Progress and challenges to the global waste management system

Rapid economic growth, urbanization and increasing population have caused (materially intensive) resource consumption to increase, and consequently the release of large amounts of waste to the environment. From a global perspective, current waste and resource management lacks a holistic approach cov...

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Published in:Waste management & research 2014-09, Vol.32 (9), p.800-812
Main Authors: Singh, Jagdeep, Laurenti, Rafael, Sinha, Rajib, Frostell, Björn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude
Conservation of Natural Resources - methods
Consumption
Economic growth
Energy consumption
Environmental economics
Global challenges
Humans
Industrial Waste - analysis
Information systems
Natural resource management
Population growth
Raw materials
Resource consumption
Resource management
Resources management
root causes
Socioeconomic Factors
Solid Waste - analysis
Statistics
Studies
Sustainability
Sustainable development
systems approach
Urbanization
Waste disposal
Waste management
Waste Management - economics
Waste Management - methods
Waste Products - analysis
Waste Products - statistics & numerical data
Wastes
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