Evaluating municipal solid waste management performance in regions with strong seasonal variability

Mendes, Paula; Santos, Ana Carina; Nunes, Luís Saboga; Teixeira, Margarida Ribau

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.02.017

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“…During the years, it was demonstrated that the MSW management is more difficult to plan in areas where tourism has an important influence [9][10][11]. Firstly, the attention was put on the MSW management in islands [12,13] and only nowadays also tourist areas in specific regions were considered.…”

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Municipal solid waste selective collection and tourism

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Zatelli

Mattolin

2014

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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This paper concerns the interaction between tourism and the selective collection of municipal solid waste (MSW). Data for an Italian province are shown, zooming in on five municipalities characterised by the high presence of tourists along the year. Information on the selective collection organisation is presented (also based on the presence of eco-centers). The highest tourist months are in winter and summer and their effect is seen in the increase of the factions connected with the tourists meals and also the increase of residual MSW. The monthly peaks of waste generation are very high, but the final results in terms of selective collection efficiency seem to not be affected (being even higher than 80%, a value that is better than the one obtained at provincial scale). Also the presence of decentralised landfills did not discourage the source separation that changed significantly in about a decade. Moreover, the trend of tourists towards shorter periods of holiday does not affect selective collection; possibly because they are used to coming back to the same municipality, where they have already learned the local principles of source separation.

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Municipal solid waste selective collection and tourism

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Zatelli

Mattolin

2014

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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“…Over the years, the population in this coastal area has increased, and it is now characterized by a very strong seasonal variation driven mainly by tourism, the main economic activity. The seasonal population includes an additional 32,700 inhabitants between June to September (Mendes et al, 2013). In Portugal, the water supply and wastewater systems are divided into two subsystems: i) the first subsystem, managed by regional water utility companies, is responsible for handling water from natural regional reservoirs through treatment down to service reservoirs located at the different municipalities; ii) municipalities are then responsible for water distribution to consumers, and for collecting and draining wastewater to treatment plants.…”

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Performance indicators matrix as a methodology for energy management in municipal water services

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“…In fact, the huge growth in population forces the town council to reorganise MSW collection. Mendes et al (2013) found that in Loulé (Portugal) the quantities and composition of MSW generation show a clear intra-annual variability. These differences are due to the increase in population and in some cases to the different behaviour of tourists and native citizens regarding waste generation (Mateu-Sbert et al, 2013).…”

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Methodology to design a municipal solid waste generation and composition map: A case study

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Revista:Waste Management, 2014, 34.11 Versión / Versió: Post-print Cita bibliográfica / Cita bibliogràfica (ISO 690):GALLARDO, A., et al. Methodology to design a municipal solid waste generation and composition map: A case study. Waste Management, 2014Management, , 34.11: 1920Management, -1931. ABSTRACTThe Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management is an important task that local governments as well as private companies must take into account to protect human health, the environment and to preserve natural resources. To design an adequate MSW management plan the first step consist in defining the waste generation and composition patterns of the town. As these patterns depend on several socio-economic factors it is advisable to organize them previously. Moreover, the waste generation and composition patterns may vary around the town and over the time. Generally, the data are not homogeneous around the city as the number of inhabitants is not constant nor it is the economic activity. Therefore, if all the information is showed in thematic maps, the final waste management decisions can be made more efficiently. The main aim of this paper is to present a structured methodology that allows local authorities or private companies who deal with MSW to design its own MSW management plan depending on the available data. According to these data, this paper proposes two ways of action: a direct way when detailed data are available and an indirect way when there is a lack of data and it is necessary to take into account bibliographic data. In any case, the amount of information needed is considerable. This paper combines the planning methodology with the Geographic Information Systems to present the final results in thematic maps that make easier to interpret them. The proposed methodology is a previous useful tool to organize the MSW collection routes including the selective collection. To verify the methodology it has been successfully applied to a Spanish town.

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Evaluating municipal solid waste management performance in regions with strong seasonal variability

Cited by 48 publications

References 14 publications

Municipal solid waste selective collection and tourism

Municipal solid waste selective collection and tourism

Performance indicators matrix as a methodology for energy management in municipal water services

Methodology to design a municipal solid waste generation and composition map: A case study

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