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

World Bank

dc.creator	World Bank
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:12:43Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:12:43Z
dc.date	2011-04-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:41:12Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:41:12Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20110524005013
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2754
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243123
dc.description	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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ABSORPTION
dc.subject	ACCUMULATORS
dc.subject	AUDITS
dc.subject	BIODEGRADABLE MUNICIPAL WASTE
dc.subject	BIODEGRADABLE WASTE
dc.subject	CARBON
dc.subject	CENTRAL PLANNING
dc.subject	COLLECTION ROUTES
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL WASTE
dc.subject	COMPOST
dc.subject	COMPOSTING
dc.subject	COMPOSTING FACILITIES
dc.subject	COMPOSTING PLANTS
dc.subject	CONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DEMOLITION WASTE
dc.subject	DISPOSAL FACILITIES
dc.subject	DISPOSAL OF WASTE
dc.subject	DISPOSAL SYSTEM
dc.subject	DRINKING WATER
dc.subject	DUMP SITES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CHANGE
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject	ECONOMICS
dc.subject	ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject	EIA
dc.subject	EMISSIONS
dc.subject	ENERGY RECOVERY
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL TARGETS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND COLLECTION
dc.subject	EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	FINAL DISPOSAL
dc.subject	FINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	GAS MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	GLASS
dc.subject	GROUNDWATER
dc.subject	HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL
dc.subject	HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL WASTE
dc.subject	HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
dc.subject	HAZARDOUS WASTE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD WASTE
dc.subject	ILLEGAL DUMPS
dc.subject	INCINERATION DIRECTIVE
dc.subject	INCINERATION OF WASTE
dc.subject	INCINERATORS
dc.subject	INDUSTRIAL SITES
dc.subject	INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	LANDFILL
dc.subject	LANDFILL CLOSURE
dc.subject	LANDFILL DIRECTIVE
dc.subject	LANDFILL GAS
dc.subject	LANDFILL OPERATORS
dc.subject	LANDFILL PROJECTS
dc.subject	LANDFILL RESTORATION
dc.subject	LANDFILL SITE
dc.subject	LANDFILL SITES
dc.subject	LANDFILL SITING
dc.subject	LANDFILL WASTE
dc.subject	LANDFILLING
dc.subject	LEACHATE
dc.subject	LEACHATE COLLECTION
dc.subject	LOCAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	METALS
dc.subject	MINING
dc.subject	MINING WASTE
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL SOLID
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL WASTE
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL WASTE COLLECTION
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
dc.subject	MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subject	NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
dc.subject	NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
dc.subject	NATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
dc.subject	NATIONAL WASTE STRATEGIES
dc.subject	NATIONAL WASTE STRATEGY
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NIMBY
dc.subject	NONHAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL WASTE
dc.subject	PLASTIC
dc.subject	POLLUTION
dc.subject	PRODUCERS
dc.subject	PRODUCTION PATTERNS
dc.subject	PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	RECYCLING OPERATORS
dc.subject	REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SANITARY LANDFILL
dc.subject	SANITARY LANDFILL SITE
dc.subject	SANITARY LANDFILLS
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	SCOPE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SEWAGE
dc.subject	SEWAGE SLUDGE
dc.subject	SEWERAGE
dc.subject	SEWERAGE NETWORK
dc.subject	SITE SELECTION
dc.subject	SOIL POLLUTION
dc.subject	SOLID WASTE
dc.subject	SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
dc.subject	SOLID WASTE GENERATION
dc.subject	SOLID WASTE LANDFILL
dc.subject	SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
dc.subject	SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
dc.subject	SOLID WASTE OPERATIONS
dc.subject	SOLID WASTE SECTOR
dc.subject	SOURCE SEPARATION
dc.subject	STREAMS
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SWM
dc.subject	TIRES
dc.subject	TRANSFER STATIONS
dc.subject	TREATMENT OF WASTE
dc.subject	WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES
dc.subject	WASTE COMPOSITION
dc.subject	WASTE DISPOSAL
dc.subject	WASTE DISPOSAL SITES
dc.subject	WASTE DUMPS
dc.subject	WASTE FACILITIES
dc.subject	WASTE FLOWS
dc.subject	WASTE HIERARCHY
dc.subject	WASTE INCINERATION
dc.subject	WASTE LANDFILLS
dc.subject	WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	WASTE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	WASTE MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICIES
dc.subject	WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY
dc.subject	WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
dc.subject	WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
dc.subject	WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subject	WASTE MINIMIZATION
dc.subject	WASTE PLANS
dc.subject	WASTE POLICY
dc.subject	WASTE PREVENTION
dc.subject	WASTE PRODUCERS
dc.subject	WASTE QUANTITIES
dc.subject	WASTE RECYCLING
dc.subject	WASTE REDUCTION
dc.subject	WASTE SEPARATION
dc.subject	WASTE SHIPMENT
dc.subject	WASTE STREAMS
dc.subject	WASTE TREATMENT
dc.subject	WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES
dc.subject	WASTE TYPES
dc.subject	WASTE VOLUMES
dc.subject	WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITIES
dc.subject	WASTES
dc.subject	WASTEWATER
dc.subject	WASTEWATER TREATMENT
dc.subject	WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject	WILLINGNESS TO PAY
dc.title	Solid Waste Management in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania : A Cross-Country Analysis of Sector Challenges Towards EU Harmonization
dc.type	Economic & Sector Work :: Other Public Sector Study
dc.coverage	Europe and Central Asia
dc.coverage	EU Accession Countries
dc.coverage	Bulgaria
dc.coverage	Croatia
dc.coverage	Poland
dc.coverage	Romania