Waste generation and resource shortages have long been recognized as two of the greatest
challenges human society is facing. In the early 1970s, the Club of Rome, a group of …

The Global Waste Management Outlook, a collective effort of the United Nations
Environment Programme and the International Waste Management Association, is a …

1050 Waste Management & Research 33 (12) the situation is likely to get worse rather than
better, as urban populations and waste quantities grow in the poorest countries. So the first …

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756 Waste Management & Research 30 (8) serves the interests of both society and our
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Historically,'developed'societies have adopted a linear approach to the use of resources,
with natural assets being processed, used and ultimately discarded as wastes with little if …

Waste management (WM) is a very trans-and interdisciplinary field of research. How wastes
are managed, collected, treated and disposed have a significant impact on the public health …

1.1 Background The Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment (CCME) Waste
Management Task Group (WMTG) commissioned this report to summarize the current state …

Reduce The first priority within the waste management hierarchy is to reduce by as much as
possible the amount of material that enters the recycling or the solid waste stream and the …

Managing solid wastes in society has been a challenge for as long as people have gathered
together in sufficient numbers to impose a stress on local resources. In bygone centuries …