Sustainability assessment in the field of waste management

Abstract

A waste management system is a complex, dynamic system, characterized by large number of stakeholders, variety of types of waste generated. Waste management contribution to the sustainable development is proven and agreed by the scientists, but assessment of waste management system still generates a lot of discussions. The paper presents results of research about models and methods that are used in total or partial assessment and evaluation of waste management system. The paper describes methods for economic, environmental, social and technological analysis. In context of sustainable development, the results show there is a lack of systematic approach, there is no practice that would perform complex assessment and evaluation of waste management system considering sustainability, and finally it is still not clear what sustainable waste management system has to be.