Municipal solid waste management and short-term projection of the waste discard levels in Taiwan |
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Authors: | Yu-Chi Weng Takeshi Fujiwara Yuzuru Matsuoka |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8540, Japan;(2) Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan |
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Abstract: | Industrialization and urbanization result in significant changes in lifestyle. These lifestyle changes seem to lead to unsustainable
consumption patterns and increase the generation of various kinds of environmental loads, especially the amount of municipal
solid waste (MSW). Taiwan is a small island with scarce natural resources. The economic development in Taiwan has resulted
in the generation of large amounts of MSW. As a result, the Taiwan Environmental Pollution Administration (TEPA) has produced
regulations for waste minimization and has imposed several important policy measures that have successfully reduced the MSW
discard rate in recent years and have established a public recycling network as a part of the MSW collection. Nowadays, the
objective of the MSW policies in Taiwan is to develop a “zero-waste society.” This article aims to review the MSW management
progress in Taiwan and to project future MSW discards up to 2011 based on the national plan and assumed scenarios for socioeconomic
variables. According to the analysis results, a more sustainable consumption pattern can be proposed and the corresponding
MSW management system can be planned so as to develop a low-waste-discard society. |
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Keywords: | Municipal solid waste management Developing country Changes in lifestyle Consumer behavior Econometric modeling |
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