How to Improve Waste Managing on the Islands - Case Study of the Island of Lošinj

Abstract

The development, implementation and organization of a comprehensive waste managing system on the Adriatic islands is an important economic and political issue. Iti s an extremely powerful factor in the quality of life. The waste managing system on the islands is characterized by complexity and cannot be classified as a classic utility service, taking into account primarily the limited space. Environmental protection is dependent on waste managing. In Croatia, the specificity of the problem is the strong seasonality as a consequence of the growth of the tourism sector. There are organizational problems due to noncompliance with the waste management strategy and plan at the state level. The authors research obstacles, analyses specifics, and waste managing solutions on islands. The purpose of this paper is to define all processes and stakeholders in waste managing, to determine and to analyse the existing situation. The aim of this paper is to propose solutions in order to achieve the most efficient and effective waste disposal. A special goal of the paper is to determine the economic and environmental benefits of waste recycling on the example of the island of Lošinj, in relation to the current model of transport to the County Main Recycling Plant.