Integrated Solid Waste Management

McDougall, Forbes R; White, Peter; Franke, M.; Hindle, P.

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“…Typically, the life cycle starts once a material or product becomes waste [47]. Upstream burdens for the production and use of the materials that end up being considered waste are not assigned to it based on the 'zero burden' assumption used in LCA for waste management systems [44].…”

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Refuse recovered biomass fuel from municipal solid waste. A life cycle assessment

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Refuse recovered biomass fuel from municipal solid waste. A life cycle assessment

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“…Most of the waste in Fortaleza is collected by ECOFOR, a subsidiary of a sanitation conglomerate. Similar to Recology in the US city of San Francisco [53], ECOFOR also monopolizes solid waste collection and urban cleaning services, but there is no direct fee required from the consumers. The subsidiary collects household waste door-to-door, but it does not specifically collect source-separated materials-Fortaleza offers this service via its Ecopoints program, which are also managed by ECOFOR, who sells the recyclables to interested industries.…”

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Environmental Justice and Circular Economy: Analyzing Justice for Waste Pickers in Upcoming Circular Economy in Fortaleza, Brazil

Oliveira

2021

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Sustainable development (SD) presents three pillars: environment, equality, and economy. Many scholars agree that circular economy (CE) currently displays a social gap, as most studies so far focus mostly on economic aspects and, occasionally, environmental too. Although some developed countries and especially the EU heavily promote it, there is little possibility of developing countries accepting CE unless it can fill what it is lacking. This study suggests the use of Schlosberg’s tripartite environmental justice (EJ) perspective to complete the concept of CE, bringing it closer to that of SD. Due to their significant contribution to both circularity and the environment, and, likewise, due to their poor social conditions, this paper focuses on the social group of WPs, mainly in Brazil. After conducting 19 semi-structured interviews, EJ was applied to the case of the Ecopoints in Fortaleza (northeastern Brazil) and each element—recognition, distribution, and participation—detected conflicts, such as underappreciation, continuously reduced access to recyclables, distrust, and miscommunication. If CE is successful in LMCs, it will heavily rely on WPs. The analysis suggests that it is necessary to recognize their contributions in order to value their work and consequently, promote their social inclusion.

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“…Pertambahan penduduk dan peningkatan taraf sosioekonomi serta perubahan gaya hidup yang semakin moden telah meningkatkan bahan buangan dari aktiviti domestik, perniagaan dan kilang (Mapa et al, 2015). Selain menjadi beban kepada pihak perbandaran, pertambahan sisa pepejal juga menjadi penyebab kepada pencemaran alam sekitar seperti air bawah tanah dan pencemaran laut (UNEP, 2001). Penjanaan sisa pepejal berbeza mengikut kawasan dan tahap kemajuan sesuatu kawasan.…”

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Improving economic growth and rising population are among the driving factors for the increase in the amount of solid waste. The raise in solid waste generally affects the environment especially in urban and residential areas. The current situation shows the issue of solid waste generation and composition is getting more serious especially, in developing countries like Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to identify the waste composition in the housing area by using the method suggested in the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act (Act 672). Survey method was used in this study with 100 respondents randomly selected from two housing area namely Taman Megah Jaya and Kampong Rawa-Rawa. The waste composition study was conducted on all respondents by direct separation and weighing. The findings show that there is a difference in the amount of residual waste and recyclable waste in both areas. Although the difference is not significant, respondents in the village housing area are more likely to separate their recyclable waste than respondents living in terraced housing areas. Financial factors are assumed to be the main drivers for respondents to carry out separation with most of them selling the collected waste. Therefore, separation activities need to be taken seriously by all parties by establishing joint ventures in collecting recyclable wastes so that it can be reused by the industry.

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Integrated Solid Waste Management

Cited by 227 publications

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Refuse recovered biomass fuel from municipal solid waste. A life cycle assessment

Refuse recovered biomass fuel from municipal solid waste. A life cycle assessment

Environmental Justice and Circular Economy: Analyzing Justice for Waste Pickers in Upcoming Circular Economy in Fortaleza, Brazil

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