{"id":151191,"date":"2022-11-26T15:31:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T21:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/new-research-supports-creating-integrated-waste-collection-systems"},"modified":"2022-11-26T15:31:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T21:31:40","slug":"new-research-supports-creating-integrated-waste-collection-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/new-research-supports-creating-integrated-waste-collection-systems","title":{"rendered":"New research supports creating integrated waste collection systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-research-supports-creating-integrated-waste-collection-systems3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every year, the EU generates over 2.5 billion tonnes of waste \u2013 that\u2019s 5 tonnes per person. The good news is that much of this waste can be recycled and reused. The bad news, however, is that doing so requires proper collection processes, which is often easier said than done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe challenge with waste collection is that it is a widely dispersed process,\u201d says Tjerk Wardenaar, a consultant at EGEN, part of the PNO Group, the project\u2019s lead partner. \u201cIndividual consumers discard small amounts of waste, local and regional authorities implement collection systems, waste management companies do the actual collecting, recycling companies recover materials, and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the support of the EU-funded COLLECTORS project, Wardenaar aims to increase our understanding of how these various steps relate to one another. \u201cWaste collection depends on a combination of social and technical factors,\u201d he explains. \u201cOur goal is to identify best practices that decision makers can use to implement an integrated waste collection system that supports Europe\u2019s transition to a waste-free, circular economy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, the EU generates over 2.5 billion tonnes of waste \u2013 that\u2019s 5 tonnes per person. The good news is that much of this waste can be recycled and reused. The bad news, however, is that doing so requires proper collection processes, which is often easier said than done. \u201cThe challenge with waste collection [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}