英国伦敦的残余废物管理:现实检查
Nadia Minhas1, Spyridoula Gerassimidou1, Eleni Iacovidou2
1Division of Environmental Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK.
Environmental monitoring and assessment
|October 9, 2023
概括
在伦敦,伦敦,伦敦.
科学领域:
- 废物管理 废物管理
- 循环经济是一个循环经济.
- 环境政策 环境政策
背景情况:
- 剩余废物管理的理解很差,缺乏关注.
- 英国朝着循环经济原则的进步需要评估.
- 伦敦的残留废物数据为国家评估提供了一个案例研究.
研究的目的:
- 为了分析伦敦的残留废物管理.
- 评估英国在循环经济原则方面的进展.
- 确定剩余废物处理的挑战和机遇.
主要方法:
- 对在伦敦收集和管理的残留废物量进行分析.
- 检查处置和回收操作.
- 识别数据限制和技术锁定.
主要成果:
- 伦敦每年处理5万的残留废物.
- 3.5万通过回收管理 (1.44万焚烧),1.59万通过处置 (0.82万垃圾填埋).
- 技术锁定和数据盲点阻碍了循环经济目标和净零野心.
结论:
- 伦敦目前的残留废物管理实践显示出技术锁定,主要有利于焚烧,这可能会阻碍英国的净零目标.
- 数据透明度和改善废物源区分对于有效的剩余废物管理和向循环经济过渡至关重要.
- 政策方向至关重要,以解决废物数据中的盲点,并促进可持续的残留废物管理.
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