The segregated management of biowaste and its application in the Smart City
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The European Union (EU) has designed an environmental action framework where waste policies have acquired an essential role and, in turn, municipal waste management, in view of its incidence and repercussion, stands out. In line with EU policies, in Spain through the recent Law nº 7/2022, of April 8, on waste and contaminated soils for a circular economy, it is intended to adopt as a legal mandate the separate collection of the organic fraction and the fraction green.
In this legal context, a progressive and complex development of municipal waste management policies is being designed, where biowaste, which until recently represented a secondary role, now focuses the attention of regulatory provisions and local public procurement. Consequently, this article highlights the current and future legal status of bio-waste, and how the new legal mandate for separate collection of this waste can be implemented, paying special attention to its application in the Smart City considering recent technological waste collection systems.