Renewing Urban Waste Management System in Energy Crisis:Volume-based Garbage Collection Fee (VGCF) System in Korea and USA

Abstract

An energy crisis can be the bottleneck in deterring sustainable economic growth. Nevertheless, most of countries have been suffering from useless energy and wasted materials. In this context, this paper is asking a question. What are the relationships among energy, economy and waste. Many new experiences on the Volume-based Garbage Collection Fee (VGCF) system in Korea and USA can give us meaningful information for understanding the ambiguous relationships among those things. Based on the comparative data analysis on the VGCF system in Korea and USA, this paper is trying to develop a GAGC (generally-acceptable-garbage- collection) method model from the renewing urban waste management point of view.