Cluster approach to production and consumption waste management in regional socio-economic systems

Abstract

Nowadays, the ‘greening’ of the economy based on implementation of modern development priorities such as increasing the value of nature, natural resources, as well as a human being, human life and health has the prime importance for achieving sustainable development. Solving the problem of production and consumption waste is becoming one of the priority areas, since it simultaneously contains the following components: economic (disposal cost, saving natural resources), environmental (reducing releases of harmful substances into the environment) and social (new jobs, reducing the burden of diseases, fostering an attitude of care towards nature among the population). The creation and development of regional clusters of waste processing can be a key element in solving the problem.