Promoting Sustainable Waste Prevention Strategy Activities and Planning in Relation to the Waste Framework Directive in Insular Communities

Zorpas, Antonis A.; Lasaridi, Katia; Voukkali, Irene; Loizia, Pantelitsa; Chroni, Christina

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“…The present waste management systems in coastal areas (which include daily or periodic collection from the beach as well as door to door collection and some recycling from stakeholders) needs further assessment and correction. (c) State (S) : Level of services (LOS) is considered to be a major characteristic as LOS in a coastal area affects directly the accumulation of the waste as well as the clearness of the entire beach and more so the coastal line. Waste infrastructures and services such as typical collected bins for recycling material, for other waste, bins for smaller items such as for cigarette butts as well as how many times per day the coastal area is being cleaned, how many times the waste is collected, etc., are also considered to be crucial parameters (Kaur et al, 2020; Zorpas et al, 2015b). In general, LOS can deliver useful evidences related to the waste service level at the local level in order to reorganize the applied strategy, taking into account also any awareness and informative activities as well as any waste campaigns. (d) Impact (I) : Kiessling et al, (2017), mentioned that littering in the coastal areas generates several environmental, economic, as well as health issues.…”

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“…(e) Response (R) : Several local authorities even though they acting with tourist activities, face economic issues due to several reasons, that is, unable to collect taxes, delays to collect taxes, minimum tourist period, tourist visitors who spend less money because they chose the all-inclusive packages, high rate of waste gate fees from the mechanical biological treatment facilities, etc. (Zorpas et al, 2015b). Generally, according to Kaur et al (2020) cities and local authorities (Zorpas et al, 2015a) are challenged by providing these services mainly due to drivers and related pressures on waste management infrastructures which effects the LOS.…”

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“…This indicator measures the number of recycle bins per population density according to Equation (10). RBP is very important indicator (Zorpas et al, 2015a, 2015b) as it delivers useful information to the policy-makers about the density of visitors that can be served from the existing infrastructure, in order to take correction actions in case those are not appropriate (see Equation (11):…”

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Urban strategies evaluation for waste management in coastal areas in the framework of area metabolism

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Europe is considered one of the most attractive and safe prevalent tourist destinations in the entire world. Approximately half (47.4%) of European tourist visits occurred in coastal regions, defined “on the basis of and consist of local administrative units or municipalities that border the sea, or have at least half of their total surface area within a distance of 10 km from the sea.” Destinations such as Malta, Greece, Cyprus, Spain and Croatia presented with an increased level of tourist accommodation establishments, as well as, the overall flow of tourism in the European Union is mostly concentrated on Mediterranean coastal regions (as nine out 10 tourists, in 2015, spent their holidays at coastal areas). This paper, is dealing with the assessment of a tourist area and how the concept of urban metabolism has been affected by touristic activities. Moreover, this research using several key performance indicators such as waste compositional analysis, the clean coast index, the accumulation rate, and accumulation index, etc., tries to measure the level of environmental performance, and furthermore, to assess the existing infrastructures and the waste management plan, that are being implemented. The results are very useful, for any policy-maker, as well as competent authorities and/or tourist organizations which are dealing with tourist activities and aim to propose or re-schedule any waste strategy targeting the goals of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, European Green Deal, and the new circular economy strategy.

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“…The absence of an EU-wide defined target on quantitative waste prevention may have the effect that recycling is prioritised over prevention in the practical implementation in the Member States (Wilts, 2012; Wilts et al, 2016; Zacho and Mosgaard, 2016). Sometimes the existence of a functional recycling system even diminishes motivation to prevent waste (Hutner et al, 2017; Zorpas et al, 2015).…”

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Municipal solid waste prevention: A review of market-based instruments in six European Union countries

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This article focuses on quantitative prevention of municipal solid waste among the 28 member countries of the European Union. A strict definition of waste prevention is used, including waste avoidance, waste reduction at source or in process, and product reuse, while recycling is outside the scope of this article. In order to provide a solid overview of the European situation, the study selected six countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania and Spain). Several selection requirements have been considered, such as geographic location or municipal solid waste per capita production trends from 1995 to 2017. A review of prevention programmes and other national strategic documents has been conducted. Extended producer responsibility, Pay-As-You-Throw schemes, Deposit-Refund Systems and Environmental Taxes implementation among the selected countries have been studied in order to understand how these market-based instruments can be used for the sake of waste prevention. Each market-based instrument has been further analysed using the Drivers Pressures State Impact Response model. Based on the results of this study, the effectiveness of market-based instruments implementation is strictly related to the context they are enforced in. It is particularly important to tailor the market-based instruments based on the implementation area. Nevertheless, market-based instruments, which are now mostly meant to boost the recycling sector of the considered Member States, should be designed to improve waste prevention performances, ensuring the achievement of the highest level of waste hierarchy promoted by the European Union.

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“…In any case, modern guidelines on waste have to be followed. These prioritise the prevention of waste formation or the reduction in the amounts of waste produced, according to the concepts of ZERO waste and eco-efficiency [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35].…”

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Reducing Laboratory Test Waste in the Coating Development Process

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Promoting Sustainable Waste Prevention Strategy Activities and Planning in Relation to the Waste Framework Directive in Insular Communities

Cited by 31 publications

References 13 publications

Urban strategies evaluation for waste management in coastal areas in the framework of area metabolism

Urban strategies evaluation for waste management in coastal areas in the framework of area metabolism

Municipal solid waste prevention: A review of market-based instruments in six European Union countries

Reducing Laboratory Test Waste in the Coating Development Process

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