Lopera, Agata Egea-corbachoAlonso, Jose Maria QuirogaKhachaturyan, Viktoria2023-07-192023-07-192023-02-01http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/19850During last years the ecological problems increasingly recognized as a crucial process for humanity in all over the world. A great number of emerging pollutants have been found in the atmosphere, the drinking water resources, wastewater and sewage system, marine ecosystems, and in human and animal organisms. To prevent this problem, it is very important to develop relevant strategies and policy for sustainable waste management providing health and clean environment. Hence, the accurate and targeted waste management will assist to overcome many of difficulties in contemporary life. Waste management is an important issue which impacts on different features of economy and society. The key attention of this thesis is focused on Spain and Armenia that gave an opportunity to study the relevant issues and problems on waste management. This thesis presents a comparative study that observes the differences of waste management accomplishment and legislative frameworks in a developed country (Spain) and a developing country (Armenia). Therefore, through analyzing of the waste-use problems in these countries it is possible to recognize the ways of proper and effective waste management.engEmerging pollutantsManagementAtmosphereProblems increasinglymaster thesis203230370