Modeling home composting behavior toward sustainable municipal organic waste management at the source in developing countries

Loan, Le Thi Thanh; Takahashi, Yoshifumi; Nomura, Hisako; Yabe, Mitsuyasu

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.08.016

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“…Regarding whether they know what composting is, the majority of the respondents (77.4%) declared to be from moderately to extremely familiar with the concept of composting, while the remaining 32.6% declared slight knowledge or lack of awareness. Composting knowledge has also been identified in previous works as a crucial factor for composting participation (Karkanias et al, 2016; Loan et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 75%

“…This relationship has been indicated in previous studies. A higher environmental interest increases the likelihood to be aware of the composting process and of the environmental benefits resulting from its implementation, which, as a result, intensifies the level of participation (Karkanias et al, 2016; Loan et al, 2019). Finally, those who perceive that they generate a lot of waste are more likely to compost.…”

Section: Determinants Of Participation In Recycling and Compostingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Public views and attitudes about municipal waste management: Empirical evidence from Athens, Greece

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One of the major problems of modern cities is waste management. Cooperation and active public participation are key elements in the effective implementation of waste management programs. The purpose of this work is to investigate the views and attitudes of Athens residents towards recycling, composting and the operation of green centers, which are the key elements of solid waste management as it follows from the recently updated National Waste Management Plan. A structured questionnaire was designed and addressed to the residents of Athens. According to the main findings, half of the respondents are involved in recycling, and the majority of the respondents are willing to participate in future composting programs and have a positive opinion about the operation of green centers. The main obstacle for their further participation is their hesitation regarding the proper operation of the programs (recycling, composting, green centers). There is a need to build up the trust between citizens and the state. Active public involvement is required to successfully implement municipal solid waste strategies during all the phases (planning, siting and operation) in order to ensure public acceptance. In addition, targeted information and awareness campaigns can also contribute to this aim.

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confidence: 75%

Section: Determinants Of Participation In Recycling and Compostingmentioning

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Public views and attitudes about municipal waste management: Empirical evidence from Athens, Greece

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“…Community composting has also gained some attention and has been encouraged by national legislations in recent years, which will be thoroughly reviewed and discussed in the following sections. Meanwhile, home composting presents some potential environmental benefits such as the avoidance of collection, transportation and management of biowaste [42][43][44]. However, home composting also brings some environmental concerns: generation of GHG emissions and odor due to the absence of gas treatment systems [45,46], insufficient elimination of pathogens due to the lack of adequate heating [47] and uncontrolled leachate [48].…”

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Decentralized Community Composting: Past, Present and Future Aspects of Italy

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Italy is among the top biowaste-generating countries in Europe, and has a well-structured waste management framework with quite a number of centralized composting facilities. In recent years, there has also been huge interest from local communities in decentralized composting. Although decentralized community composting is common in some countries, there is still a lack of information on the operative environment together with its potential logistical, environmental, economic, and social impacts. Considering the national Italian legislation on community composting as well as successfully implemented projects at EU level, Italy can set a model especially for Mediterranean countries that intend to build decentralized composting programs. Therefore, in the context of this review paper, a brief overview of the composting process was presented together with main applications in centralized and especially in decentralized composting, while the main focus was kept on the operative and legislative information gathered from Italian community composting. There is a huge difference in the number of composting plants between the regions, and the lack of centralized facilities in the central and southern regions can be supported by decentralized solutions. Decentralizing waste treatment facilities and thus creating local solutions to urban waste management strategies will help to achieve the resource recovery and valorization targets in line with the circular economy.

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“…4 gives priority to waste reduction through the 3Rs, energy recovery and final disposal. The government of Malaysia needs emphasis its focus on this concept to improve the existing waste management system and to promote home composing behaviour to enhance a sustainable household waste management strategy at the household level [67].…”

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A Review on Managing Solid Waste Produced from Homes in Malaysia

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Nirmal

Lau

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There has been a sharp rise in the rate of waste generated on a global scale, owing to a rapid growth in population and urbanization. Enormous amounts of waste are being produced yearly. To illustrate the gravity of this situation, in 2018, there was a gargantuan estimate of 85 tons of waste disposed in Malaysia. Most of this disposed waste is not properly recycled, thus making waste a prevailing global threat against mankind and the environment. Waste originates from several different sources such as residences, industries, agriculture and manufacturing plants. In this work, the writers seek to dedicate a compilation of developments in research for managing solid waste produced from homes in Malaysia. Further, the generation of solid waste from households, their characteristics and impacts are also reviewed herein. In addition, the flow of waste from the time it is produced in homes until its disposal in Malaysia will also be examined and presented. The concept of ‘3R’ is implemented to manage the waste generated. This paper attempts to examine and solve the shortcomings in past works and to pave the way for future research on the solutions to control the pollution cause by the waste produced from homes.

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Modeling home composting behavior toward sustainable municipal organic waste management at the source in developing countries

Cited by 48 publications

References 27 publications

Public views and attitudes about municipal waste management: Empirical evidence from Athens, Greece

Public views and attitudes about municipal waste management: Empirical evidence from Athens, Greece

Decentralized Community Composting: Past, Present and Future Aspects of Italy

A Review on Managing Solid Waste Produced from Homes in Malaysia

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