Waste Recycling in Romania, a Component of Waste Management Case Study - Economic Model for Evaluating a Recycling Process

Romanian waste management challenges various factors. One of its main problems is the increasing amount of plastic waste in concurrence with declining landfill space. The usage of PET is growing in Romania at a rate of 15% per year. Waste recycling: represents the breaking down of materials from waste streams into raw materials. An economic model for recycling cost centers is presented in this study. The model gives for each activity its respective costs and profits in the recycling of secondary raw materials by analyzing the collection and regeneration phases. The discussion refers only to plastic materials. With other materials, it is possible reutilization, following these model guidelines, to reach specific results, individualizing and characterizing the phases of analysis. From the application of the model it clearly emerges that collection and reuse represent an environmentally correct instrument and an optimum investment.