Performance Assessment Method of Urban Waste Management Systems From Neamt County, Romania

Abstract

This paper proposes a performance assessment method (PAM) at urbanscale, based on five specific waste indicators such as: population accessto wastecollection services (%), separate collection (%), reuse & recycle (%),landfilling (%)and amounts of waste uncollected (Qwu-%). Values of each indicator arecorrelatedto an assessment table for three different years (2004, 2007, 2010)highlighting thedisparities between urban localities from Neam County. The paper alsoexaminesthe changes and dysfunctions of urban waste management systems betweenpreaccession vs post-accession period. PAM should be a necessary tool forenvironmental authorities or decision-makers for monitoring the process ofmunicipalsolid waste systems from various cities on regional scale, particularly fornew EUmembers.

Development of MSW Collection Services on Regional Scale: Spatial Analysis and Urban Disparities in North-East Region, Romania

“…The mixed waste collected were disposed in Environment 7 (1) 2013. 13-18. non-compliant landfills frequently located in the proximity of built-up areas (Mihai, et al, 2013). These large dumpsites (over 10 ha) were or still are operational over 30 years , even 45 years in some cases, being major sources of complex pollution (see Fig.…”

“…Separate collection facilities are already ordinary in current waste management options at North-East Region level but the treatment and recycling facilities are in early stages. Current systems of waste collection including the new ones prove to be ineffective so far in terms of waste hierarchy concept (Mihai, 2013) and illegal dumping is still present in some urban areas.…”