Studies on the Possibilities of Improving Plastic Management Services
Waste management is seen as a filter between the anthroposphere and the environment. Therefore, these substances must be eliminated from the products’ life cycle and managed in a way that does not harm the environment or human health. At the same time, into consideration it must be taken that a sign...
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| author | Nicoleta BOGATU Marius MOCANU Viorica GHISMAN Daniela-Laura BURUIANA |
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| description | Waste management is seen as a filter between the anthroposphere and the environment. Therefore, these substances must be eliminated from the products’ life cycle and managed in a way that does not harm the environment or human health.
At the same time, into consideration it must be taken that a significant part of plastic products belongs to the group of long-life goods and accumulates in the anthroposphere for years. Even if some dangerous additives are forbidden or replaced with more ecological alternatives, years or decades after the manufactured goods have been produced for various application sectors, plastics that contain these kinds of substances appear in the waste streams of the bovementioned long-life goods.
Therefore, the knowledge regarding the plastic waste quantity, the level of information of the population, as well as the citizens’ attitude towards selective waste management are important aspects for the efficient design of the future action plan for plastic waste management.
This study tries to analyse the attitudes that the citizens of the “Plantelor” neighbourhood of Braila Municipality have regarding the environment and their ecological behaviour.
At the same time, we propose to obtain a perspective upon the citizen’s knowledge from that area regarding the actual environmental problems and the way in which they adopt sustainable behaviours in a circular economy in order to issue a warning. This is necessary in order to create some educational programs in partnership with public institutions and to be informed about the 3R philosophy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbf4830a00994109b3aec52105ada3e42023-01-13T15:22:52ZengGalati University PressThe Annals of “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati. Fascicle IX, Metallurgy and Materials Science2668-47482668-47562022-12-0145410411310.35219/mms.2022.4.185829Studies on the Possibilities of Improving Plastic Management ServicesNicoleta BOGATU0Marius MOCANU1Viorica GHISMAN2Daniela-Laura BURUIANA3Interdisciplinary Research Centre in the Field of Eco-Nano Technology and Advance Materials CC-ITI, Faculty of Engineering, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 47 Domneasca, 800008 Galati, Romania; Department of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 47 Domneasca, 800008 Galati, RomaniaDepartment of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 47 Domneasca, 800008 Galati, RomaniaInterdisciplinary Research Centre in the Field of Eco-Nano Technology and Advance Materials CC-ITI, Faculty of Engineering, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 47 Domneasca, 800008 Galati, Romania; Department of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 47 Domneasca, 800008 Galati, RomaniaInterdisciplinary Research Centre in the Field of Eco-Nano Technology and Advance Materials CC-ITI, Faculty of Engineering, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 47 Domneasca, 800008 Galati, Romania; Department of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 47 Domneasca, 800008 Galati, RomaniaWaste management is seen as a filter between the anthroposphere and the environment. Therefore, these substances must be eliminated from the products’ life cycle and managed in a way that does not harm the environment or human health. At the same time, into consideration it must be taken that a significant part of plastic products belongs to the group of long-life goods and accumulates in the anthroposphere for years. Even if some dangerous additives are forbidden or replaced with more ecological alternatives, years or decades after the manufactured goods have been produced for various application sectors, plastics that contain these kinds of substances appear in the waste streams of the bovementioned long-life goods. Therefore, the knowledge regarding the plastic waste quantity, the level of information of the population, as well as the citizens’ attitude towards selective waste management are important aspects for the efficient design of the future action plan for plastic waste management. This study tries to analyse the attitudes that the citizens of the “Plantelor” neighbourhood of Braila Municipality have regarding the environment and their ecological behaviour. At the same time, we propose to obtain a perspective upon the citizen’s knowledge from that area regarding the actual environmental problems and the way in which they adopt sustainable behaviours in a circular economy in order to issue a warning. This is necessary in order to create some educational programs in partnership with public institutions and to be informed about the 3R philosophy.https://www.gup.ugal.ro/ugaljournals/index.php/mms/article/view/5829plastic recyclingcircular economywaste managementpollution risksaction plan |
| spellingShingle | Nicoleta BOGATU Marius MOCANU Viorica GHISMAN Daniela-Laura BURUIANA Studies on the Possibilities of Improving Plastic Management Services The Annals of “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati. Fascicle IX, Metallurgy and Materials Science plastic recycling circular economy waste management pollution risks action plan |
| title | Studies on the Possibilities of Improving Plastic Management Services |
| title_full | Studies on the Possibilities of Improving Plastic Management Services |
| title_fullStr | Studies on the Possibilities of Improving Plastic Management Services |
| title_full_unstemmed | Studies on the Possibilities of Improving Plastic Management Services |
| title_short | Studies on the Possibilities of Improving Plastic Management Services |
| title_sort | studies on the possibilities of improving plastic management services |
| topic | plastic recycling circular economy waste management pollution risks action plan |
| url | https://www.gup.ugal.ro/ugaljournals/index.php/mms/article/view/5829 |
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