the past few decades, solid waste management systems in Europe have involved complex and multi-faceted trade-offs among a plethora of technological alternatives, economic instruments, and regulatory frameworks. These changes resulted in various environmental, economic, social, and regulatory impacts in waste management practices which not only complicate regional policy analysis, but also reshape the paradigm of global sustainable development. Systems analysis, a discipline that harmonizes these integrated solid waste management strategies, has been uniquely providing interdisciplinary support for decision making in this area. Systems engineering models and system assessment tools, both of which enrich the analytical framework of waste management, were designed specifically to handle particular types of problems. Though how to smooth out the barriers toward achieving appropriate systems synthesis and integration of these models and tools to aid in the solid waste management schemes prevalent in European countries still remains somewhat uncertain. This paper conducts a thorough literature review of models and tools illuminating possible overlapped boundaries in waste management practices in European countries and encompassing the pros and cons of waste management practices in each member state of the European Union. Whereas the Southern European Union (EU) countries need to develop further measures to implement more integrated solid waste management and reach EU directives, the Central EU countries need models and tools with which to rationalize their technological choices and management strategies. Nevertheless, considering systems analysis models and tools in a synergistic way would certainly provide opportunities to develop better solid waste management strategies leading to conformity with current standards and foster future perspectives for both the waste management industry and government agencies in European Union.
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    language: English
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