Waste management benchmarking: A case study of Serbia

• Published in: Habitat international Vol. 53; pp. 453 - 460
• Main Authors: Ilic, Marina, Nikolic, Magdalena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01-04-2016
• Subjects: Assessment; Benchmarking; Benchmarks; Comparative analysis; Guidelines; Ireland; Management; Municipal waste; Municipalities; Negotiations; Project development; Sanitation serices; Serbia; Waste disposal; Waste management; Serbia; ANE, Eire; Municipalities; Municipal waste; LWM; WEEE; Assessment; SLB; SWM; Benchmarking; EU; MSW; TQM; MoUD; Serbia; PET; US
• ISSN: 0197-3975; 1873-5428
• DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.12.022

Republic of Serbia expects to open Chapter 27 for negotiation in the coming year. Comparative analysis in this paper shows current situation in waste management which should meet EU standards. The purpose of this paper is to operationalize current knowledge of waste management practices in order to provide a guideline for implemenetation of future projects and hereby make this knowledge applicable in every municipality. The results were compared with a municipality of similar characteristics from Ireland, in order to compare average situation in wate management in Serbia with one EU country. This paper presents the findings of the waste management benchmarking, and it sets out the policy priorities from development perspective that need to be addressed to ensure that Serbia meets own waste management needs. The results obtained in the study showed the obstacles, real costs and time requirements for establishment of an efficient institutional system able to generate strategic decisions and ensure adequate capacities for infrastructure project development and implementation in the waste management sector.
•Comparative analysis focuses to a large extent on how likely different factors and conditions are to lead to sustainable waste management practices, previously absent, now emerging.•The purpose of this paper is thus to operationalize current knowledge of waste management practise in order to provide a guideline on realization of future and ongoing projects and hereby make this knowledge applicable in the every municipality.•Results obtained in the study, showed the obstacles, real costs and time requirements for establishment of an efficient institutional system able to generate strategic decisions and ensure adequate capacities for infrastructure project development and implementation.