Waste management: a missing element in strategic planning

Abstract

The USA generates hundreds of million tons of solid waste per year. Solid waste has become a major problem – it is a potential threat to public health, it scars the environment, and it can be a block to the economic development of an area because of the negative image it presents. Many simple solutions are proposed: waste reduction being the obvious one, yet it appears that increasing waste generation is unavoidable. This article examines a number of environments in which strategic planning models, sometimes with associated regulatory intervention, have been suggested to counter the growing problem of waste and its effects on the environment.

Citation

Cardinali, R. (2001), "Waste management: a missing element in strategic planning", Work Study, Vol. 50 No. 5, pp. 197-201. https://doi.org/10.1108/00438020110399334