DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A NATIONWIDE LANDFILL RATING SYSTEM IN SWITZERLAND – A CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Though landfilling is often seen as the least preferable waste management option in ecological terms (see, e.g., ERIKSSON et al., 2005), it is very likely that landfills will continue to play a crucial role as final (or intermediate) sinks of our anthropogenic metabolism (BRUNNER, 2004) “for the foreseeable future” (ALLEN, 2001, p. 4; BUTT & ODUYEMI, 2003). The continuing importance of landfills in waste management is critical with respect to at least two prerequisites of the guiding concept of sustainable development (SD), intra-generative and inter-generative equity.
Understanding the potential of landfills to support or hinder sustainable development is crucial when approaching sustainable waste management. In this paper we present the procedure and the preliminary results of the development and implementation of a nationwide landfill rating system that is based on a systemic assessment approach called sustainability potential analysis (SPA). This transdisciplinary project, which includes both intensive expert interviews (
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| Source: | Specialized Session D (Oktober 2007) | |
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| Autor: | Dr. Daniel J. Lang  Prof. Dr. Roland W. Scholz | |
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