Forecasting municipal solid waste generation using prognostic tools and regression analysis.

Organic food consumption has increased during the last years as a consequence of its direct impact on consumer health, life style, and social convenience as well as on the environment and sustainable development. Compared to the European level, the consumption of organic food products is quite low in Romania. This paper investigates the perception and attitudes of the organic food consumers from the North-West Development Region of Romania. Consumers’ perception towards organic food products was measured using 30 items. The data were collected from 568 respondents and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. A factor-cluster approach was used to identify consumer groups. The findings indicated that health concerns, sensory appeal, sustainable consumption and weight concerns are the main reasons for consuming organic food products. Three main groups of organic food consumers were identified: “gourmand”, “environmentally concerned” and “health concerned”.

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/9/1559/pdf

Consumers’ Attitudes towards Organic Products and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Romania

Trinitrotoluene (TNT), a commonly used explosive for military and industrial applications, can cause serious environmental pollution. 28-day laboratory pot experiment was carried out applying bioaugmentation using laboratory selected bacterial strains as inoculum, biostimulation with molasses and cabbage leaf extract, and phytoremediation using rye and blue fenugreek to study the effect of these treatments on TNT removal and changes in soil microbial community responsible for contaminant degradation. Chemical analyses revealed significant decreases in TNT concentrations, including reduction of some of the TNT to its amino derivates during the 28-day tests. The combination of bioaugmentation-biostimulation approach coupled with rye cultivation had the most profound effect on TNT degradation. Although plants enhanced the total microbial community abundance, blue fenugreek cultivation did not significantly affect the TNT degradation rate. The results from molecular analyses suggested the survival and...

Microbial community changes in TNT spiked soil bioremediation trial using biostimulation, phytoremediation and bioaugmentation

Firms’ performance in sustainable development has caused increasing concerns. A key issue is that the environmental characteristics of business managers may be an important driver to promote the sustainable practice of enterprises. This study explores the relationship between ascribed responsibility of managers and green sustainable practice of enterprises by introducing the waste management as mediation variable and green self-efficacy as a moderating variable. A survey was conducted in manufacturing enterprises from the Yangtze River Delta in China in 2019, where 149 valid questionnaires were collected out of 200 surveyed enterprises. Subsequently, the data were analyzed through an analytic hierarchy process. The results show that: (1) ascribed responsibility of managers has a positive impact on green sustainable practices (β = 0.428, p < 0.001), and waste management plays a full mediating role during this process (β = 0.428, p < 0.001); (2) managers' green self-efficacy strengthens the positive impact of waste management on sustainable practices (β = 0.284, p < 0.05); (3) green self-efficacy has positively moderated the indirect effect of managers' ascribed responsibility for sustainable practice through waste management. The research enriches the theories on sustainable practice of enterprises from the perspective of managers’ environmental characteristics and provides insights for enterprises to promote sustainable development practice.

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/18/4976/pdf

Understanding Firm Performance on Green Sustainable Practices through Managers’ Ascribed Responsibility and Waste Management: Green Self-Efficacy as Moderator

The paper focus on the topic of circular economy in the context of sustainable development, as one major objective of today's societies Circular economy is mostly characterized by the need to improve the use of resources,by reducing waste and recycling Under the sustainable development broader circumstances, circular economy becomes one of the important part of providing resources for the future generations, based on intra and intergenerational solidarity, having as starting points the 3 R (reuse, recirculation, recycling) and extending the lifecycle of products Also, a circular economy is an important factor to develop the smart cities The smart city can be understood as a sustainable city, a city well performing in economy, governance, but also in environment and living The paper aims to identify a set of major actions recommended at the European Union level in order to promote this vision It aims as well to highlight some of the economic and institutional barriers that might be faced at all economic levels The EU recommendations associated with the trends of increasing the prices of raw materials and also with the need to reduce the import dependency such as better ensure the energetic security and sustainability by respecting the imperatives of environment protection, require a focus on efforts towards these directions Starting from these approaches, we analyzed the progress achieved by Romania in the last ten years and the extent to which the country is prepared to implement an efficient management of municipal waste in order to promote the circular economy vision Based on the progresses obtained in the last decade, we appreciate that Romanian decision makers had understood the importance of circular economy and had taken some specific action dedicated to the focus on this direction Although some of the indicators referring to recycling show an improvement in Romania, it still has to improve performance in this field We consider that one of the main challenges for the future in terms of circular economy refers to the further development of the sectors associated with the circularity of resource and with the emergence of employment opportunities, based both on an active involvement of public and private sectors

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The Management of Municipal Waste through Circular Economy in the Context of Smart Cities Development

According to the Romanian Law no. 265/2006, which adopted the Governmental Decision no. 195/2005 on environmental protection, environmental agencies are responsible for air quality monitoring in Romania. Since Romania is now an EU Member State, such a plan is a must to enhance life quality, in order to meet the objectives of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development. Having regarded to this Strategy and the Kyoto Protocol signed in 1997, this paper provides the results from a study of ambiental air quality in Iasi City using data recorded by the Iasi City Environment Agency (based on daily air-quality reports from January 1, 2010 to April 31, 2011, issued by the National Environment Agency). Analyzing such data, we drew a set of guidelines to follow when drawing up an Air Quality Management Plan for Iasi City. The following air pollutants were measured and assessed: sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3), particulate (PM10 and PM2.5).

Air quality management in iasi city

This study has an exploratory character, aiming to perform an analysis of the manner to approach the green marketing and the activity of selective collection of waste in Romania. The objectives of this study are indissolubly linked to the fact that currently, Romania does not develop a marketing strategy in terms of waste management. By processing data regarding the municipal waste situation from national and European level, we aim to provide a picture of the actual situation, based on which there can be designed a series of managing policies for this type of waste. The importance of the study that we submit to attention stems from the corroborated analysis of the information relating to waste collection in Romania and Europe but also from the SWOT analysis of the factual situation.

Implementation of green marketing in the analysis of municipal waste produced in romania, correlated with environmental policy management

Against the background of a thorough specialization, any professional, no matter his/her specialization, has to build around and for himself strong integrated and marketing campaigns, which should shed light on him/her and make him/her eligible for the consumers of services from his/her area of specialization. The personal brand is what a person wishes to do in order for him/her to escape the anonymity of his/her profession, to become visible in a certain circle or for a particular cause. The cover is important, but the content is essential, as it is the one that gives the final touch to the product and/or services. As regards the medical field, the evolution of the medical system in Romania and, even more so, the existence of private medical services are factors against which the imposing app, the reputation, the fame of a doctor work as an elegant and outstanding label placed in front of the consumers. Unlike other types of services, medical services, including doctors, no matter their specialization, have that particular feature of being evaluated by the consumers only from the point of view of perception, few of them having the necessary competences to make an objective assessment.

The Importance of the Professional Personal Brand. The Doctors’Personal Brand

More than ever doctors are beginning to recognize that beyond impeccable professionalism shown to the patient, equally imports became part of communication, and in one century of the Internet, the most effective communication process moves online, in the social networks. It is important for doctors to develop a personal brand because a reputation, passed with internet speed can only have a positive effect. In a century in which patients make the decision to see a particular doctor, largely based on recommendations and research the forums online discussions, doctors are beginning realize the importance of a strong presence, constant and reliable environment through online networks social priority.

Personal marketing of doctors in the context of social networks

Sustainable development becomes a desiderate increasingly important, both for policy makers and for manufacturing companies. Behind this concept, however, there are a number of factors and strategies covering topics from the education of population from an ecological point of view and legislative stipulations designed to influence the management of all resources. In this context, strategies arising from the private greenmarketing are completing the coercive force of European legislation.

Corina Anamaria Ioan

Papers

Air quality management in iasi city

Implementation of green marketing in the analysis of municipal waste produced in romania, correlated with environmental policy management

The Importance of the Professional Personal Brand. The Doctors’Personal Brand

Personal marketing of doctors in the context of social networks

The Recycling of Materials - From Green Marketing Strategy to the Need for Sustainable Development in Contemporary Society