The entire work includes several topics and the main concepts such as circular economy, zero waste, urban metabolism and integrated waste management are introduced with the aim of representing benefits of properly treated waste and at the same time to try to resolve problems. Taking into account that the current municipal waste treatment is lock up at “ground zero”, and the actual approach in Pljevlja, Montenegro, is unsustainable today, and it will burden the future generations, there is a need for applying mentioned concepts in order to protect the environment and the public health, save natural resources, and apply the zero landfilling as the most cost-effective strategy for increasing local economic development. The circular economy as a tool can help in creating a sustainability challenge. Main problems in the city is a big pollution caused by unregulated landfill where the all mixed waste is disposed of and covered with marl from the nearby coal mine. Since there is no any kind of control the current landfill polluting air, land and water. At the same time the city is polluted from the existing Thermal Power Plant which is burning coal in order to produce energy. The main goal of the thesis is to ascertain proper approaches and point out the best practices and waste technologies coming from an international top player in waste management, in order to lead central and local Authorities of Pljevlja as well as citizens to properly manage waste, through understanding all the benefits that can be reached in the following fields: environmental, technological, social, economic. This can be achieved through evaluation of the current “State of the Art” (as is) and evaluating / introducing appropriate legal frame market regulation and the public, as well as industrial policies (to be). The main outcome of the project is new waste management system that includes waste separation, different collection schedule, recycling and as a final construction of an MBT plant.
The entire work includes several topics and the main concepts such as circular economy, zero waste, urban metabolism and integrated waste management are introduced with the aim of representing benefits of properly treated waste and at the same time to try to resolve problems. Taking into account that the current municipal waste treatment is lock up at “ground zero”, and the actual approach in Pljevlja, Montenegro, is unsustainable today, and it will burden the future generations, there is a need for applying mentioned concepts in order to protect the environment and the public health, save natural resources, and apply the zero landfilling as the most cost-effective strategy for increasing local economic development. The circular economy as a tool can help in creating a sustainability challenge. Main problems in the city is a big pollution caused by unregulated landfill where the all mixed waste is disposed of and covered with marl from the nearby coal mine. Since there is no any kind of control the current landfill polluting air, land and water. At the same time the city is polluted from the existing Thermal Power Plant which is burning coal in order to produce energy. The main goal of the thesis is to ascertain proper approaches and point out the best practices and waste technologies coming from an international top player in waste management, in order to lead central and local Authorities of Pljevlja as well as citizens to properly manage waste, through understanding all the benefits that can be reached in the following fields: environmental, technological, social, economic. This can be achieved through evaluation of the current “State of the Art” (as is) and evaluating / introducing appropriate legal frame market regulation and the public, as well as industrial policies (to be). The main outcome of the project is new waste management system that includes waste separation, different collection schedule, recycling and as a final construction of an MBT plant.
Planning the municipal waste cycle as an opportunity for shaping the sustainable future of Pljevlja
KOVACEVIC, IVONA
2017/2018
Abstract
The entire work includes several topics and the main concepts such as circular economy, zero waste, urban metabolism and integrated waste management are introduced with the aim of representing benefits of properly treated waste and at the same time to try to resolve problems. Taking into account that the current municipal waste treatment is lock up at “ground zero”, and the actual approach in Pljevlja, Montenegro, is unsustainable today, and it will burden the future generations, there is a need for applying mentioned concepts in order to protect the environment and the public health, save natural resources, and apply the zero landfilling as the most cost-effective strategy for increasing local economic development. The circular economy as a tool can help in creating a sustainability challenge. Main problems in the city is a big pollution caused by unregulated landfill where the all mixed waste is disposed of and covered with marl from the nearby coal mine. Since there is no any kind of control the current landfill polluting air, land and water. At the same time the city is polluted from the existing Thermal Power Plant which is burning coal in order to produce energy. The main goal of the thesis is to ascertain proper approaches and point out the best practices and waste technologies coming from an international top player in waste management, in order to lead central and local Authorities of Pljevlja as well as citizens to properly manage waste, through understanding all the benefits that can be reached in the following fields: environmental, technological, social, economic. This can be achieved through evaluation of the current “State of the Art” (as is) and evaluating / introducing appropriate legal frame market regulation and the public, as well as industrial policies (to be). The main outcome of the project is new waste management system that includes waste separation, different collection schedule, recycling and as a final construction of an MBT plant.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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