Spain is facing serious economic challenges. The public debt in 2013 reached 92.10 per cent of GDP and the unemployment rate in December 2013 was at 25.8 per cent. In this context, there is…
Unsolicited mail (also called junk mail) received by households is a potential source for the application of waste prevention measures. There are insufficient systematic studies on the…
This document is part of the publication “Handbook on alternative waste management schemes”, published by the association Zero Waste Europe. It includes a description of the…
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This study was commissioned by the Association GAIA (Global Alliance for Incineration Alternatives) in 2013. The aim is to analyze the european market for waste incineration and transport…
The presence of impurities in biodegradable waste (biowaste) causes problems with the management of waste, among which are additional costs derived from the need to improve pre-treatment of…
Municipal waste management is one of the main expenditures of local authorities. In the context of the crisis in which we find ourselves, this factor is crucial when considering the…
The article updates information about the canon of municipal waste, including the current tax rates (including new types of fee increase for municipalities that had not approved the plan to…
This chapter describes and analyses the effectiveness of the tax on landfill and incineration of municipal solid waste in Catalonia (Spain). Although four other Spanish autonomous regions…
