waste management system Articles
-
Integrated waste management systems & PPPs in Greece
Solid waste management is considered to be a multi-dimensional issue due to the variety of factors involved. Such factors indicatively include technology issues in respect to environmental performance and output, issues of strategic and political policy and planning, public awareness and social maturity questions, as well as issues of financial viability. The Greek legislative framework ...
-
Food manufacturers: Include waste in final cost of product
Over the past year, the momentum of food waste reduction has become a forefront concern on a global, national and industry level. In the United States, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the U.S. Food Waste Challenge “to lead a fundamental shift in how we think about and manage food and food waste in this country.” ...
-
Food Waste Management: A MASSIVE Growth Opportunity in China
With China’s growing number of urban consumers, more and more pressure is being placed on system to account for the outputs of cities, particularly on its food systems. One of growing concerns is the issue of managing the sizeable amount of food waste that is coming from restaurants, canteens, and households. It is a concern that is increasingly strained by the poor waste management ...
-
Assessment of waste management practices in sub-Saharan Africa
This paper presents an overview of the waste management systems in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on the West African nations in the region. It must be acknowledged that, owing to the lack of a comprehensive database on waste generation for the region, the information provided is neither complete nor exhaustive. Nonetheless, initial site reconnaissance and a survey of available databases for ...
-
The Role of Informal Private Sector in Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM)
This is just to share with the entire world the role of the informal private sector in integrated solid waste managment (ISWM) in Lagos, Nigeria - a developing country. Lagos the commercial nerve center of Nigeria is the smallest in size with a land area of 3,600 square km, with an approximated population of about 15 million people. The state presently has a very high population density of over ...
-
Integrated waste management system for Bayawan City: Ecological Sanitation Experiences in Periurban and Rural Communities
The concept of ecological sanitation was introduced to the Visayas and Mindanao island groups in the country, through the 1st International Symposium on Low-Cost Technology Options for Water Supply and Sanitation last September 2004 in the province of Bohol. This conference was organized by the Water and Sanitation Programme units of the ...
-
Multi-objective reverse logistics model for integrated computer waste management
This study aimed to address the issues involved in the planning and design of a computer waste management system in an integrated manner. A decision-support tool is presented for selecting an optimum configuration of computer waste management facilities (segregation, storage, treatment/processing, reuse/recycle and disposal) and allocation of waste to these facilities. The model is based on an ...
-
Multicriteria analysis of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) utilisation in waste treatment facilities: the case of Chania prefecture, Greece
Greece's current solid waste management system faces important environmental challenges that make it non-sustainable. There is a need to move towards an integrated solid waste management that shall include systems in the frames of 'sustainable development' approach. An optimisation methodology is applied in Greece, where various Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) could be exploited to satisfy part ...
-
Evaluation of trade-offs between cost, perceived and environmental risk associated with the management of computer waste
Growing public concern over the hazards associated with management of computer waste necessitates assessment of risk perceived by the public for such activities. This paper presents a goal-programming approach to achieve satisfaction of multiple objectives of economy, perceived risk and health and environmental risk during the entire life cycle of waste computers. A case study of Chennai (India) ...
-
Nano Community Members Can Benefit from Membership in the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization
Membership in the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO) offers a number of benefits to members of the nano community. As a member of the Governing Board, I strongly recommend that you consider joining and become part of the SNO family. SNO’s purpose is to provide a professional society forum to advance knowledge in all aspects of sustainable nanotechnology, including both ...
-
Fighting the waste war in Central Africa
“In crowded internally displaced camps, this is crucial to prevent diseases and epidemic outbreaks. In 2016, 152 000 people benefited from improved access to sanitation through latrines construction and waste management systems.” UNICEF report from 2016 This is only a snapshot of the bigger issues at play here. The entire region has been decimated through ongoing war and violence and ...
-
Effectiveness of packaging waste management systems in selected countries: an EEA pilot study
Packaging waste is an important and growing waste stream. The amended Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive has recently been adopted, and work is underway to develop EU thematic strategies on waste prevention and recycling and on the sustainable use and management of natural resources. The Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (hereafter: packaging directive) is one of the few ...
-
Status of municipal solid waste management system in India
Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) has become a worldwide concern and is a major issue especially in developing countries due to environmental problems, such as air, soil and water pollution and generation of greenhouse gases from open dumping sites. The MSW management is going through a critical phase due to the non–availability of suitable facilities to treat and dispose of the increasing ...
-
Economic insight into municipal solid waste management in Mumbai: a critical analysis
Mumbai generates 6256 tonnes of waste every day, of which 17.20% is recyclable, but only a fraction of this is retrieved by rag-pickers. The economic value of the retrieved material is not considered by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai in valuing the waste management system as there is no retrieval mechanism except the informal rag-picking activity. Moreover, the cost of land used for ...
-
Eliminating PFASs from Biosolid Technology
After over six decades of PFAS chemical use, it has recently come to the attention of scientists, the public and policy makers that PFASs are harmful to the environment and human health. As a result, in 2021 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stated they are taking “bold actions” to push for stricter regulations and formal protocols to manage the remediation of these ...
-
The MEFLO method`s application for the feasibility assessment of energy recovery from municipal solid waste in a small integrated municipal service system
The paper presents the MEFLO ranking method and the Simple Integrated System Management (SISMan) concept for assessing the feasibility of integrated energy and Waste Management System (WMS) alternatives. The MEFLO method is based on dividing the decision-making process into five modules, including mass, energy and financial flows, legislative criteria (e.g., environmental restrictions and target ...
-
Central Africa’s Waste Fight, Part 2
“In crowded internally displaced camps, it is crucial to prevent diseases and epidemic outbreaks. In 2016, 152 000 people benefited from improved access to sanitation through latrines construction and waste management systems.” European Union Review 2017. This is just the tip of the iceberg – in a region that’s been decimated by war and violence over the past decades, ...
-
Second of three parts: Transformative technology: Laying the foundation for high tech tools in today’s modern hauler
In part one of this series (Waste AdvantagE Magazine, October 2010), we covered the key components of an automated waste management system and some of the transformative benefits that could be obtained by its installation. Part two of this series will hone in on the various technologies available for the truck; specifically, what tools are out there and how they can dramatically improve the ...
-
Towards a regional management system - waste management scenarios in the Satakunta Region, Finland
Local or regional development, economic, quality, social and environmental questions and problems have been addressed in national and regional policy, in the management of a municipal organisation as well as in the traditional or economic management systems of individual companies located in the region. What is common to all of these issues is that they are interdependent and in particular, they ...
-
Integrated approach to the assessment of waste management systems within the SEA framework
This paper addresses the problem of evaluating the environmental performances of Urban Waste Systems. Specifically, the paper refers to the crucial problem of environmentally analysing the Urban Waste System Management Process. The application of the Dashboard of Sustainability has been deliberately suggested. The method has been selected because of its intrinsic simplicity and because it can ...
Need help finding the right suppliers? Try XPRT Sourcing. Let the XPRTs do the work for you