As an important recyclable and reusable resource, waste paper is traded in millions of
dollars around the world every year. Global waste paper trade not only addresses resource …

As a key utility service that more than 2 billion people are currently lacking, solid waste
management (SWM) is a crosscutting issue that can be directly linked to 12 out of the 17 UN …

International trade in hazardous and nonhazardous waste and scrap products has been
growing at an exceptional rate the past two decades. This review presents current data on …

Waste management and disposal are influenced by socio-economic, institutional and policy
factors that possess idiosyncratic features in regional settings. The role of organized crime is …

Managing municipal solid waste is a challenge for many policy makers, but even more so in
the Global South. Regulatory instruments are often limited, available resources are scarce …

Environmental non-compliance is affected by the decentralized shaping of environmental
policy by local governments and enforcement actions by public bodies. Illegal waste …

Urban waste impacts human and environmental health, and waste management has
become one of the major challenges of humanity. Concurrently with new directives due to …

This paper provides a comparative assessment of the organization of urban waste
management in selected European countries and discusses the regulatory implications of …

Italy is a major country bordering the Mediterranean Sea. As part of the implementation of
the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Italy has set a target for reducing …

Despite the growing interest in illicit waste trafficking (IWT), studies that empirically address
the issue are still few. Mostly, they fail to present in-depth analysis of the different stages of …