@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://www.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.}}