'Wasteaware' benchmark indicators for integrated sustainable waste management in cities.

Autor: Wilson DC; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: waste@davidcwilson.com., Rodic L; Education and Competence Studies, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands., Cowing MJ; Independent Consultant, Saint Lucia., Velis CA; School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, United Kingdom., Whiteman AD; RWA Group, Sofia, Bulgaria., Scheinberg A; WASTE, Gouda, The Netherlands., Vilches R; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom., Masterson D; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom., Stretz J; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), Cairo, Egypt., Oelz B; GIZ, Eschborn, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Waste management (New York, N.Y.) [Waste Manag] 2015 Jan; Vol. 35, pp. 329-42. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 11.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.10.006
Abstrakt: This paper addresses a major problem in international solid waste management, which is twofold: a lack of data, and a lack of consistent data to allow comparison between cities. The paper presents an indicator set for integrated sustainable waste management (ISWM) in cities both North and South, to allow benchmarking of a city's performance, comparing cities and monitoring developments over time. It builds on pioneering work for UN-Habitat's solid waste management in the World's cities. The comprehensive analytical framework of a city's solid waste management system is divided into two overlapping 'triangles' - one comprising the three physical components, i.e. collection, recycling, and disposal, and the other comprising three governance aspects, i.e. inclusivity; financial sustainability; and sound institutions and proactive policies. The indicator set includes essential quantitative indicators as well as qualitative composite indicators. This updated and revised 'Wasteaware' set of ISWM benchmark indicators is the cumulative result of testing various prototypes in more than 50 cities around the world. This experience confirms the utility of indicators in allowing comprehensive performance measurement and comparison of both 'hard' physical components and 'soft' governance aspects; and in prioritising 'next steps' in developing a city's solid waste management system, by identifying both local strengths that can be built on and weak points to be addressed. The Wasteaware ISWM indicators are applicable to a broad range of cities with very different levels of income and solid waste management practices. Their wide application as a standard methodology will help to fill the historical data gap.
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