Transcription of CHAPTER I V: Waste Management Introduction
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CHAPTER IV: Waste Management CHAPTER IV: Waste Management Introduction Waste Management is a challenging issue from an environmental, political, legal and social point of view. G rowth of large urban areas, tourist flow, rise of living standards and change of consuming patterns, have led to an increase of the produced volumes of municipal Waste with a simultaneous change of its composition. At the same time, there is a growing concern on the site allocation for Waste Management installations. Furthermore, until recently, big quan tities of useful materials ( paper, glass, aluminium, plastic, metal and wood) have not been, in some cases, exploited to their full potential, through recovery and recycling.
Chapter IV: Waste Management 35 iv. WEEE Between 2007 and 2008, recycling of WEEE increased by 50 %. In 2007, the WEEE collected for recycling represented 71.4 % of the total annual amount of 44,000 tonnes, which is the national target
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