在CE,SDG和ESG原则的背景下,评估发展中国家的废物预防和减少的简化框架
Amani Maalouf1, Amaia Garcia-Tabar2, Ana Maria Rodrigues Costa de Castro3
1Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
概括
有效的废物预防战略对于循环经济 (CE) 和可持续发展至关重要. 这项研究提出了为发展中国家提供关键指标的框架,强调了尽管立法进展,但在实施方面存在差距.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 可持续发展 可持续发展 可持续发展
- 循环经济是一个循环经济.
背景情况:
- 减少废物对于循环经济 (CE),可持续发展目标 (SDG) 和环境,社会和治理 (ESG) 原则至关重要.
- 由于缺乏标准化术语和指标,在实施废物最小化策略方面存在差距.
- 由于资源有限,发展中国家在废物管理方面面临着独特的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 引入一种新的,简化和全面的框架,用于评估发展中国家的废物预防和减少措施.
- 提出符合可持续发展目标,ESG标准和CE原则的相关指标.
- 通过结合代理指标来解决数据稀缺的问题,以便在资源有限的环境中进行有效评估.
主要方法:
- 开发一个评估废物预防和最小化框架.
- 提出六个关键指标:零废物指数,食品损失指数,扩大生产者责任,教育和宣传计划,废物预防和塑料袋减少率.
- 对11个发展中国家的案例研究分析,以证明框架的适用性.
主要成果:
- 拟议的框架适用于11个案例研究国家.
- 各国在立法方面取得了进展,但实际上缺乏遵守,这一点体现在废物量减少的不良结果.
- 该框架揭示了废物预防措施对环境,社会和经济的影响在不同国家之间存在差异.
结论:
- 加强政策框架,投资基础设施,促进公众意识和促进合作对于推动可持续废物管理至关重要.
- 需要量身定制的政策来解决特定的国家弱点,同时确保经济可行性.
- 综合框架为发展中国家的废物管理挑战提供了可适应,可扩展和可复制的解决方案.
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