Jurisprudence and Legal Study of the Ownership of Urban Solid Waste

Articles in Press

Document Type : Original Article

Author

• esmail nematollahi

Associate Professor of Qom University

10.22067/jfiqh.2023.81496.1557

Abstract

Nowadays, any apparently useless thing may be a useful product, and therefore, a thing that cannot meet the needs of the owner and is therefore considered waste may be a valuable thing and, in a sense, black gold. Metal, paper, cardboard, glass and plastic objects return to the production cycle after the recycling stage and become valuable goods; Some wastes are used to burn and produce energy in power plants, and food wastes may be used to produce fertilizers and compost. Considering that waste is a valuable commodity, after the owner of the waste gives up and puts it inside or next to the bin, usually the operator, which may be the municipality or its affiliated company, collects it, abd sometimes other people take some garbage from the said bins. This may cause a dispute between these people and the owner of the trash cans. On a larger level, after the collection of waste and their accumulation and recycling, the question of their ownership is raised. The laws of our country do not have regulations regarding the ownership of waste, and due to the legal gap and the lack of research background in this regard, the resolution of disputes at the micro and macro level requires a comprehensive investigation.

Keywords

• Waste
• abondenment
• ownership
• possession

Main Subjects

• Civil jurisprudence

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