SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Ludmila COBZARI, Luminita SUVEICA, Denis VOSTRICOV, Aurelia CRIVOI, Iurie BACALOV Elena CHIRIŢA, Adriana DRUȚA, Ana ILIEŞ, Iulian PARA, Ilona POZDNEACOVA, Lidia COJOCARI Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova Public Health Centre from Chisinau Moldova State University "Ion Creanga" State Pedagogical University

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Background. Waste collection, transport, processing, and disposal are important for both environmental and public health reasons. Different elements have been proposed to reduce, reuse, recycle, recover energy and finally dispose of municipal solid waste, but the environmental impacts of these are controversial. Several studies of the possible health effects on populations living in proximity of landfills and incinerators have been published and both landfills and inci-nerators have been associated with some harmful effects over the quality of life. Consequently, there is controversy over the possible health implications of waste management policies and both policy makers and the public require more in-formation on the likely health impacts (and importantly, the associated nature and extent of the uncertainties). 

Objectives. The purpose of this paper is to underline the possible social and economic effects caused by Municipal Solid Waste Management Policies. 

Data and Methods. The method of analysis, synthesis method, logic and dialectic method, normative method, the study of statistical sampling and time series, personal observations, and monographic studies were used for drafting this article. 

Results. The expected result of MSW Management in several regions of the Republic of Moldova can significantly improve the quality of public health. 

Keywords: MSW, Waste Management Policy, Landfills, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Health, Morbidity, Recycling