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Urban Waste Management in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities 1

Giulia Romano (University of Pisa, Italy)
Claudio Marciano (University of Turin, Italy)
Maria Silvia Fiorelli (University of Pisa, Italy)

Best Practices in Urban Solid Waste Management

ISBN: 978-1-80043-889-7, eISBN: 978-1-80043-888-0

Publication date: 12 July 2021

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of waste management across Europe. It offers an outlook of evolution of waste generation and how European Union (EU) countries treat waste, by providing historical and current data as well as by describing a few best practices of waste management companies and municipalities throughout Europe. The circular economy framework applied to urban waste management and the zero waste strategy are described.

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Romano, G., Marciano, C. and Fiorelli, M.S. (2021), "Urban Waste Management in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities 1 ", Best Practices in Urban Solid Waste Management, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 9-44. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-888-020211004

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