Social aspects of public waste management in Switzerland |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute for Environmental Decisions, Natural and Social Science Interface, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland;2. Department of Environmental Systems Science, Transdisciplinary Lab, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland;3. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Center for Industrial Ecology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA;1. School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China;2. School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane 4001, Australia;3. Architectural Engineering College, North China Institute of Science and Technology, Langfang 065201, China;1. Department of Paper Technology, IIT Roorkee-Saharanpur Campus, India;2. Center for Rural Development & Technology, IIT Delhi, India;1. University of Rostock, Department of Waste Management and Material Flow, Germany;2. German Biomass Research Centre gGmbH (DBFZ), TorgauerStraße 116, 04347 Leipzig, Germany;1. Construction Technology and Management, Civil Engineering Department, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, India;2. Civil Engineering Department, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, India |
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| Abstract: | It is becoming increasingly evident that a waste management program, and especially a waste treatment technique, which ignores social aspects, is doomed to failure. Aspects concerning the problems of public acceptance, public participation in planning and implementation, consumer behaviour and changing value systems are no less important than the technical or economic aspects in waste management research and decision-making. As part of the Integrated Research Project “Waste”, Swiss Priority Program Environment (SPPE) 1996–1999 (funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation), this sub-project focuses on the results from two main areas. 1. Results of the three-round written Delphi-Expertquestioning “Contributions to the development of waste management in Switzerland” show that decision transparency, interregional cooperation, information policy and public participation are important factors with regard to the public acceptance of waste management in Switzerland. 2. The much discussed problem area of public acceptance of waste policies is directly linked to the concept of Social Compatibility, which is identified as an essential component of sustainable and successful waste management. As an additional aspect, the significance of mediation as a participatory process for public acceptance will be investigated. Public dialogues on concrete waste management projects not accepted by parts of the population, will therefore be initiated, monitored and evaluated. |
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