A planning scenario for the application of geographical information systems in municipal waste collection: A case of Churriana de la Vega (Granada, Spain)

Solid Waste Management Practice of Residents in Abuja Municipalities (Nigeria)

“…In high-income countries, collection only accounts for less than 10% of the budget, which allows large funds to be allocated to waste treatment facilities". One of the consequences of population growth and globalization is increased waste generation (Zamorano et al, 2009). Generation varies between cities and city part in Africa, with reliable data being difficult to come by (Achankeng, 2003).…”

“…Solid waste management (SWM) is an integral part of urban and environmental management in every city (Latifah et al, 2008). Currently municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is a globally challenging issue especially in developing countries, due to its adverse environmental effects (Latifah et al, 2009;Zamorano et al, 2009;Jalil, 2010; Adekunle et al, 2011). Mankind naturally depends on the environment to sustain their lives but solid waste is one of the three major environmental problems in Nigeria, and many other developing and even the developed countries are threatened by this (Ogu, 2000;Latifahet al, 2009;Jalil, 2010).…”

“…Thus waste management generally plays a significant role in the ability of nature to sustain life within its capacity. Solid waste management is a recurring challenge for local authorities and environmental bodies in many developing countries (Zamorano et al, 2009), with standards of waste management being poor and outdated. Lack of sufficient equipment to collect the waste has been identified as a major problem of urban MSW in cities (Kofoworola, 2007).…”

“…Due to factors such as increased rate of urbanization, illegal city structure and developments, rapid rate of population increase, rapid development, and changes in consumption pattern. Which have been directly (and indirectly) linked to the generation of enormous amount of waste, ranging from biodegradable to synthetic waste (Abuja-Citiserve, 2004 and Zamorano et al, 2009). In Abuja the rapid growing waste generation rates and high cost of waste disposal, depletion of landfill space and the problem of obtaining new disposal sites thereby resulting in open dumping are unresolved issues.…”

Greener and Smarter

“…Pilot projects indicate significant environmental benefits, e.g. up to 40% reduction of total driven collection routes, in Granada, Spain (Zamorano et al, 2009), Shanghai, China (Rovetta et al, 2009) and Malmö, Sweden (Johansson, 2006). Waste bins in these projects are equipped with RFID-based sensors that capture weight, volume and sometimes the specific type of waste contained.…”