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Improper Household Waste Disposal in Rural Territory.Case Study: Neamt County

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  • Florin Constantin Mihai

    (UAIC - Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași = Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iași)

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Open dumping of waste generated and uncollected is the most common option in waste management schemes from rural areas. Lack of sanitation services or rudimentary waste management systems favored this practice. This paper proposes a method to estimate the amounts of household waste uncontrolled disposed at local administrative unit level (commune) for 2003 and 2010. Based on estimating the amounts of waste generated and uncollected are introduced new indicators in the quantitative analysis taking into account the household waste composition, individual composting of biodegradable waste or recyclable waste from households for a more proper assessment of waste disposed. Usually household waste is disposed in various sites according to local geographical context such as open dumps on local roadsides, forest areas or on riverbanks. The indicators were calculated for each commune from the county that did not have access to sanitation services. Processed data were mapped, thematic maps outlining regional disparities existing between communes from county. Comparative analysis of the years 2003 (pre-accession period) and 2010 (post-accession) highlights the changes and difficulties to provide waste management facilities in rural territory.

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  • Florin Constantin Mihai, 2012. "Improper Household Waste Disposal in Rural Territory.Case Study: Neamt County," Post-Print hal-01150649, HAL.
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    1. Mihai, Florin-Constantin & Apostol, Liviu, 2012. "Disparities in municipal waste management across EU-27. A geographical approach," MPRA Paper 61289, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2012.
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    3. Mihai, Florin-Constantin, 2012. "Quantitative assessment method of illegal dumping în small rivers. Case study: Neamt County, Romania," MPRA Paper 61455, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2012.
    4. Mihai, Florin-Constantin, 2013. "Quantitative assessment of household waste disposed in floodplains of rivers from extra-Carpathian region of Neamț county, Romania," MPRA Paper 62381, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2013.
    5. Mihai, Florin-Constantin, 2013. "Estimations of Flood Waste from Rural Dumpsites Located on Floodplains from Neamţ County, Romania," MPRA Paper 61456, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2013.
    6. Mihai, Florin-Constantin & Ursu, Adrian & Ichim, Pavel & Chelaru, Dan-Adrian, 2013. "Determining rural areas vulnerable to illegal dumping using GIS techniques. Case study: Neamț county, Romania," MPRA Paper 62379, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2013.
    7. Mihai, Florin-Constantin & Apostol, Liviu & Ursu, Adrian & Ichim, Pavel, 2012. "Vulnerability of mountain rivers to waste dumping from Neamț County, Romania," MPRA Paper 61451, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2012.
    8. Mihai, Florin-Constantin & Ingrao, Carlo, 2016. "Assessment of biowaste losses through unsound waste management practices in rural areas and the role of home composting," MPRA Paper 74854, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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