Comparison of different collection systems for sorted household waste in Spain

Gallardo, Antonio; Bovea, Marı́a D.; Ortega-Colomer, Francisco Javier; Prades, M.; Carlos, Mar

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2010.05.026

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“…In this respect, source separation by the generator has been widely recognized as the crucial way for reducing, reusing, and recycling waste [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Many researchers have identified means of how to successfully conduct source separation in developed countries, such as in Sweden by Dahlén et al [9], and in Spain by Gallardo et al [10,11]. Meanwhile, variables that affect household separation in developed countries have also been discovered, such as the distance between containers and citizens [11,12], convenient infrastructure [5], environmental policy [13], and waste charges [14][15][16][17].…”

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“…Many researchers have identified means of how to successfully conduct source separation in developed countries, such as in Sweden by Dahlén et al [9], and in Spain by Gallardo et al [10,11]. Meanwhile, variables that affect household separation in developed countries have also been discovered, such as the distance between containers and citizens [11,12], convenient infrastructure [5], environmental policy [13], and waste charges [14][15][16][17]. Furthermore, several studies have recognized how household waste charges affect a household's source separation behavior in developing countries, and most of the residents prefer household kitchen waste separation services with frequent, evening, plastic bag attributes and without instructors in big cities of developing countries [3,18].…”

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Model of Chinese Household Kitchen Waste Separation Behavior: A Case Study in Beijing City

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High participation rates by the public in authority projects are key in increasing resident recycling levels. Understanding waste separation behavior is crucial to achieving sustainable waste management within such household-based schemes. To identify the driving forces behind the seldom-discussed kitchen garbage separation behavior, five psychological factors, namely, attitude, perceived behavior control, subjective norms, moral norms, and responsibility denial, are established. Our data originate from a social study of Beijing citizens conducted in July 2013 (n = 362). Through structural equation modeling, we find that moral norms are consistently the most important predictor of household kitchen waste (KW) separation behavior. Subjective norms have a larger effect on such behavior than responsibility denial. Data analysis shows that perceived behavior control contributes significantly and independently to the explanation of such behavior. By contrast, attitude towards KW separation is found to be significantly negatively correlated with separation behavior. In conclusion, the model with direct and indirect effects of psychological factors explains 50.3% of the variance in household KW source separation behavior. Implications of the results for the promotion of household KW separation programs are discussed.

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“…For example, in 2011, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Food published three different studies entitled "Study on waste management models on islands" (Jofra et al 2011a ), "Study on waste management models in isolated rural areas" (Jofra et al 2011b ), and "Opportunities for promoting a recycling society in universities and other educational environments: the case of paper recovery and recycling" (ASPAPEL 2011 ), but as far as it is known, no attempt has been made to characterize MSW in a more widespread way. The only attempt made to date was by Gallardo et al ( 2010Gallardo et al ( ; 2012, who in previous studies had examined the collection systems used in Spanish towns with more than 50,000 inhabitants. Those studies obtained but did not analyze the MSW generation and composition data for these towns.…”

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“…Hence, the database used by Gallardo et al ( 2010Gallardo et al ( ; 2012 was completed, adding information about some independent variables for towns with more than 5000 inhabitants that had not been previously collected. This information was obtained directly from official studies published by the different regional Institutes of Statistics.…”

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Factors determining waste generation in Spanish towns and cities

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Gallardo

Ibáñez

2014

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This paper analyzes the generation and composition of municipal solid waste in Spanish towns and cities with more than 5000 inhabitants, which altogether account for 87 % of the Spanish population. To do so, the total composition and generation of municipal solid waste fractions were obtained from 135 towns and cities. Homogeneity tests revealed heterogeneity in the proportions of municipal solid waste fractions from one city to another. Statistical analyses identified significant differences in the generation of glass in cities of different sizes and in the generation of all fractions depending on the hydrographic area. Finally, linear regression models and residuals analysis were applied to analyze the effect of different demographic, geographic, and socioeconomic variables on the generation of waste fractions. The conclusions show that more densely populated towns, a hydrographic area, and cities with over 50,000 inhabitants have higher waste generation rates, while certain socioeconomic variables (people/car) decrease that generation. Other socioeconomic variables (foreigners and unemployment) show a positive and null influence on that waste generation, respectively.

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Drivers to Sustainable PSWs Management: A Review

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Mbohwa

2021

Sustainable Technologies and Drivers for Managing Plastic Solid Waste in Developing Economies

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To achieve sustainable management of PSWs, numerous drivers are key for influencing implementation. The chapter discusses in detail the numerous drivers that influence sustainable management of PSWs from the developed and developing economy perspectives. The drivers include incorporation of IWS into formalized systems, economic incentives, appropriate technology considerations, societal participation and awareness recycling schemes, regulations and legislations, collection and segregation systems, household education, institutional arrangement, training the informal waste sector and local recycled material markets. Applicability of the drivers to the developing economy context is emphasized by understanding the drivers and studying how each driver was achieved from a developed economy perspective. In this regard, feasibility studies are recommended for determining the relevance of each driver in each context. Incorporation of IWS into Formalized SystemsRecovery and recycling of wastes is a livelihood for most marginalized societies in developing countries. Unlike developed economies, i.e. the USA, recovery and recycling of wastes is an informal activity [3]. According to Gunsilius et al. [19], the IWS provides important services for the communities and enhances the hygienic conditions of the environments. For this and many other benefits that the IWS contributes to society, many studies recommend integration of the IWS into formalized systems as a strategy to SSWM. For example, small to medium enterprises use recovered materials as raw materials in their production processes and EoL plastic packaging products are typical examples.

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Comparison of different collection systems for sorted household waste in Spain

Cited by 92 publications

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Model of Chinese Household Kitchen Waste Separation Behavior: A Case Study in Beijing City

Model of Chinese Household Kitchen Waste Separation Behavior: A Case Study in Beijing City

Factors determining waste generation in Spanish towns and cities

Drivers to Sustainable PSWs Management: A Review

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