Two perspectives, the same target-a sustainable municipal waste management. Evidence from latin america and central and Eastern Europe

The main assumption of the study is that management of municipal solid waste is a major decision-making issue with respect to sustainable development in developing world communities. Thus, the paper provides an overview on the institutional contributions towards a better municipal waste management, targeting two regions – Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. The first objective is to advance an understanding of the importance of institutions in propelling workers from the informal sector into legitimate and socially-accepted positions in the developing world. The second objective is to reveal, from a judicial perspective, how waste is managed in different CEECs, by using two procedural instruments. We conclude with a discussion of the controversial role of waste projects in relation to their environmental benefits, arguing also for its contribution to the understanding of the dynamics of the waste environmental law application and control in CEECs.