Waste management policy in the Trump era: where do we go from here?

Abstract

Abstract: La gestione del ciclo dei rifiuti nell’era Trump: quale policy per il futuro? – Waste management policy is a composite policy area, at the crossroads of legal, economic, environmental and broader social concerns. Taking into account its multifaceted nature, this paper aims at shedding some light over the main developments of waste management policy in the first and second half of Mr Donald Trump’s administration. In a multilevel legal order such as the US, striking a fair balance between environmental and economic issues is particularly challenging: laying the foundations for further research on the post-Trump regulatory scenario, this paper focusses on the “back to basics” approach to waste management policy and its possible limits within this complex context.