Waste management - approaches, strategies and differences between Romania and Norway [articol]

Abstract

An important aspect of environmental protection is represented by the strategies and approaches regarding waste deposits. European Union has established standards and regulations of waste management and deposits. In some cases those orders can be taken into consideration with all the aspects but there are some deposits which have been rehabilitated from the ecological point of view in the past. For those areas, all the effects of waste upon the environment and population are important to be understood. In the actual context of climate changes more frequent and powerful natural disasters are expected, thus leading to an increased amount of disasters-related to waste. Another important aspect is that the Cities which are an important area of Earth's surface material, energy, and information exchanging; also represent the central focus in national, regional political, economic, scientific and cultural aspects. With the rapid economic development, city is suffering from a series of serious problems such as air pollution, solid waste pollution, vegetation reduction, deterioration of water quality and living environment. According to latest predictions, 4.9 billion people, or 60% of the world’s population is expected to move in urban places by 2030. The studies and analysis show significant differences in urban population. Those studies showed that there is a huge discrepancy between the changes in developed regions and the less developed regions. This paper will make an analysis of Norwegian vs. Romanian approaches in managing both differences and strategies by the 2 states as regards waste. Another purpose of the paper is to understand the policy of Norway government in order to propose new methods and studies for waste deposits that are important to be taken into consideration by the authorities.