@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2019.0329, 

TITLE={The difficult disaster waste management: case of Irma hurricane in Saint Martin}, 
  
AUTHOR={Hélène Beraud, Charlotte Nithart, Mathieu Durand, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Urban Risks}, 
	
VOLUME={3}, 

NUMBER={Issue 1}, 
	
YEAR={2019}, 

URL={http://openscience.fr/The-difficult-disaster-waste-management-case-of-Irma-hurricane-in-Saint-Martin}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2019.0329}, 
	
ISSN={2516-1857}, 
	
ABSTRACT={Hurricane waste management is a significant post-crisis issue. Based on review of articles on hurricane waste management in several Caribbean and US territories and on a survey a few months after Irma hurricane in the Saint Martin island, this article shows difficulties in the hurricane waste managament (inappropriate location of temporary debris staging; difficulties of sorting and recycling; water pollution; soil pollution; illegal dumping; open burning…). Also, this article highlights some specificities of waste management in island (difficult access to other territories; low diversity of treatment and recovery options). These specificities make particularly difficult to manage hurricane waste.}}