Sustainable Waste Management in Finland: Applying Axiomatic Design

: Abila B, Kantola J

: International Conference on Innovation and Management

: 2014

: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND MANAGEMENT, VOLS I AND II

: 66

: 72

: 7

: 978-7-5629-4724-0

Recycling is one of the major strategies to sustainable wastes management. Waste sorting is a prerequisite and first process solid wastes recycling. The difficulty in sorting waste is a challenge to most waste generators or waste holders on daily basis. The application of comprehensive waste classification design to products and or packages is required to facilitate and accelerate recycling rate. The paper addresses the compliance of municipal solid waste management techniques hierarchy in Finland-to the European Union Waste Directive and Finnish waste act and presents a conceptual waste classification design solution for both visual and visually challenged persons. The paper includes a review of literatures and database sources such as Eurostat, Finstat, and Ministry of environment Finland. This paper aims towards global waste management sustainability.