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Waste Management and Recycling

Waste Management in the Global Context

This report analyzes market for global waste, with particular reference to municipal solid waste (MSW). Key Note estimates that amount of MSW generated worldwide in 2006 was 2020 million tons. There is the link between growths and increasing wealth of richest of waste in the society becomes, more waste it generates. As less wealthy nations develop, they are also creating more wealth, thus increasing production waste in world.

Waste is produced for all activities of industry and commerce, with important waste streams including construction and demolition, mining and quarrying, manufacturing and municipal wastes. Much of focus of this report is in RSM, as it is most widespread waste stream and is produced by millions of people. MSW requires major financial and logistical resources to collect recycle and prepare for final disposal. Industrial waste generally has the tonnage than MSW, but its management is responsibility of relatively small and specific sectors of society. (Wentz 2009)

Environmentally acceptable practices in waste management-are essential for detrimental effect should be avoided, such as those due to toxic and hazardous waste, emissions of greenhouse gases, water pollution, air pollution and noise or visual impact (recycling / disposal facilities). Incinerators are an effective means of reducing bulk of municipal waste, but it is important that do not emit harmful gases, compounds and particles. (Wagner 2008)

This report reviews published waste statistics for the wide range of countries. In waste management market, available data are often old, incomplete and harmony in terms of lack of definition. Efforts are underway in most developed economies are able to produce updated statistics, but for most of world population, waste data are very poorly informed. Keynote has the global coverage of available information, to provide an overview of municipal data by tonnage, generation per capita per year and escape route. For some industrialized countries, keynote included in statistics of waste streams in addition to municipal data. (Bartsch 2005)

An important part of this report is an analysis of legislation, government policies for waste management and market structure for main EU countries, Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and South America and USA. main driver behind waste management is legislation, but that does not meet its objectives unless it is supported by effective enforcement. In fact, lack of enforcement gives rise to unscrupulous operators that appear to comply with law, but in practice deal with waste incorrectly or even download illegally. (Venugopalan 2006)

There is the legal international trade in materials for reuse or recycling, but we know that some of world's ...