WE NEED MORE NOW OF WHAT WILL BE USED TOMORROW?
WE NEED MORE NOW OF WHAT WILL BE USED TOMORROW?

Summary/Abstract: In circumstances of scarcity of natural resources, predominantly those of the natural energy, the power of a country is being more and more evaluated by its natural treasures. Recognizing this, states are concentrating more on identifying measures which contribute to natural resources sustainable usage. However, this policy is more characteristic for developed countries rather than for developing countries. The latter, driven by the need for a fast economic growth ignore the influence that such a growth can have on wildlife and on natural resources. The EU and its Member States, in the process of European integration and within their provided economic support include the mechanism of environmental impact assessment, which on its own cannot result in an implementation of the concept of a sustainable growth if not used entirely as a process and not only as an administrative procedure. The sole fact that natural resources are getting more and more exhausted and debates stimulated because of it, caution is recommended in terms of searching for alternative or renewed resources and sources of energy. The waste represents an obvious source of resources as long as it is implemented as an integrated waste management system within a country. The definition of waste implies a concept of inclusion of the material which for someone was waste yesterday and could be raw material for another today. For this reason, the policy of waste management planning should be seen as an instrument for boosting a new economic branch of development in the country. The administration of a state and its capability of implementing different policies and strategies take up a significant part in the economic growth. Integrating the policy of environmental protection in other policies is a precondition for insuring a balanced usage of natural resources of the state and its economic growth.

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