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Municipal Solid Waste Management in Two Cities of Palestine
Published in Rajeev Pratap Singh, Vishal Prasad, Barkha Vaish, Advances in Waste-to-Energy Technologies, 2019
Ammar Al-Khateeb, Issam A. Al-Khatib, Majed I. Al-Sari, Fathi Anayah
The waste hierarchy is a key element of ISWM and is widely applied in industrialized countries. This hierarchy is an open system that is subject to lots of criticism of the order that has been given to follow. Recently, the waste hierarchy has given way to a closed-loop concept called ‘zero waste’ started at Canberra, Australia, and aimed to eliminate, rather than ‘manage’ wastes. It is a whole system approach that aims to bring a massive change in the way materials flow through a society and result in no waste. It is both an end-of-pipe solution, which encourages waste diversion through recycling and resource recovery, and a guiding design philosophy for eliminating wastes at source and at all points down the supply chain (Zia and Devadas, 2008; Ibáñez-Forés et al., 2018). Waste reduction is achieved by changing the consumer behavior (consumption patterns) and increasing the environmental awareness so that new attitudes or practices that generate less waste are developed (Green Solutions, 2006; Santamarta et al., 2014).
Role of Microbes in Solid Waste Management
Published in Ashok K. Rathoure, Zero Waste, 2019
This is possibly the most suitable environment benign technique for the management of solid waste. Waste reduction by reusing the products such as plastic, thermocol, glass, nylon, metallic products and so forth greatly reduces the necessity for the production of such products and also reduces the demands for large scale treatment and disposal facilities. Such strategies also need great public awareness and support. For example, waste reduction may also include using very less packaging materials, encouraging consumers to bring their own reusable bags for packaging, encouraging the public to choose reusable or biodegradable products such as reusable or biodegradable plastic bags, glass or metallic containers, composting the biodegradable products and sharing non-biodegradable and unwanted items rather than discarding them.
Value Added and Waste Elimination
Published in John Nicholas, Lean Production for Competitive Advantage, 2018
Efforts to eliminate waste benefit not only the company but the environment as well. Generally, reduced waste and improved operations within an organization spill over to reduce the environmental damages associated with doing business. Waste reduction efforts result not only in less landfill waste from reduced use of raw materials, but also less air and water pollution from reduced manufacturing by-products, and lowered carbon emissions from reduced energy usage. So-called lean to green programs specifically aim to reduce both production-related wastes and the environmental and consumption wastes to which they are linked.
Hazardous waste management system for Thailand’s local administrative organization via route and location selection
Published in Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 2022
Walailak Atthirawong, Pongchanun Luangpaiboon
Appropriate community hazardous waste management planning and strategies could significantly reduce the environmental and economic costs imposed on both management authorities and local communities. In terms of transportation and overall costs, the findings of this study suggest that establishing hub locations in a smaller group of provinces is preferable to establishing only one hub for one region. To effectively manage this issue, relevant agencies, including local governments, should develop a sub-region zoning hazardous waste management system. It should be noted, however, that the overall cost of managing those hazardous wastes was still quite high. As a result, waste minimization programs based on source reduction, reuse, and recycling must be effectively employed and implemented by all parties in order to reduce the amount of hazardous waste generated and disposed of at the source. By avoiding waste collection and disposal costs, as well as lowering emissions prevention and regulatory compliance costs, waste reduction would benefit all stakeholders, including regulators, decision-makers, waste processors, and local governments, among others. Citizens should be encouraged to raise awareness and engage in environmentally conscious behavior in order to achieve this goal.
Lab-scale bioremediation technology: Ex-situ bio-removal and biodegradation of waste cooking oil by Aspergillus flavus USM-AR1
Published in Bioremediation Journal, 2022
Nurshafiqah Jasme, Nur Asshifa Md Noh, Ahmad Ramli Mohd Yahya
Malaysia, as with many thriving developing countries, has been plagued with diminishing areas for landfills. Limited land areas to support rapid development and population increase exacerbate the problem of waste management and disposal. Land areas available for dedicated waste handling are diminishing, forcing the adoption of more efficient waste disposal technologies. One of the many mitigating strategies is waste reduction. The dire situation has led to the application of drastic measures. Waste segregation at source has been made mandatory in many states. To date, for the general public, this only applies to solid wastes. Environmental concerns dictate that waste segregation at source will soon be applied to liquid wastes as well. Liquid wastes include domestic wastewater for instance, liquid kitchen wastes, used oils, and wastewater generated during industrial processes (Chen et al. 2018). One of the most common liquid wastes that are generated profusely in many municipalities is waste cooking oil.
Status, characterization, and quantification of municipal solid waste as a measure towards effective solid waste management: The case of Dilla Town, Southern Ethiopia
Published in Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 2022
Workineh Mengesha Fereja, Dereje Diriba Chemeda
The current study showed that the average per-capita per day waste generation rate of Dilla town households was 0.475 kg/capita.day. The organic fraction was the highest in the waste stream by weight followed by inert materials. The solid waste generation found in the decreasing order of organic > inert > miscellaneous > plastics > papers > textiles > leather and rubber > metals = glass by weight were obtained. Poor solid waste management has remained one amongst the issues Dilla town continues to face. The findings in this study showed that households have low levels of awareness toward solid waste management and associated problems, do not have adequate access to door-to-door solid waste collection, and low solid waste collection frequency, illegal waste dumping and disposing of in unsuitable landfill could have contributed to the reported improper solid waste management practice. Thus, enhancing the awareness of solid waste management at the community level, providing door-to-door solid waste collection service, and providing the appropriate sanitary landfill are found to be potential strategies to avoid the problems associated with waste disposal in the nearby environment. Providing equipment and facilities, provision of incentives and other financial policies currently lacking and inappropriate must be provided. In addition, it is highly advisable to employ waste reduction measures like reducing, reusing, and recycling. The work in this study shows a promising strategy to obtain a comprehensive image of SWM practice in the district and to convince policymakers to give emphasis to the issue.