A Tailor‐Made Process for the Treatment of Municipal Waste Water Using a Bioelectrochemical System

Golitsch, Frederik; Arinda, Tutut; Phan, L.-C.; Gescher, Johannes; Bogaczyk, D.; Klein, Daniel J.; Epple, Stefanie; Klessing, Tina

doi:10.1002/cite.201650459

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“…Waste management is intended to reduce the adverse effects of waste on health, the environment, or aesthetics [17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. Throughout most of history, the amount of waste generated by humans was insignificant due to low population density and low societal levels of the exploitation of natural resources [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. Common waste produced during pre-modern times was mainly ashes and human biodegradable waste, and these were released back into the ground locally, with minimum environmental impact [33][34][35][36].…”

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“…There is often indiscriminate waste disposal without concern for human health impacts or environmental degradation. Municipal wastes constitute one of the most crucial public health and environmental problems in African cities [22][23][24][25]. In the 1950s and 1960s waste management was efficient because of the lower urban population and adequate resources.…”

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Factors Affecting Solid Waste Management in Kapchorwa Town Council, Kapchorwa District

Allan¹

2023

IDOSR JES

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The problem of Solid Waste Management (SWM) has become a major problem in the upper areas of developing countries. In Uganda, the menace of urban waste has further been worsened by the increasing population. This study was done to assess the level of knowledge and practices about SWM within the Kapchorwa Town Council (KTC) Kapchorwa district in eastern Uganda. To achieve the objectives, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out and waste characteristics, collection, disposal, stakeholder roles, and waste management responsibilities were analyzed. Results indicate that waste is predominantly biodegradable (66%) and generated mainly within households, with no proper collection rate disposed of, crude dumping was the major means of disposal used (72.5%). The council is under capacity to handle waste management demands and their services are poor or nonexistent which has led to the use of crude dumping which has risk health. The strategy for solid waste management is failing because the community members are not cooperative. In conclusion, waste management practices in KTC are poor and they reflect a gap in knowledge about effective waste management within KTC, community members should be regularly educated on the link between improper solid waste management and disease outbreaks and the safe SWM practices such as reuse and recycling. Keywords: Waste management, Kapchorwa district, urban waste, disease outbreaks

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