Analysis and Estimation of Short Term Residual Household Waste Production: Case Study Reunion Island

Ludovic Fontaine (), Dominique Morau and Jean-Philippe Praene
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Ludovic Fontaine: PIMENT Laboratory, University of la Reunion, 117 rue du General Ailleret, 97430 Le Tampon, Reunion, France
Dominique Morau: PIMENT Laboratory, University of la Reunion, 117 rue du General Ailleret, 97430 Le Tampon, Reunion, France
Jean-Philippe Praene: PIMENT Laboratory, University of la Reunion, 117 rue du General Ailleret, 97430 Le Tampon, Reunion, France

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-24

Abstract: The objective of this approach is to evaluate the formation of waste production at the communal level in a small island state. The question of waste management is an important issue for all local authorities, but it is even more so in an island context. The small island areas are all the more confronted with this problem insofar as they must combine their own specific characteristics, which can be very restrictive: isolation and remoteness, centralized economy, non-competitive domestic market, geographical and climatic conditions, growing demography, social structure and economic and energy dependence. The list is certainly not exhaustive, but it is sufficient to establish a framework for reflection, where these different specificities interact strongly with the development of these territories. Although they reveal above all remarkable and fragile ecosystems, a bad waste management policy can cause irremediable damage environmentally, economically, and socially. It is therefore important to understand the implications of waste management on the island. This approach introduces an analysis, in order to express the communal specificities of the production of residual household waste, in order to bring contextualized elements of answers to the waste management strategy of Reunion Island. Indeed, dysfunctions have been noted in the collection and transfer process and more particularly, in waste disposal.

Keywords: waste management; island territory; classification; ACP; regression model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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