This seminar will take place on June 23 at 15:30, online via Zoom (link below)
https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/96300216889?pwd=WUR1ZWJtVjRDNVJsekFyQzUrVG5KZz09
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Summary
Urban wage management in Portugal is at a crossroads. The organization of waste established around two decades ago to overcome the terrible waste situation the country was in brought along a perverse side to it. This negative side has been growing and is rapidly becoming an obstacle to achieving the European Union goals Portugal is bound to. Part of that perverse side are the contradictions between upstream and downstream systems, the incapability of taxing producers, and the inability to renew landfills. The homogeneity of solutions found in large areas, the lack of local solutions, and the absence of a scientific and technical approach to change waste-separation behaviors widen the gap towards the goals. In this talk, I will offer some strategies to tackle these issues aiming to prevent what we may call the 'Italianization' of waste management, i.e., the exporting of waste. If action is not taken, 'Italianization' may become inevitable in the medium run.
Speaker's bio
Palma-Oliveira's activity has been related to understanding and intervening in the interaction between the environment and the communities through a risk analysis and perception approach. He is a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems of the University of Virginia. Palma-Oliveira is a member of ASAE's (Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica) Scientific Council and coordinator of its Risk Communication Group. He was President of the Society for Risk Analysis (Europe) and of Quercus, one of the most active environmental organizations in Southern Europe during the 1990s. José has introduced innovative methodologies for sharing risk between communities, firms, and governments. These methodologies have drastically reduced social and environmental conflict and have contributed to implementing multiple solutions that are both environmentally sound and consensual.