| Abstrakt: |
Problems and threats which waste generates, directly or indirectly, are large and include social, economic and other impacts on life and the environment. Industrialized human society produces a huge amount of material. Most of it ends up as waste or garbage. The nature of this waste has changed especially in the last 40 years, due to the intensive production and use of synthetic materials, especially plastics. Waste management in accordance with environmental principles is a complex process that includes a total control by the waste management system (generation, sorting, collection, transport, disposal and treatment of waste). In order to solve this problem of inadequate treatment, the process must be financially supported, strategically planned, institutionally organized and regulated by law. Investing in waste management is financially profitable as it is based on the fact that adequate waste management brings high savings and significant profits at various levels, developing so-called "green economy". One of the important preconditions is the involvement of the population in the process of planning and decision-making about problems in this field. It is necessary to work on development of environmental awareness at different levels as industrial and municipal waste can become a significant energy resource of raw material, as well as a source of new jobs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
