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Komunalinių atliekų tvarkymo struktūrinė analizė
Municipal Waste Management Structural Analysis

Author(s): Juozas Bivainis, Viktorija Podgaiskytė
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Keywords: waste management system; municipal waste; organizational structure; sustainable development; systems approach

Summary/Abstract: Municipal waste management system – a complex, dynamic system, characterized by large volumes of waste generated, waste biodiversity and different system participants. The paper presents results of municipal waste management structural analysis. These are the characteristics of waste management cycle of five phases (waste generation, sorting at source, collection and transportation, use and disposal), participants (waste holders, managers, governance institutions and groups of interest), their mutual relations and communications with the various components of the environment. The results are treated as a background for the systematic decisions in municipal waste management, based on multicriteria evaluation methods.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 323-334
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Lithuanian
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