Solid Waste Management in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania : A Cross-Country Analysis of Sector Challenges Towards EU Harmonization

The European Union (EU) sets the policy framework for municipal solid waste management that drives reform initiatives in new EU member states and candidate countries. The EU policies, implementation targets, and grant funding establish the enabling environment that transforms the solid waste management sector in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania. The EU directives guide member states towards agreed targets without prescribing in detail how specific measures should be implemented. Various directives establish the legal framework for solid waste management; provide specifics, and an implementation timetable: these include the waste framework directive, the landfill directive, and the waste incineration directive. This study analyzes progress in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania; and identifies important shortcomings towards meeting the requirements of the EU acquis communautaire. All four countries have had access to large amounts of assistance from EU programs and European financial institutions, which for the most part remain unspent. The study identifies strengths and weaknesses in the national institutional arrangements; scrutinizes sector economics and financing, including how current incentive mechanisms affect the medium-to long-term sector financial sustainability; and finally, extracts lessons learned on how to address key issues and optimize sector performance.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2011-04-01
Subjects:	ABSORPTION, ACCUMULATORS, AUDITS, BIODEGRADABLE MUNICIPAL WASTE, BIODEGRADABLE WASTE, CARBON, CENTRAL PLANNING, COLLECTION ROUTES, COMMERCIAL WASTE, COMPOST, COMPOSTING, COMPOSTING FACILITIES, COMPOSTING PLANTS, CONSTRUCTION, DECISION MAKING, DEMOLITION WASTE, DISPOSAL FACILITIES, DISPOSAL OF WASTE, DISPOSAL SYSTEM, DRINKING WATER, DUMP SITES, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC CHANGE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMICS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EIA, EMISSIONS, ENERGY RECOVERY, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS, ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES, ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND COLLECTION, EXTERNALITIES, FINAL DISPOSAL, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, GAS MANAGEMENT, GLASS, GROUNDWATER, HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL, HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL WASTE, HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, HAZARDOUS WASTE, HOUSEHOLD WASTE, ILLEGAL DUMPS, INCINERATION DIRECTIVE, INCINERATION OF WASTE, INCINERATORS, INDUSTRIAL SITES, INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, LANDFILL, LANDFILL CLOSURE, LANDFILL DIRECTIVE, LANDFILL GAS, LANDFILL OPERATORS, LANDFILL PROJECTS, LANDFILL RESTORATION, LANDFILL SITE, LANDFILL SITES, LANDFILL SITING, LANDFILL WASTE, LANDFILLING, LEACHATE, LEACHATE COLLECTION, LOCAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, METALS, MINING, MINING WASTE, MUNICIPAL LANDFILL, MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS, MUNICIPAL SOLID, MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, MUNICIPAL WASTE, MUNICIPAL WASTE COLLECTION, MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS, MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN, NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, NATIONAL WASTE STRATEGIES, NATIONAL WASTE STRATEGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NIMBY, NONHAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL WASTE, PLASTIC, POLLUTION, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTION PATTERNS, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, RECYCLING OPERATORS, REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, SANITARY LANDFILL, SANITARY LANDFILL SITE, SANITARY LANDFILLS, SANITATION, SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE, SCOPE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT, SEWAGE, SEWAGE SLUDGE, SEWERAGE, SEWERAGE NETWORK, SITE SELECTION, SOIL POLLUTION, SOLID WASTE, SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL, SOLID WASTE GENERATION, SOLID WASTE LANDFILL, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SOLID WASTE OPERATIONS, SOLID WASTE SECTOR, SOURCE SEPARATION, STREAMS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SWM, TIRES, TRANSFER STATIONS, TREATMENT OF WASTE, WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES, WASTE COMPOSITION, WASTE DISPOSAL, WASTE DISPOSAL SITES, WASTE DUMPS, WASTE FACILITIES, WASTE FLOWS, WASTE HIERARCHY, WASTE INCINERATION, WASTE LANDFILLS, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, WASTE MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICIES, WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY, WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, WASTE MINIMIZATION, WASTE PLANS, WASTE POLICY, WASTE PREVENTION, WASTE PRODUCERS, WASTE QUANTITIES, WASTE RECYCLING, WASTE REDUCTION, WASTE SEPARATION, WASTE SHIPMENT, WASTE STREAMS, WASTE TREATMENT, WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES, WASTE TYPES, WASTE VOLUMES, WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITIES, WASTES, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WATER SUPPLY, WILLINGNESS TO PAY,
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