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Waste Management Evaluations and Sustainability

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The term waste management is generally used to define the set of practices necessary to collect, transport, dispose of, recycle, and monitor municipal solid waste.

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The term waste management is generally used to define the set of practices necessary to collect, transport, dispose of, recycle, and monitor municipal solid waste. Wastes are managed for several reasons, for example, to avoid adverse effects on human health, to obtain resources, and to protect the environment. In other term, waste management is a fundamental component of each country strategy for achieving SDGs, as it contributes to improving living conditions and human health.

Waste management methods differ significantly across nations, both in terms of different collection practices and types of disposal choices adopted. As a consequence, it is very complex to assess the sustainability of different waste management systems. For this reason, a hierarchy of different disposal choices has always been...

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  1. European University Institute, Florence School of Regulation - Climate, Fiesole, (Florence), Italy

    Francesco Nicolli

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Nicolli, F. (2019). Waste Management Evaluations and Sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63951-2_457-1

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