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Aligning priorities: A Comparative analysis of scientific and policy perspectives on municipal solid waste management

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Municipal solid waste (MSW) management has become a critical issue today, posing substantial economic, environmental, and social challenges. Identifying and analyzing dominant themes in this field is essential for advancing research and policies towards sustainable MSW management practices. This study aims to explore the key issues related to MSW management that have been addressed by both the scientific community and policymakers through funded projects. By doing so, the study seeks to guide the scientific community as a knowledge producer and the EU as a key funder. Two Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) models were applied to analyze the themes from two corpora: one representing scientific literature and another focusing on EU-funded projects. Additionally, this analysis was complemented by a quantitative estimation of the similarity between the two corpora, providing a measure of alignment between the scientific community and policymakers. The results generally indicate that the two spheres are aligned and highlight the diversity of topics explored by the scientific community. Nevertheless, it is concluded that there are opportunities for further research on specific topics, such as leaching and the extraction of heavy metals. Additionally, the popularity of topics identified in European Union-funded projects has fluctuated considerably over time, focusing primarily on waste management rather than its prevention. In light of these findings, waste prevention emerges as a promising avenue for future EU-funded research initiatives.
Rodrigues, Miguel (57208728341); Antunes, João Alexandre (59458160600); Miguéis, Vera (47661262500)
Aligning priorities: A Comparative analysis of scientific and policy perspectives on municipal solid waste management
2025
10.1016/j.wasman.2024.11.031
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85211016587&doi=10.1016%2fj.wasman.2024.11.031&partnerID=40&md5=9c05d6a5fd6f19377d799107ab40af1e
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, R. Roberto Frias, Porto, 4200-465, Portugal; INESC TEC – Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, R. Roberto Frias, Porto, 4200-465, Portugal
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