Resident Knowledge and Willingness to Engage in Waste Management in Delhi, India

Mukherji, Sudipta Bhawal; Sekiyama, Makiko; Mino, Takashi; Chaturvedi, Bharati

doi:10.3390/su8101065

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“…The culture of separation does not exist in the city and the lack of selective collection routes or incentive programs for recycling in homes influences the bad practices of separation that are associated with the three main difficulties found in the survey applied. This culture leads to recyclers being exposed to occupational hazards ( Figure 1), because they usually always go behind a collection truck trying to recycle some of the garbage that is generated in their work zones, only recovering the recyclable waste which is 3% of the total waste generation by the city, a percentage similar to those found in Delhi, India, in which only 2% of the population recycle [38,39]. The results found in this work contrast with those found by other authors [40], which the same results are shown that some of the recyclers have an intermediate school level and many of them have begun to work from children in the streets, and are even affected families.…”

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Assessment of the Current Situation of Informal Recyclers and Recycling: Case Study Bogotá

2019

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The contribution of recyclers to the environment and the local economy is not recognized and they are not remunerated for the service they provide to the city. It is well known that informal collection contributes to the recycling of resources in a positive way, but it is also associated with several environmental, health, and social problems. In Colombia, these recyclers work informally. In 2016, Decree 596 was issued, which regulates the utilization of the public cleaning service and the transitory regime for the formalization of informal recyclers. The objective of this work is to evaluate the social and technical impact of recycling in the city of Bogotá three years after the regulations were issued. A study was carried out in order to study how recyclers have been affected by the new regulations after three years of validity as well as understand their perceptions of the evolution of recycling in the city. The study consisted of a series of surveys of recyclers from a statistical sample with 0.05 error that applied a mixed approach. Qualitative and quantitative analysis were included. This analysis was done in order to mix statistical results with deep analysis. The survey indicated that a low percentage of users (good 28%) performed good processes of separation at the source, which lowers the recovery of materials and prevents the potential use of many others. Likewise, it was evidenced that for a material to be sold or commercialized it depends significantly on the separation at the source. In addition, according to the perception of the respondents, society tends to discriminate against them, which leads to the conclusion that discrimination still exists between both the government and society. Finally, the current legislation has not been effective in its implementation and court declarations regarding recyclers as people with inherent rights have not yet been applied in Colombia.

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Assessment of the Current Situation of Informal Recyclers and Recycling: Case Study Bogotá

2019

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“…In Mexico, the materials recovered to be commercialised afterwards represent 8-12% out of the total generated [37]. In India 6-10% of MSW are recyclables [7], in a Canadian university this value reached 49.3% [16], and in Taiwan, 44.92% [26]. In this study, the value was 16%.…”

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confidence: 49%

“…In the regulation of some countries, solid waste management is the responsibility of local authorities [7]. However, this activity should not only involve public administration, but also waste present both equivalent carbon dioxide (CO 2 eq) emissions and waste reductions in one of the student housings after implementation of a solid waste management strategy.…”

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Cutting GHG Emissions at Student Housing in Central Mexico through Solid Waste Management

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Abstract:Solid waste characterisation studies have been conducted at the household or municipal level, but fewer studies have assessed the composition of solid waste within institutions of higher education or university student residences. Studies carried out in universities usually refer to the academic buildings, yet, reports of waste characterisation from student housing and the associated greenhouse gas emissions are scarce. The goal of this work was to present a study case where both equivalent carbon dioxide (CO 2 eq) emissions and waste reductions were successfully attained in student housing after implementation of a solid waste management strategy. Two waste characterisation studies were carried out, before and after a waste management program was implemented to reduce waste generation. The waste generation per capita (GPC) per day was estimated at 1.5 kg for the first study (2014) and 1.1 kg for the second (2015); in addition, 87% of the waste stream was diverted from the landfill through vermicomposting and recycling. The percentage of food waste used for vermicomposting was 2.83%. The CO 2 eq emissions in 2014 were estimated at 12,624 kg CO 2 eq (0.43 kg/capita/day) and 761 kg for 2015 (0.03 kg/capita/day). Appropriate solid waste management was revealed to have a fundamental role in cutting indirect CO 2 eq emissions.

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“…The questionnaire was divided into four sections, which are Section (A): Respondents' Section (B): Attitudes regarding solid waste management and the questions on attitude were adapted from a researcher who investigated the role of attitude and knowledge of households towards solid waste management practices [21]. Section (C): Solid waste management perception and Section.…”

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Community Attitude, Perception and Willingness Towards Solid Waste Management in Malaysia, Case Study

Swesi¹,

Mallak²,

Tendulkar³

2019

J. wast. bio. manag.

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Malaysia as a developing country is still struggling with appropriate solid waste management due to lack of attitude, perception and willingness among individuals for reuse, recycling waste. This research highlights the current solid waste management in terms of attitude, perception and willingness of community towards solid waste management in Malaysia especially in Serdang. This research has conducted a survey to around 327 respondents living in Serdang in to get their opinions to improve the process of solid waste. The results were then analyzed quantitively by using SPSS software and descriptive analysis. The result revealed that there is moderate attitude and perception of community towards solid waste management. It is highly recommended that the disposal of wastes should be reduced in Malaysia in order to achieve its future economic growth and industrial revolution. KEYWORDSResident's attitude, perception, willingness, waste management. S = X2 NP (1− P) / d2 (N −1) + X2 P (1− P).

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Resident Knowledge and Willingness to Engage in Waste Management in Delhi, India

Cited by 60 publications

References 37 publications

Assessment of the Current Situation of Informal Recyclers and Recycling: Case Study Bogotá

Assessment of the Current Situation of Informal Recyclers and Recycling: Case Study Bogotá

Cutting GHG Emissions at Student Housing in Central Mexico through Solid Waste Management

Community Attitude, Perception and Willingness Towards Solid Waste Management in Malaysia, Case Study

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