The challenges of new forms of treating waste in smart territories from a European perspective

Abstract

With the intention of meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Spanish government published, in December 2017, the National Plan of Intelligent Territories, focusing on urban sustainability and improving the quality of life of citizens living in cities. Public administration should work on implementing a new urban management model to transform its cities into smart territories and address the main problems of traditional cities, including a new way of dealing with urban waste and reinventing their supply chains through public policies, regulations, and incentives.

Keywords:

Waste, smart cities, sustainable development, environment