To the issues of waste treatment as a promising source of thermal energy and improvement waste management system

The paper discusses the organization and implementation of waste management activities based on territorial waste management schemes. The territorial waste management schemes of Vologda Oblast, Yaroslavl Oblast, and Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russia) were analyzed and compared. The sources of municipal solid waste formation, their composition, and hazard class were considered. The authors propose a new approach for comprising the territorial waste management schemes. The obtained results can be used when adjusting territorial schemes, establishing differential standards for the accumulation of solid municipal waste