doi: 10.7763/IJESD.2016.V7.745
Waste Management in the Age of Alternative Energy
Yoojung Jo1
,
Injae Yu1 ,
Saehyung Sohn2 ,
Donyun Kim3
- 1Future City Convergence Engineering
- 2the Architecture Department, Sung Kyun Kwan
- 3the Future City Convergence Engineering
Abstract
It is crucial to minimize the amount of urban wastecausing many environmental problems. However, for getting ridof waste generated in the city life completely is impossible, theeffort to utilize such waste as energy sources is increasingthrough the proper management. Despite the advantages andimportance of waste management, Nimby makes it difficult tolocate the facility in urban environment. The aim of this study isto draw a suitable direction for Korea’s waste management toconvert waste into energy. For this, investigated and analyzedwere the international cases related to energy recovery fromwaste methods. As a result, there are common features:production of energy to replace fossil energy, high profitability,energy independence and the resolving of Nimby. Although localconditions and the situation in the foreign country may bedifferent, perceptions and the role of principals who practice itneed benchmarking for its own country’s situation.
Keywords
- Alternative energy
- waste management
- Nimby phenomenon
- climate change
How to Cite
Yoojung Jo, Injae Yu, Saehyung Sohn, and Donyun Kim, "Waste Management in the Age of Alternative Energy," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 80-84, 2016. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJESD.2016.V7.745
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