Waste management - best practices for the Republic of Moldova

Abstract

Waste management in the RM remains a difficult and still unsolved issue both from an organizational and institutional framework, as well as the creation of an integrated system of technical and ecological regulations in the fields of selection for recycling, recovery, disposal and storage of waste. This article proposes the study of the experience of foreign countries in the field of waste management and the possibility of implementing best practices in the Republic of Moldova. In order to achieve this goal, the practices of some EU countries were analyzed in order to manage and prevent waste. At the same time, the measures taken by the authorities from some selected countries regarding the waste management in the conditions of the Covid-19 crisis were studied. Within the research process, the policy documents from the EU waste legislation were analysed, but also the working documents of institutions responsible for waste management from some foreign countries. JEL: Q53, Q54.