Silva Angie, Rosano Michele, Stocker Laura, Gorissen Leen
Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Sustainable Engineering Group, Curtin University, Australia.
Waste Manag. 2017 Mar;61:547-557. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.11.038. Epub 2016 Dec 9.
Waste policy is increasingly moving on from the 'prevention of waste' to a 'sustainable materials policy' focused agenda recognising individual wastes as a resource. In order to comparatively analyse policy developments in enhanced waste management, three case studies were selected; San Francisco's Zero Waste Program, Flanders's Sustainable Materials Management Initiative and Japan's Sound Material-Cycle Society Plan. These case studies were chosen as an opportunity to investigate the variety of leading approaches, governance structures, and enhanced waste policy outcomes, emerging globally. This paper concludes that the current transitional state of waste management across the world, is only in the first leg of the journey towards Circular Economy closed loop production models of waste as a resource material. It is suggested that further development in government policy, planning and behaviour change is required. A focus on material policy and incorporating multiple front runners across industry and knowledge institutions are offered as potential directions in the movement away from end-pipe land-fill solutions.
废物政策正日益从“防止废物产生”转向以“可持续材料政策”为重点的议程，将各类废物视为一种资源。为了比较分析强化废物管理方面的政策发展情况，选取了三个案例研究；旧金山的零废物计划、佛兰德的可持续材料管理倡议以及日本的健全材料循环社会计划。选择这些案例研究是为了借此机会调查全球范围内出现的各种领先方法、治理结构以及强化废物政策成果。本文得出结论，全球废物管理目前的过渡状态，仅处于迈向将废物作为资源材料的循环经济闭环生产模式征程的第一阶段。建议政府政策、规划及行为改变方面还需进一步发展。关注材料政策并纳入行业和知识机构中的多个领先者，被视为远离末端填埋解决方案的潜在发展方向。
