Recycling Today: Comparison and Analysis of the Waste Recycling Management in Macedonia and Germany

Ana Karamandi1, Stojance Nusev1, Ilios Vilos1, and Cvetanka Mitrevska2

1. University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Faculty of Technical Sciences, Republic of Macedonia

2. Internacional Slavic University Gavrilo Romanovic Derzavin, Faculty for Safety Engineering, Republic of Macedonia

Abstract: Waste is an integral part of everyday life and the habit of dealing with waste is taught from childhood and becomes routine and unconscious behavior. Treating waste covers all social categories. Success in dealing with waste and its reduction within one state seeks to engage more entities — the legislature, legal entities for waste management and the educational system. Also, success in dealing with waste and its reduction depends on technological development and availability of modern technologies, chemical and thermal processes for treatment of the waste. The efforts made for treatment of the waste are because we gain great benefits such as reduction of waste, savings on raw materials, minimizing the pollution, protection of the environment and our own health.

Key words: waste management, recycling