Primary sector waste indicators for regional planning

Cifrián, Eva; Perez, Leonardo Eugenio Veas; Dosal, Elena; Viguri, Javier R.; Andrés, A.

doi:10.2495/sdp110041

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“…To assess the achievement of these objectives, a set of indicators has been developed using a methodology based on fi ve stages ( Fig. 1) [6,16]. The main tasks of each stage are: a. Synthesis: Indicators selection begins raising a policy question related to a group of objectives.…”

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Waste indicators of primary sector and health & veterinary services for regional planning

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Dosal³

et al. 2014

Int. J. SDP

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When there is a need to move smoothly and effectively from an abundance of detailed fi eld data to summarized information, indicators and indices are used. Indicators are important tools that assist decision-makers in formulating and implementing plans for the management of waste at different geographic levels. In Cantabria, a northern Spanish region, all waste streams generated are covered through four specifi c Waste Plans recently adopted. The present study is focused on the Primary Sector, Health & Veterinary Services Waste Plan (PHWP), which is the framework to the decision-making processes related to the generation and management of forest, agricultural, livestock, food industry and health & veterinary wastes. In this work, 16 indicators have been proposed to track the evolution over time of the management of these waste streams in the region and the degree of achievement of the policy objectives. This article discusses the way to obtain, analyse and evaluate valuable information to build the indicators, fi nding that only eight indicators can be applied at short term. In addition, a summary of these indicators is included, showing in general, a good trend of the evolution of primary sector, health & veterinary waste management. Finally, different actions to improve the quality of data used for the indicators development are proposed in order to obtain more useful waste indicators to the stakeholders.

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confidence: 99%