The quantity and quality of wastes modern societies experience today is unparalleled in history. Additionally, a new awareness of the pollution and human health hazards caused by the disposal of waste has emerged.
Waste prevention strategies and careful management of waste have significant scope for limiting the waste flows damage and conserving scarce resources. However, successful prosecution of such policies would be possible only if concerted efforts are made to address the traditional partitioned perception of waste issues. Industry and final consumers have to become aware of their contribution to the problems associated with total waste flows generation (directly and indirectly), as well as their major role in delivering the needed solutions. Addressing this ‘lack of perception’ would ultimately change people's attitudes towards waste management as a whole and increase their involvement in ‘sustainable integrated resource and waste management’ practices. The increasing amounts of solid waste being generated show the necessity, and at the same time offer the opportunity, to look for new approaches.
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Barata, E. (2009). Economy-Waste-Environment Input-Output Model: Effects of Portuguese Production and Consumption. In: Suh, S. (eds) Handbook of Input-Output Economics in Industrial Ecology. Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5737-3_28
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