MSW collection Articles
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Marketisation of public services in China: reforming the provision of solid waste services in Guangzhou's environmental sector
Since Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) collection and disposal has been a free public service in many Chinese cities, many local governments in China are facing the problem of insufficient funding. A number of municipal authorities in China have adopted marketisation (the Chinese equivalence for privatisation) to relieve local governments' financial burdens in solid waste management. This paper will ...
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Current status of municipal solid waste management system in Chittagong, Bangladesh
This paper presents an overview of MSW management in Chittagong, the second largest city of Bangladesh. The total MSW generation in Chittagong increased steadily from 538 tons/day in 1999 to 984 tons/day in 2005 and 1890 tons/ day in 2009. MSW collection coverage of Chittagong City Corporation increased from 45% in 1999 to 64% in 2008 and almost 70% in 2009. Approximately 72% (952 tons) of the ...
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Municipal Solid Waste Management and community awareness and involvement in management practices: an overview and a case study from Gondar town of Ethiopia
An assessment was carried out on management practices for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated in Gondar town of Ethiopia. Efficiency and effectiveness of waste collection and disposal by municipality and different methods adopted for waste disposal by residents were studied to find a suitable, effective and feasible method of MSW disposal. The data about awareness, attitude and involvement of ...
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Assessment of landfill gas and methane emission at Keru landfill site, Jodhpur (India)
Jodhpur is densely populated and urbanised city of Rajasthan state. The population of the city is considerably increased in past few decades due to rapid urbanisation and industrialisation within the city. Presently inhabitants of Jodhpur generate about 392 t/d of MSW. MSW management has remained one of the most neglected areas of the municipal systems. About 70–80% of generated MSW is collected ...
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Bio-Stabilization of MSW in Argentina - Case Study
Largest Landfill in South America uses the Covered Aerated Static Pile (CASP) composting system to Bio-Stabilize 400 tons/day of Mix Solid Waste (MSW) derived from the landfill sparation facility. 2500 tons of un-separated MSW arrives daily from the City of Buenos Aries and the surronding area (population 12 million). Roughly 65 percent of the incoming waste is organic and can be diverted from ...
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Where does municipal solid waste (MSW) end up? Let’s get closer to SRF preparation system.
MSW is collected, transported and processed by the sanitation department in various residential areas or public places, and then sent to the landfill site and waste incineration plant according to different needs. This treatment method is simple and easy to operate, and has low requirements for facilities and management, which is widely adopted by most cities. So much MSW is directly sent to ...
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Kirkland case study
Meloche Landfill 3125 St-Charles Boulevard Kirkland, Quebec The Meloche quarry was approved to accept municipal solid waste (MSW) in 1980. During a period of 12 years, 3.8 million tons of municipal solid was landfilled. By the early 90’s, the quarry, 200’ in depth, was full and landfilling ceased. During the time of the operation of the landfill, the gas collection system was built ...
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Study on Hazardous Household Waste with a main Emphasis on Hazardous Chemicals
Introduction The aim of this study is to evaluate national experiences of the management of hazardous products likely to become hazardous household waste (HHW), and to make proposals for strategies for the appropriate management of such products within a lifecycle perspective. The study covers the fifteen Member States and two Accession Countries, namely Hungary and Romania. The data available ...
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