SOCIAL ASPECT OF MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
SOCIAL ASPECT OF MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

Summary/Abstract: The authors of the article assessed the social aspect of the municipalwaste management system in Poland. The research covered the period from 2011,i.e. from the validity of legal regulations resulting in the changes commonlyknown as the ‘waste revolution’. The impact on social life of the ways in whichmunicipalities organize waste collection and processing was examined. Also, thereaction of residents to specific solutions of municipal authorities in the field ofwaste segregation and the costs of its removal were taken into account. For example,the social aspect of the municipal waste management system in the Capital City ofWarsaw was examined, also including street cleaning and the removal of rubblefrom renovated apartments. In the conducted research, the authors took into accountthe need to manage waste under the conditions of a circular economy specified inthe directives of the European Union.

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