ASSESSMENT OF THE PROSPECTS FOR APPLYING THE RESOURCE APPROACH TO SOLID MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT (ON THE MATERIALS OF THE NOVOSIBIRSK REGION)

Abstract

The ever-growing consumption of resources due to global population growth and dynamic development of industrial production led to the increase in the volume of waste generated, which in turn led to the reduction of areas suitable for disposal, and gave rise to the problem of efficient disposal and recycling of waste. In this situation, society needs to direct its development in a more environmentally safe direction and review existing production and consumption models. Solid municipal waste can become the main link in the chain of interrelated factors that need to be considered together with other global problems, such as the rational use of natural resources, since it is a rich source of secondary resources, a “free” energy carrier, due to the fact that garbage is a renewable carbon-containing raw material. However, such resource material is used in the most inefficient way — it is buried, which creates additional costs for cleaning up areas contaminated with waste. In this regard, the article proposes to test the resource approach in waste Management on a specific economic entity, namely, on the example of the Novosibirsk region. In particular, the authors consider the existing volumes of solid household waste in the region, typical problems, and opportunities to solve them using the resource approach.