Browsing by Author "Madureira, Raquel Castro"
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- Smart waste management: a look on Portugal towards the SDGPublication . Costa, Madalena; Madureira, Raquel Castro; Ferreira, CéliaIn a world in constant change and development, waste management has been seen as an important area and, therefore, a target for investment and environmental concern. Considering smart waste management methods, the goal of this work is to portray some relevant Municipal Portuguese smart waste implementation methods and describe several initiatives using intelligent methods seeking smart city development and towards the sustainable development goals 11.6.1, Municipal Solid Waste Management. Data collection was based on the literary review, using different types of information. The results show the state of the art in the implementation of municipal policies in this area, and the practical difficulties of the process, namely in terms of the necessary resources. Additionally, it was possible to understand the importance of the new methods to encourage a more correct waste management methodology seeking a smart city development and operational measures to reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of waste.
- A social receptiveness analysis on smart waste management: a case study for PortugalPublication . Costa, Madalena; Madureira, Raquel Castro; Ferreira, CéliaThe technical and operational implementation of smart waste management methods is a complex and time-consuming process and therefore there is a strong resistance to its adoption by the public. At the same time, we live in an era marked by the existence of a greater desire for change driven by environmental and social concerns and technological development towards smart city implementation. In this scenario, it is essential, at this point, to draw the portray of the Portuguese awareness concerning intelligent waste management existing projects and evaluate the population's receptivity to these implementations. To obtain the data from the public, an online questionnaire was implemented, and 626 responses were obtained. From the data collected, the Portuguese population is largely unaware of the existence of new waste management methods (82% are unaware of their existence), existing, however, great openness (80%) to their implementation.