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Rural waste management:challenges and issues in Romania

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  • Apostol, Liviu
  • Mihai, Florin-Constantin

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Rural areas of the new EU Member States face serious problems in compliance of EU regulation on waste management. Firstly, the share of rural population is higher and it has lower living standards and secondly, the waste collection services are poorly-developed covering some rural regions. In this context, open dumping is used as an appropriate waste disposal solution generating complex pollution. This paper analyzes the disparities between Romanian counties regarding the rural population access to waste collection services in 2008 which reflects the geographical distribution of rural dumpsites in 2009. It examines on one hand , the role of waste management services to reduce illegal dumping and on the other hand, the dysfunctions of traditional waste management system from rural areas and their implications on local environment.

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  • Apostol, Liviu & Mihai, Florin-Constantin, 2012. "Rural waste management:challenges and issues in Romania," MPRA Paper 61291, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2012.
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    1. Andreea Lămăşanu & Florin-Constantin Mihai, 2011. "The Illegal Dumping of Waste in Forest Areas -Evidence from Rural Territory," Post-Print hal-01165849, HAL.
    2. Mihai, Florin-Constantin & Apostol, Liviu & Ghiurca, Ana-Andreea & Lamasanu, Andreea & Banica, Alexandru, 2012. "Geographical distribution of rural dumpsites in North-East Region from Romania," MPRA Paper 62228, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2012.
    3. 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.
    4. Apostol, Liviu & Mihai, Florin-Constantin, 2011. "The process of closing down rural landfills Case study : Neamț county," MPRA Paper 61293, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2011.
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    5. Mihai, Florin-Constantin, 2012. "Geography of waste as a new approach in waste management study," MPRA Paper 61343, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2012.
    6. Jacoba M. M. Viljoen & Catherina J. Schenck & Liza Volschenk & Phillip F. Blaauw & Lizette Grobler, 2021. "Household Waste Management Practices and Challenges in a Rural Remote Town in the Hantam Municipality in the Northern Cape, South Africa," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-24, May.
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    Keywords

    rural areas; dumpsites; EU acquis; sanitation services;
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    JEL classification:

    • I19 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Other
    • 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
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics
    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • R5 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis
    • R52 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Land Use and Other Regulations
    • 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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