phase out landfilling to non-recyclable and non-recoverable
waste; to ensure full implementation of the waste policy targets
in all Member States (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/
waste), but a new approach and all sorts of instruments (legal,
financial, innovation and research) could assure the success
in reaching the stated targets.
The main subject of these changes refers to the solid waste
management system, a topic that has become increasingly
stringent, since the decoupling of overpopulation, booming
economies, urbanization and higher living standards from the
growing waste generation rates has proven to be extremely
difficult (Song et al., 2015). Some questions related to
this topic are: How sustainable are our current solid waste
management systems? How to evaluate the systems rapidly and