Comparative Analysis of Turkish and Belgian Waste Management Policies and Implications
Abstract
Belgium has a federal structure administratively consisting of three separate regions which are Flanders, Walloon and Brussels capital region. Belgium is one of the important countries within European Union with a surface area of 30,518 km, an urbanization rate of %97, a population of 10,839,905, a population density of 340 person/km and 25,329 Euros of national income per capita. Belgium which recycles 73% of her household wastes is among the countries with highest recycling rate in * This study was adopted from the proceeding which was presented at 2nd International Congress on Urban and Environmental Issues and Policies in Trabzon in 2012 . * Yrd. Doç. Dr., Karabük Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, email:kyaman@karabuk.edu.tr * Araştırma Görevlisi, Karabük Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, email:eceaksoy@karabuk.edu.tr Europe. On this account, in the present study, waste management performance scores (WPS) were calculated for both countries by comparatively analyzing waste management policies and waste figures of Turkey and Belgium. Thus, waste management policies and the rate of implementation success of both countries were evaluated comparatively. According to the results of the analysis of administrative and legal structure of Belgium and Turkey‟s waste management policies, Belgium has been more successful than Turkey (Belgium=26, Turkey=21). In terms of total waste figures, Belgium is also more successful than Turkey. The average WPS scores were calculated as -0.04 for Belgium and as -0.17 for Turkey.
Keywords
Waste, Waste management, Waste management performance score,
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