국내 생활폐기물관리평가지수 산정 및 적용에 관한 연구

초록

Since the 1990s, waste policies of the South Korean government have focused on resource recycling societies that reducethe amount of waste landfill and increase the amount of waste recycling. In South Korea, the implementation of variousenvironmental policies and efforts has led to the highest recycling rate in the world; however, after 2011, the recyclingrate of household waste has been stagnant. Therefore, to convert such waste disposal problems into a resource recyclingsocioeconomic regime conforming to the national policy, establishing a tool to evaluate the appropriate management policyof household waste is necessary. In this study, a waste management evaluation index was developed and applied to identifyand evaluate trends in the waste disposal methods. For the evaluation index, we considered two points of evaluation, i.e.,“waste recycling increases and waste landfill decreases” and “the current waste recycling rate is taken into consideration.”. The data of waste disposal of 2007, 2012 and 2015 in 16 municipalities was used. The results shows that the highestabsolute index was (+)28 in Chungbuk, whereas the lowest was analyzed as (-)10 in Daegu. Moreover, the cities withhigh recycling rates and low landfill rates were Seoul and Busan, while Jeonnam had the low recycling rate and the highlandfill rate. Furthermore, Chungnam and Chungbuk were very likely to develop further, whereas Daegu and Incheonhad a very low possibility of development. This waste management evaluation index and method can be one importanttool and approach and can support more sustainable and resource recycling socioeconomic.

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