For historical and socio-economic reasons, the countries of the southern
Black Sea region are facing mounting and apparently intractable problems
in managing their solid waste, with increasingly serious implications
for public health and quality of life, as well as the wider
socio-economic development of the region. Hitherto, no comprehensive,
systematic study of the problem seems to have been conducted, to
determine the underlying causes and suggesting how it might be
alleviated in socially and economically viable ways, aiming at
sustainability.
The present book analyzes the causes of the poor state of solid waste
management in the region, identifying feasible modalities with which at
least a degree of sustainability could be achieved in the management of
the region's solid waste.
Readership: Environmental managers, scientists, planners, policy
makers, technical and investment consultants, businesses and other
enterprises and institutions concerned with sustainable solid waste
management in the region