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Waste collection in rural communities: challenges under EU regulations. A Case study of Neamt County, Romania

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  • Florin Constantin Mihai

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

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The paper aims to examine the changes in the rural waste management sector at regional scale since the Romania adhesion to the EU in 2007. Traditional waste management based on the mixed waste collection and waste disposal often on improper sites prevailed in municipal waste management options of transitional economies across the globe. The lack of formal waste collection services in rural areas has encouraged the open dumping or backyard burning. The paper analyses the improvements and challenges of local authorities in order to fulfill the new EU requirements in this sector supported by data analysis at local administrative unit levels and field observations. Geographical analysis is compulsory in order to reveal the local disparities. The paper performs an assessment of waste collection issues across 78 rural municipalities within Neamt County. This sector is emerging in rural areas of Eastern Europe, but is far from an efficient municipal waste management system based on the waste hierarchy concept.

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  • Florin Constantin Mihai, 2017. "Waste collection in rural communities: challenges under EU regulations. A Case study of Neamt County, Romania," Post-Print hal-01546793, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01546793
    DOI: 10.1007/s10163-017-0637-x
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    1. Mihai, Florin-Constantin & Lamasanu, Andreea, 2013. "Spatial analysis of dumpsites volumes from rural territory Case study: Neamt County, Romania," MPRA Paper 61368, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2013.
    2. Mihai, Florin-Constantin & Oiste, Ana-Maria & Chelaru, Dan-Adrian, 2014. "Rural waste generation : a geographical survey at local scale," MPRA Paper 62382, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2014.
    3. 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.
    4. Mihai, Florin-Constantin, 2015. "Spatial distribution of rural dumpsites parameters in Romania," MPRA Paper 69068, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Angel Lu�s Lucendo-Monedero & Rosa Jord�-Borrell & Francisca Ruiz-Rodr�guez, 2015. "Predictive model for areas with illegal landfills using logistic regression," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(7), pages 1309-1326, July.
    6. Florin Constantin Mihai, 2013. "Tourism implications on local waste management. Case study: Neamț County, Romania," Post-Print hal-01150675, HAL.
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    2. Andreea Simona Saseanu & Rodica-Manuela Gogonea & Simona Ioana Ghita & Radu Şerban Zaharia, 2019. "The Impact of Education and Residential Environment on Long-Term Waste Management Behavior in the Context of Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(14), pages 1-17, July.
    3. Florin-Constantin Mihai, 2020. "Assessment of COVID-19 Waste Flows During the Emergency State in Romania and Related Public Health and Environmental Concerns," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(15), pages 1-18, July.
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    5. MIHAI, Florin Constantin, 2017. "Rural waste management at global level (Introductory chapter)," SocArXiv jn8zf, Center for Open Science.

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    Keywords

    waste collection; waste management; municipal waste; rural areas; EU;
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    JEL classification:

    • H00 - Public Economics - - General - - - General
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • K32 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law
    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R53 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Public Facility Location Analysis; Public Investment and Capital Stock
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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