Sustainable metropolitan areas perspectives through assessment of the existing waste management strategies
Vardopoulos I. Konstantopoulos I. Zorpas A.A. Limousy L. Bennici S. Inglezakis V.J. Voukkali I.
May 2021Springer
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2021#2824305 - 24320 pp.
Human activities are considered among the main producers of any kind of pollution. This paper, through a Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) model analyses, focuses on the evaluation and assessment of the existing practices, procedures, and results obtained in order to determine whether the municipal solid waste (MSW) management implemented in three major Greek municipalities in the greater urban area of Attica, namely the municipalities of Nea Smirni, Vyronas, and Piraeus, could be considered viable and sustainable. The evaluation indicated that MSW in Greek cities have reduced over the last years, also suggesting a steady downward trend, which could be considered consistent with that of the per capita incomes in Greece due to the extended economic austerity, while at the same time the recycling indicator seems to optimize. The results are very useful for policymakers and local authorities towards taking actions related to the targets set from the circular economy strategies as well as the targets set from United Nation Development Program and the European Green Deal Strategy.
Circular economy , Green Deal , Solid waste management , Sustainability indicators , Sustainable urban development , Waste strategies
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Department of Home Economics and Ecology, School of Environment, Geography and Applied Economics, Harokopio University, 70 Eleftheriou Venizelou Avenue, Kallithea, Attica, 17676, Greece
Department of Environmental Inspectorate, Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy, 119 Mesogeion Avenue, Athens, 11526, Attica, Greece
Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Engineering Sustainability, Environmental Conservation and Management, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of Cyprus, 33 Giannou Kranidioti, Nicosia, 2252, Latsia, Cyprus
Mulhouse Materials Science Institute (IS2M), Joint Research Unit (UMR), French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) - University of Upper Alsace (UHA), 15 Jean Starcky, Mulhouse, F-68100, France
University of Strasbourg, 67081, 4 Blaise Pascal, Strasbourg, 67081, France
Environmental Science and Technology Group (ESTg), Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University Astana, 53 Kabanbay Batyr Avenue, Nur-Sultan, 010000, Kazakhstan
Department of Home Economics and Ecology
Department of Environmental Inspectorate
Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Engineering Sustainability
Mulhouse Materials Science Institute (IS2M)
University of Strasbourg
Environmental Science and Technology Group (ESTg)
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