Driving forces in national waste management strategies

摘要

Over the years the development of society and industry, coupled with growing awareness of environmental issues, has led to the application of increasingly sophisticated technological methods for handling waste.rnBetween the 1970's and the 1990's disposal technologies took on an air of self-sufficiency often forcing operators to take sides, in much the same way as occurs with sport fans. Those in favour of incineration were contrary to landfilling and recovery, whilst individuals supporting landfilling defamed the other methods, and so on. At times the echo of the irrational discussions which took place can still be heard today, with people continuing to reason in extreme terms, either in favour or contrary to a given system, without any reference to the specific context.