Recycling. Trends in development and integration of recycling in waste management in Europe

摘要

The paper, presented at the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association's (ISWA) international conference on recycling held on January 12th, 1995 at Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C. discusses trends in the development and integration of recycling in waste management in various European countries. It is claimed that recycling is becoming a more dominant element in the countries' waste policies and strategies. Subjects discussed are problems related to traditional recycling, sorting of household wastes, source sorting and kerb side collection of household wastes, volume reduction and packaging, producer responsibilities, demolition and building wastes, industrial and commercial wastes, general European waste policies and recycling as a form of energy recovery. (AB)