Essays about: "Solid waste management SWM"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Solid waste management SWM.

  1. 1. From Waste to Resource: Solid Waste Management in the districts of Sardinal and Tamarindo, Costa Rica

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jeni Jasmin Särmäkari; [2022]
    Keywords : Solid waste management; Costa Rica; tourism; recycling; Integrated Sustainable Waste Management; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Solid waste management has become a large challenge worldwide as the generation of waste continues to increase. Deficient linear solid waste management practices have significant impacts on the environment, health and economy and there is a need for more sustainable systems and processes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cleaning Nairobi - A case study of community-based waste management and environmental justice in an informal settlement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Klara Eitrem Holmgren; [2018]
    Keywords : community-based waste management; environmental justice; Nairobi; Kenya; informal settlement; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : As a response to a lack of formal solid waste management (SWM), CBOs and youth groups have become the main providers of waste collection in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. This thesis is a qualitative case study of community-based waste management (CBWM) in the informal settlements of Mathare, Nairobi. READ MORE

  4. 3. "Raising our voice, claiming our space" : in pursuit of a sustainable solid waste management system in Quito, Ecuador

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Fernando Granizo Murgueytio; [2017]
    Keywords : associativity; sustainability science; inclusive solid waste management; seeds of change; waste separation at source; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Ecuador, in its endeavor to overcome the sustainability issues caused by the lack of adequate solid waste management (SWM), introduced an ambitious governance model seeking to stop environmental degradation and include waste recyclers into the system. In Quito, Ecuador´s capital, population growth, lack of waste separation at source, and space constraints for the final disposal of municipal solid waste urge the city to find a sustainable SWM system. READ MORE

  5. 4. Forbidden spaces? : public participation in solid waste management in Lusaka

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Clive Mutame Siachiyako; [2016]
    Keywords : public participation; public sphere; power; trust; communication;

    Abstract : Participatory processes are increasingly sought (internationally and nationally) in natural resource and environmental decision-making to embrace different interests, values and knowledge. In Zambia, public participation is anchored on the National Decentralisation Policy (NDP). READ MORE

  6. 5. Reuse, reduce & recycle : planning for sustainable solid waste management in Stone Town - Zanzibar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Cecilia Hellman; Emma Karlsson; [2014]
    Keywords : Integrated Solid Waste Management; landscape architecture; planning for SWM in developing countries; solid waste management in Zanzibar;

    Abstract : In the low-income countries of the world, rapid urbanization and decaying infrastructure results in an increasingly unsustainable situation when it comes to solid waste management. Often, the solution tends to focus on introducing technical advanced interventions based on the conditions of the high-income world. READ MORE