Improving Solid Waste Management in Gulf Co-operation Council States: Developing Integrated Plans to Achieve Reduction in Greenhouse Gases

Ansari, Mohammed Saleh Al

doi:10.5539/mas.v6n2p60

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“…These results are in agreement with the results obtained whose found that the desirable C/N ratio ranged for ready-to-use compost from 15:1 to 20:1 and it also agreed with the result obtained by a group researcher whose found that range of C/N ratio for kitchen waste is 13-18:1 [16,17]. This also shows that aeration does not play an important role in the elemental percentage of the sample in overall compost as the tendency to rapid decomposition and continuously decrease the volume and aeration depend on high ratio of C/N.…”

Section: Estimation Of the Percentage Of Element By Ultimate Analysissupporting

confidence: 82%

Chns analysis towards food waste in composting

Firdaus¹,

Samah²,

Hamid³

2018

J. CleanWAS

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High food waste generation in Malaysia that reached up to 15, 000 tonnes per day assign for major problems towards environment, economy and social aspect. Alternative method had been studied for the past years, but composting was seen among the best possible solution to treat this matter. Composting not only has an environmentally method but it also produces a valuable end product that will benefit in agricultural sector. Further studies had been done in this paper to represent their macro and micro nutrient quality as well as their bioavailability towards plant and the analysis of data collected in both CHNS analyser and mathematical method using ultimate analysis. This study also applied enhanced composting process with its segregation, drying, grinding and standard aeration time. Each container has been rotated for 5 minutes yet different resting time was applied which are 25, 55, 155 minutes namely A, B, C and D within 2 hours period. Result shown that overall Carbon (C), Nitrogen (N) and Sulphur (S) concentration increases as the higher aeration was applied while the Hydrogen vice versa. The highest elemental percentage distribution recorded is carbon (31%) while the lowest recorded is S (0.115%). The data collected from Ultimate Analysis was seen not applicable to be use as it has the same content as food waste after composting. The compound molecular formula recorded was C29H7N5S. Regarding ratio of carbon to nitrogen results, it was found that it ranged from 5.39 to 5.71% for different compost treatment under study, where the lowest value of C and N ratio (5.39%) for sample C and the highest value (5.71%) was obtained for sample B with all has the same C/N ratio which is 6: 1 which suitable range in application of soil amendment. Therefore, this study found a significant relationship between chemical factors and compost formation which contribute to better analysis, especially to food waste management.

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Section: Estimation Of the Percentage Of Element By Ultimate Analysissupporting

confidence: 82%

Chns analysis towards food waste in composting

Firdaus¹,

Samah²,

Hamid³

2018

J. CleanWAS

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“…Despite regional aspirations for integrated waste management (IWM) development little has been done (Abou‐Elseoud ; Arif ; Al Ansari ; UNEP ). In recent years, global (Hoornweg & Bhada‐Tata ), subregional (Al Maaded et al ., ; Arif, ; Al Ansari ; Allam et al .…”

Section: Data Sourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Regional MSW emissions assessments to date have been made using the IPCC Waste Model (Bogner et al . ) with intermittent country reporting (see Annual data – UNFCCC ) and including commentary or assessments based on strategic waste hierarchy (Al Ansari ) or methane capture as a disposal treatment (Arif :33–34) and comparison of landfill, incineration and plastic recycling on global warming potential indicators (Al Maaded et al . :6).…”

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confidence: 99%

Regional development and climate change mitigation modelling of municipal solid waste emissions in the middle east

Dumble¹

2017

Water & Environment J

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This study adapts a climate change mitigation model to assess impacts of municipal solid wastes in the Middle East and North Africa region, taking into account the future development of integrated waste management infrastructure involving collection, treatment and disposal. Mitigated and unmitigated disposal scenarios including waste growth reduction are used to estimate disposal methane emission changes at regional and subregional level. This study shows that unmitigated regional emissions by 2050 could rise to 296 542 GgCO2eq from a current level in 2015 of 128 184 GgCO2eq additionally decreasing annually by up to 8.75% falling to 10.16% due to waste characterisation changes as developing countries in the region progress to developed country status. A further annual rise, due to hotter drier climate conditions experienced as desertification, of up to a range of 1.70% increasing to 2.29% is also demonstrated. The findings enable regional planners to better assess and develop plans for implementation of integrated waste management policies.

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“…Landfills are major source of greenhouse gases, which contribute about 3.4% to 3.9% of global greenhouse gases emissions 21 . During SW decomposition, large quantities of methane and carbon dioxide are produced, and released into the atmosphere.…”

Section: Environmental Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…During SW decomposition, large quantities of methane and carbon dioxide are produced, and released into the atmosphere. Methane is 21 times more detrimental as greenhouse gases than is carbon dioxide 19,21 . The potential reduction in greenhouse gasses for processing of waste using the Mass Burn with Recycling and Mass Burn scenarios in comparison to landfilling were calculated.…”

Section: Environmental Valuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of the Environmental Values of Waste-to-Energy in the Gaza Strip

Ouda¹

2013

Curr World Environ

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The Gaza Strip faces a chronic solid waste (SW) management and electricity shortage problem as a result of fifty years of political instability in the area coupled with a high population growth rate, an unhealthy economic condition, and limited land and energy resources. The option to develop a waste to energy (WTE) facility to manage SW and to alleviate the electricity shortage has not been previously investigated for the Gaza Strip. This paper assesses the potential environmental and economic benefit of a WTE facility on the context of two scenarios: Mass Burn

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Improving Solid Waste Management in Gulf Co-operation Council States: Developing Integrated Plans to Achieve Reduction in Greenhouse Gases

Cited by 21 publications

References 16 publications

Chns analysis towards food waste in composting

Chns analysis towards food waste in composting

Regional development and climate change mitigation modelling of municipal solid waste emissions in the middle east

Assessment of the Environmental Values of Waste-to-Energy in the Gaza Strip

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