Social-ecological approach to analysis of the municipal waste utilization problem in metropolis (through the lens of philosophy and law)

Authors

  • Oleksandr Stovpets Odessa National Maritime University South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. Ushynsky, Department of Philosophy, Sociology & Sociocultural activities management (Odessa, Ukraine), Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8001-4223

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21847/1728-9343.2020.1(165).197085

Keywords:

consumption philosophy, social ecology, metropolis, eco-friendly consciousness, municipal waste treatment, utilization, recycling

Abstract

The article gives an analysis of different socio-economic, legal-organizational, info-educational, technical and technological aspects of waste treatment, and also the most used models and instruments in the realm of municipal waste management, applicable in the civilized world. A special attention is paid to the main imperfections of the existing waste treatment system in Ukraine and other countries. A comparative method helps to understand the differences, and the crucial problems in waste processing models used in developed and developing countries, in order to make necessary corrections to environmental policy, with implementation of new social-ecological, psychological, legal and economic incentives. A study of the successful waste-reducing and utilization experience of some countries gives a reason to conclude, that their governments and local authorities have created not only the expedient infrastructure for recycling, but also a proper moral-ethical background in the municipal waste management. As we hope, the most significant tools and methods of mentioned environmental policy have been unfolded in this research.

Author Biography

Oleksandr Stovpets, Odessa National Maritime University South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. Ushynsky, Department of Philosophy, Sociology & Sociocultural activities management (Odessa, Ukraine)

PhD in Philosophy, Associate professor

Applicant

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2021-06-09

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Stovpets, O. (2021). Social-ecological approach to analysis of the municipal waste utilization problem in metropolis (through the lens of philosophy and law). Skhid, (1(165), 64–71. https://doi.org/10.21847/1728-9343.2020.1(165).197085

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Social Philosophy