CeTAmb LAB - Research Laboratory on Appropriate Technologies for Environmental Management in Resource-limited Countries, University of Brescia, via Branze 43, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
DMMT - Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Viale Europa, 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Waste Manag. 2020 Jul 15;113:176-185. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.05.051. Epub 2020 Jun 10.
Solid waste management assessment methods that simultaneously analyze the economic, social and environmental dimensions are limited. Tools are rarely applied in developing countries because of several constraints encountered during their implementation (e.g. lack of data availability and difficulties concerning data interpretation), consequently hampering the development of sustainable solid waste management practices. In addition, the incorporation of stakeholders in most decision-making tools and processes, as well as the availability of credible data in developing countries is often limited. To address these issues, this paper presents one of the first large scale studies, utilizing a tool, named Integrated Assessment Scheme (IAS). Use of IAS provides a holistic, integrated approach evaluating the economic, environmental and social dimensions in order to support the decision making process and to facilitate more sustainable waste management in low and middle-income countries. The use of IAS in the two case studies from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Mozambique suggests its suitability to communities in similar contexts. However, its limitations are also discussed.
固体废物管理评估方法同时分析经济、社会和环境层面的方法有限。由于在实施过程中遇到了一些限制（例如缺乏数据可用性和数据解释方面的困难），这些工具很少在发展中国家应用，从而阻碍了可持续固体废物管理实践的发展。此外，在大多数决策工具和流程中纳入利益相关者，以及在发展中国家获得可信数据的机会往往受到限制。为了解决这些问题，本文提出了首次大规模使用一种名为综合评估方案（IAS）的工具的研究之一。IAS 的使用提供了一种整体的、综合的方法，评估经济、环境和社会层面，以支持决策过程，并促进中低收入国家更可持续的废物管理。IAS 在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那以及莫桑比克的两个案例研究中的使用表明，它适用于类似背景的社区。然而，也讨论了其局限性。
