
Economics of the health implications of waste management in the context of a circular economy / World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Tác giả : World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Nhà xuất bản : World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Năm xuất bản : 2023
Chủ đề : 1. Economics. 2. Environmental Health. 3. Health Impact Assessment. 4. Sustainable Development. 5. Waste Management. 6. Technical documents.
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Tóm tắt : | The world is at a crossroads. For decades, economies have relied on the linear model to “take, make, and dispose”; a circular economy is slowly emerging, which looks to “renew, remake, and share” instead. Moving toward a circular economy requires a fundamental rethinking of waste management practices and how they can affect health and wellbeing. This report analyzes assessment of economic benefits of the health outcomes from better waste management, and discusses approaches for assessing health impacts and their economic consequences in decision-making for a zero pollution future based on the principles of a circular economy and sustainable waste management. Transformation to more sustainable waste management with low health risks entails substantial economic costs: in remediation of historic waste deposit sites, investment in purchasing and maintaining modern technologies for waste burning, and promoting job switching to avoid lost livelihoods. Economic assessment methods have evolved and include selected topics in the social dimension of sustainability, such as equity. This trend in economic assessment has substantially facilitated the evaluation of health and well-being in the context of the circular economy and waste management in both the short and long term. xx, 72 p. |
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https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/365579 |