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Sustainable metropolitan areas perspectives through assessment of the existing waste management strategies

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Abstract

Human activities are considered among the main producers of any kind of pollution. This paper, through a Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) model analyses, focuses on the evaluation and assessment of the existing practices, procedures, and results obtained in order to determine whether the municipal solid waste (MSW) management implemented in three major Greek municipalities in the greater urban area of Attica, namely the municipalities of Nea Smirni, Vyronas, and Piraeus, could be considered viable and sustainable. The evaluation indicated that MSW in Greek cities have reduced over the last years, also suggesting a steady downward trend, which could be considered consistent with that of the per capita incomes in Greece due to the extended economic austerity, while at the same time the recycling indicator seems to optimize. The results are very useful for policymakers and local authorities towards taking actions related to the targets set from the circular economy strategies as well as the targets set from United Nation Development Program and the European Green Deal Strategy.

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Abbreviations

DPSIR:

Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response

e.g.:

For example (exempli gratia)

etc.:

And others; and the rest; and so forth (et cētera)

i.e.:

In other words; that is (id est)

kg:

Kilogram

MSW:

Municipal solid waste

NHWM:

Hellenic National Hazardous Waste Management Plan

NWMP:

Hellenic National Waste Management Plan

NWPP:

Hellenic National Waste Prevention Program

RMP:

Regional Management Plans

RWMP:

Regional Waste Management Plan

w/w:

Weight for weight

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  1. Department of Home Economics and Ecology, School of Environment, Geography and Applied Economics, Harokopio University, 70 Eleftheriou Venizelou Avenue, 17676, Kallithea, Attica, Greece

    Ioannis Vardopoulos

  2. Department of Environmental Inspectorate, Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy, 119 Mesogeion Avenue, 11526, Athens, Attica, Greece

    Ioannis Konstantopoulos

  3. Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Engineering Sustainability, Environmental Conservation and Management, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of Cyprus, 33 Giannou Kranidioti, Nicosia, 2252, Latsia, Cyprus

    Antonis A. Zorpas & Irene Voukkali

  4. Mulhouse Materials Science Institute (IS2M), Joint Research Unit (UMR), French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) - University of Upper Alsace (UHA), 15 Jean Starcky, F-68100, Mulhouse, France

    Lionel Limousy & Simona Bennici

  5. University of Strasbourg, 67081, 4 Blaise Pascal, Strasbourg, 67081, France

    Lionel Limousy & Simona Bennici

  6. Environmental Science and Technology Group (ESTg), Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University Astana, 53 Kabanbay Batyr Avenue, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, 010000

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Vardopoulos, I., Konstantopoulos, I., Zorpas, A.A. et al. Sustainable metropolitan areas perspectives through assessment of the existing waste management strategies. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 24305–24320 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-07930-1

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Keywords

  • Sustainability indicators
  • Solid waste management
  • Waste strategies
  • Circular economy
  • Green Deal 
  • Sustainable urban development