Handbook 3 : Blockchain-based Municipal Waste Management

The aim of this Handbook 3 “Blockchain-based Waste management” is to guide professionals in the waste management sector on how they should implement IoT and Block-chain technology as strategies of Circular Economy. Therefore, it is addressed to practitioners knowing about the advantages of using the Blockchain technology as well as having a sufficient understanding of the Circular Economy and its goals. The structure of the handbook follows a deductive logic by presenting, in the first part, the changing role of municipal solid waste management within the transformation from the currently linear economic system to the Circular Economy. The focus is always on the use of Blockchain technology, which can make a substantial contribution to the transformation of municipal waste management. The three topics, the Circular Economy, the transformation of municipal waste management and the use of Blockchain technology, are interlinked and ways are shown how Blockchain technology can facilitate the needed role change of Municipal Waste Managers in various aspects. The second part of the handbook contains a clear guidance for waste managers on how to implement Blockchain Technology and to convert existing processes into Blockchain-based processes. This part provides guidance for the best use of Blockchain and smart contract technologies within the waste sector and supplies a coherent blueprint for implementation and application of these innovative technologies in municipal and local corporate organizations