ALTERNATIVES FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES OF THE SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT IN HUNGARY

Abstract

The most fashionable political slogan of present environmental protection is without doubt sustainability and sustainable development. There cannot be any international agreement, European Union policy or Hungarian act without mentioning or referring to the principle of sustainability. Science at the same time is trying to fill this notion with a theoretical and practical content with all available instruments, in order to be able to provide a designable and measurable professional background for environmental policy planning, implementation of regulatory instruments and the monitoring of human activity. The present article is looking for the answer to the question by analysing mostly Hungarian but partly European waste management regulation, what kind of so far not exploited regulation opportunities are available in order to realize a sustainable waste management practice.