Waste hierarchy revisited — an evaluation of waste wood recycling in the context of EU energy policy and the European market

Knauf, Marcus

doi:10.1016/j.forpol.2014.12.003

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“…Here, disposal includes all disposal options that are carried out based on the notion of environmental The waste management behaviors of citizens can play an important role in solving waste management problems by minimizing the volume of solid waste and effectively eliminating waste by minimizing potential impacts on the environment [7][8][9][10][11][12]. The concept of a waste hierarchy, which is widely used to explore effective solid waste management [13][14][15], suggests three main strategies for achieving sustainable waste management: avoidance, resource recovery, and disposal [7]. Avoidance, the highest priority, refers to action to minimize the volume of waste produced by individuals, the industrial sector, and/or public and private organizations.…”

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Application of Protection Motivation Theory to Investigate Sustainable Waste Management Behaviors

Janmaimool

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The aim of this study is to explain individuals' engagement in sustainable waste management behaviors (SWMBs) based on the application of protection motivation theory (PMT). SWMBs include waste avoidance, green purchasing, reuse and recycle, and waste disposal behaviors. Considering the amount of solid waste generation per capita per day during the past 10 years, the statistical records from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) illustrate the increasing trend of solid waste generation from 1.18 kg per capita per day in 2005 to 1.28 kg per capita per day 2015. Many scholars have asserted that human beings should alter their behaviors to successfully reduce their environmental impact. Several environmental problems (e.g., air pollution, water pollution, and odors) caused by waste disposal are consequences of human behaviors; therefore, citizens' engagement in SWMBs should be widely promoted. This study applies PMT to explore how individuals' SWMBs are influenced by their perceived threats caused by environmental contamination from waste disposal and their perceived coping capability. The Bangkok metropolitan area was selected as a case study because it has faced serious waste management problems, caused by increasing amounts of solid waste over the last ten years. Questionnaire surveys were administered to 193 public and private office workers residing in the city of Bangkok. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to justify the effects of individual threat appraisal and coping appraisal on SWMB engagement. The results illustrated that respondents' self-efficacy could explain all types of SWMBs. On the contrary, response efficacy was not a significant predictor of all behaviors. People's perceived severity of adverse consequences caused by pollutants could significantly explain their waste disposal and reuse and recycle behaviors, and the perceived probability of being impacted by pollutants could explain only reuse and recycling behaviors. Thus, PMT may be well suited for explaining low-cost and simple SWMBs that require less effort. To promote people's engagement in each type of SWMB, different communication campaigns should be established.

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Application of Protection Motivation Theory to Investigate Sustainable Waste Management Behaviors

Janmaimool

2017

Sustainability

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“…3), both concepts should theoretically be applicable to the management of all resources [8,91]. A potential explanation of why CU has mostly been mentioned in the context of wood or bio-based products and has placed a focus mainly on European countries is that the recent European policies not only promote a transition towards a bio-economy but also the use of biomass for renewable energy production [44]. One question that emerges is whether the resource should be used for material purposes first and only afterwards for energy production.…”

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“…Gustavsson and Sathre [43] discussed the definition of an appropriate functional unit and effective system boundaries that could be used to analyze the energy and carbon implications of substituting wood for non-wood materials in buildings. Knauf [44] asked whether the stated benefits of cascade use of wood should be fundamentally questioned when considering the conflicts between the European energy policy, which considers biomass to be a key energy carrier, and the EU waste framework directive, which prioritizes all kinds of waste handling. Sikkema et al discussed the support of sustainable and efficient wood sourcing practices needed to reach a European bio-economy [45].…”

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Cascading Utilization of Wood: a Matter of Circular Economy?

Mair

Stern

2017

Curr Forestry Rep

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Purpose of Review The aim of this study was to analyze the differences and similarities between the concepts circular economy (CE) and cascading utilization (CU) and the interactions between these concepts. The method chosen for this study was a qualitative content analysis, which was conducted on academic CU publications that appeared between 1990 and 2016. To identify connections between CU and CE, the findings of this study are compared to the results of a recent review on CE. Recent Findings From the perspective of the broader goals of CE and CU, both concepts promise to increase resource efficiency by supporting the multiple use of a resource. Research conducted on both concepts has included analyses of the environmental impacts of the CU or CE systems and descriptions of frameworks and tools used to develop cascade chains or measure the circularity of a given resource. Even though the concepts have many similarities, the research has mostly been conducted independently, and the number of connections between the two concepts is surprisingly low. Summary In general, the results of the analysis supported the hypothesis that CU and CE have many parallels and similarities. The CU concept addresses primarily resource management whereas CE provides a more holistic approach. Practically, the publications on CE include considerations of many kinds of resources, whereas publications on CU include a stronger focus on bio-based materials. Despite these differences, CU was shown to clearly fit into the CE concept in that it provides a specific focus on the utilization possibilities (e.g., reuse, recycling, and up-cycling) of a given resource. The term CU may be used whenever one or more of these measures are used.

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“…In order to reach the sustainability in waste managing (i.e. treatment of waste in a proper way and production of secondary raw materials and energy resources) the following waste hierarchy should be applied according to the directive [Knauf, 2015;Pomberger et. al., 2017]:…”

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Assessment Strategies for Municipal Selective Waste Collection – Regional Waste Management

Berg¹,

Radziemska²,

Adamcová³

et al. 2018

J. Ecol. Eng.

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Waste disposal in landfill sites causes a potential hazard for the human health, as they release substantial amounts of gas, odours and pollutants to the environment. There have been vast reductions in the volume of waste being landfilled in many European countries and a reduction in the number of illegal landfills. The European Parliament's laws obliged the Member States to amend the national waste law; the main objectives of the implemented directives are to create the conditions for the prevention of excessive waste. Directive 2008/98/EC establishes, as a goal for 2020, that waste reuse and recycling reach 50% of the total waste produced. Poland, having joined the European Union, committed itself to implementing many changes related to waste management. The amendment of the law on the maintenance of cleanliness and order in the municipalities imposed new obligations regarding the waste management (WM) on the local government and residents. By adopting a municipal waste management system, the selected municipality made all its residents responsible for their waste. However, the fact of introducing changes does not solve the waste problem. The implementation of EU directives and the development of strategic documents such as the National Waste Management Plan (NWMP) have made a clear change in the WM approach. One of the changes was the establishment of selective collection of municipal selective waste (MSW), with the issue of collecting the waste by the residents being a priority. This work describes the legal context of selective collection of MSW as one of the most effective means of reducing the amount of waste being landfilled.

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Waste hierarchy revisited — an evaluation of waste wood recycling in the context of EU energy policy and the European market

Cited by 24 publications

References 8 publications

Application of Protection Motivation Theory to Investigate Sustainable Waste Management Behaviors

Application of Protection Motivation Theory to Investigate Sustainable Waste Management Behaviors

Cascading Utilization of Wood: a Matter of Circular Economy?

Assessment Strategies for Municipal Selective Waste Collection – Regional Waste Management

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