Waste Management Policies and Implementation Quiz

The new waste policy direction goes beyond preventing pollution and moves towards the construction of a sustainable resource recycling society, by managing waste as a recyclable resource and improving resource productivity.

The policy structure has been modified from one that was focused on reduction, recycling, treatment and disposal, to one that is oriented toward recycling, energy harvesting, and the improvement of treatment and disposal methods.

The main objectives are to respond to changes caused by climate change and the exhaustion of raw material and fossil fuel, and to construct a sustainable resource recycling society.

<p>The core concepts are managing waste as a recyclable resource and improving resource productivity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The main tasks include recycling, energy harvesting, and the improvement of treatment and disposal methods.</p> Signup and view all the answers