solid waste Articles
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Sustainable household waste management improvement in Dhaka city, Bangladesh
The objective of this study is to conduct an economic study to identify the factors which affect households' solid waste generation, households' willingness to pay to improve the solid waste management and households' recycling behaviour in Dhaka City. The results showed that the waste generation of the households in Dhaka City was significantly affected by household size, income and concern ...
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Solid Waste Management
Solid waste management is the process of collecting, storing, treating, and disposing of solid materials that are discarded by society. These materials include things like household waste, construction and demolition debris, and industrial waste. The goal of solid waste management is to reduce the negative impact of these materials on the environment and public health and to recover resources ...
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Critical analysis of existing solid waste management practices towards a sustainable solution in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
This study critically examines the existing solid waste management in the city of Addis Ababa using data obtained from sampled households. The findings show that Addis Ababa city generates an average of 0.37 kg of household solid waste per capita per day. The generation of plastics bags and bottles is high (36%), followed by food wastes (28%) and paper and cardboard (21%), bottle (6%) and ...
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PrayForAmazon Because it is Drowning in Waste
This guest post was written by Gabriela G P Otero, Technical Coordinator at ABRELPE, the Brazilian Association of Public Cleansing and Waste Management Companies and ISWA National Member in Brazil. Manaus, a 2,2 million inhabitants city, is the capital of Amazonas state in Brazil and is located in the heart of the Amazon forest – recently subject to international concerns on its ...
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A comprehensive evaluation of solid waste management in Kuwait
One of the major problems facing a nation is the need for the proper disposal of the voluminous of solid waste generated every year. Therefore, recent literature on solid waste management in Kuwait has been reviewed and data analysed on the total amount of solid waste generated in Kuwait. In addition, industrial solid waste, construction and demolition waste, and pharmaceutical waste are ...
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Waste reduction strategies for improved management of household solid waste in Jamaica
Three waste reduction strategies were studied by a survey in the St. Ann's Parish located in the small-island developing nation of Jamaica. Factors designated as incentives to waste reduction existed primarily at the household level, specifically waste segregation, household education, environmental concern and knowledge; whereas, the barriers existed primarily at the national or regional levels, ...
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Survey and evaluation of household solid waste generation and compositions in Kuwait
The objective of this study was to carry out a field survey of the solid waste generation profile in Kuwait. In addition, the paper examines the compatibility between household-estimated and landfill site-measured percent compositions of the daily solid waste. The true composition of daily household waste was determined via measurements of random waste trucks at the landfill sites. Hand sorting ...
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What is The Essential Difference Between Solid Waste and Industrial Solid Waste?
It's important for us to distinguish between solid waste and industrial solid waste because of the different treatment methods. Today, we will show you the difference and the most recycling method for your own waste. The meaning of solid waste Solid waste refers to the solid and semi-solid waste materials produced by human beings in production, consumption, life, and other activities. It mainly ...
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Cost reduction, efficiency, low carbon environmental protection! Cement industry 2023 super hot "alternative fuel preparation technology"
In 2023, when the topic of "ecological environmental protection" continues to be hot, cement low-carbon is an important direction of the development of cement manufacturing technology in the world today. How to maximize the value of solid waste is the difficulty of effective utilization of solid waste resources, and it is also a crucial part of replacing fossil fuels in cement kilns. So what ...
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Municipal Solid Waste Shredding
Solid waste shredding and municipal solid waste (MSW) size reduction requires processing of many different materials, from filled drums to household waste. And, as the amount of solid waste increases and the cost of landfill management increases, it is becoming more critical that waste management become more effective, economic and efficient. Shredded and compacted waste is easier and cheaper to ...
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Metro waste authority: Making an environmental impact
Formed in 1969, metro waste authority (MWA) (Des Moines, IA), formerly Des Moines Area Solid Waste Agency, was created as a result of federal legislation banning open burning in dumps and landfills. It is the largest publicly owned solid waste agency in Iowa. An independent government agency formed by the city of Des Moines and 22 surrounding suburbs and towns in central Iowa, MWA has 60 ...
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General Solid Waste Shredder—Shearing-Type Shredder
For solid waste pretreatment, solid waste shredder is required to have the advantages of high throughput, low power consumption, wide material adaptability, and low noise. These requirements limit the application of hammer crushers, impact crushers, jaw crushers, antiroll crushers, and cone crushers for solid waste treatment, especially for municipal solid waste. The shearing type shredder can ...
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Shredder Machine for Municipal Solid Waste
If you need to deal with municipal solid waste, then you need an industrial shredder (usually dual-shaft shredder), which is used to shred the mixed waste stream into small pieces for subsequent processing. There are many treatment methods for municipal solid waste, usually bio-mechanical treatment or mechanical treatment, organic matter is fermented, combustible waste is made into RDF, and metal ...
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Analysis of the generation of household solid wastes, household hazardous wastes and sustainable alternative handling
In the southern part of Mexico City, household solid wastes (HSWs) were examined qualitatively and quantitatively. The purpose of this work was to determine the dynamics of HSW and hazardous waste generation and create in households a responsible attitude towards environmental conservation. For this analysis, the population was categorised into three socioeconomic strata (lower, middle and ...
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Sustainable management of household solid waste
In most countries, the majority of household solid waste is landfilled because of associated low capital, operation and maintenance costs. However, many existing landfills have exhausted their handling capacities and new facilities are faced with the problem of siting. Alternatives to traditional landfill practice are required to achieve sustainability in managing solid waste. This manuscript ...
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How Should the Solid Waste Market Develop When the Construction of Waste-Free City is Further Accelerated
Waste-Free city adopts new development concepts of innovation, harmony, environmentally friendly and sharing, by promoting green development mode and lifestyle, continuously promoting solid waste reduction and minimizing landfill places. It is regarded as an advanced concept of urban management. What is the current stage of waste-free city construction? In the past two years, with the help of ...
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Towards municipal solid waste source separation at the household level in Accra, Ghana
Municipal solid waste source separation at the household level has been endorsed as the way forward by all stakeholders in the waste management sector in Ghana. The study using waste stream analyses and laboratory investigations assesses the feasibility of this intervention in the Accra Metropolitan Area which has been divided into three income zones. The mean waste percentage composition was ...
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Sustainability-based Decision-Support System for solid waste management
Rapid growth in population and urbanisation coupled with diminishing land availability has aggravated the problems of solid waste management. As partial solution to this problem, there has been an increase in the number and complexity of integrated waste management alternatives that divert materials from the landfill including programmes for waste reduction, recycling, backyard composting and ...
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Waste Pro USA: creating a hands-on business culture
Waste Pro USA was founded in 2001 in Central Florida by John Jennings. To understand what is today one of the fastest growing privately owned waste collection, recycling and disposal companies in the U.S., it important to understand family roots. Originally from Long Island, NY, many say Jennings has garbage in his blood. His father was in the waste business in New York and as a kid, Jennings ...
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Household waste recovery and recycling: a case study of Kigoma-Ujiji, Tanzania
Management of waste in most developing countries has become important for most of the cities as they try to curb and control city growth and urbanisation. The general norm where waste management had been the sole duty of municipalities has proved not to work due to lack of funds, public participation, political will and awareness. This paper looks at the general problems faced in household waste ...
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