Management of Municipal Waste in the EU Member States: Best Practices

Abstract

The publication provides an overview of the legal and institutional framework of waste management in the European Union and its Member States and presents an analysis and evaluation of individual aspects of such management and its phases. Although it mainly deals with solid municipal waste, it also provides broader perspectives and includes additional elements of waste management. Furthermore, it brings a description and analysis of financial tools used mainly within the Cohesion Policy for contribution to effective implementation of waste management. It also collects examples of best practices in the field of solid municipal waste management.