Waste management directly impacts the decrease in air, water and soil pollution levels, consequently quality of life and sanitation; in the same time, waste management creates alternative sources of energy and even the possibility for their reuse as raw materials, by recycling. At the level of this subfield, the strategic direction focuses on the development of an integrated waste management system by improving waste management and reducing the number of polluted areas. Achieving this aim implies a series of correlated actions to prevent, collect selectively, recycle, use, treat and eliminate waste. This subfield offers information on the importance of environment protection and efficient management for central and local administration. In this respect, the subfield offers data on specialized units equipment, number of employees, readiness of waste recycling, etc. The data from the European Commission Report on the environment in 2017 show that Romania was on the last position in Europe regarding waste management (with 67 landfills needing to close down).[read more]
The subfield comprises three main indicators: Annual generation of waste excluding major mineral wastes; Recycling rate of municipal waste, as well as Environmental protection expenditure of the public sector. The first main indicator highlights the volume of waste produced by households and industrial consumers. The second indicator gives the recycling rate of municipal waste (% of total waste). The third indicator reveals the level of environmental protection expenditure of the public sector (% of total public expenditure at national level). The eight secondary indicators refer to: dangerous waste production (by type of economic activity); waste production; annual volume of deposited waste (relative to volume of recycled waste); volume of collected waste (by regions); annual toxic substances production (by toxicity class); environmental protection expenditure by types of public or private producers; number of employees in the environment sector; value added in the environment sector.
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