Essays about: "inclusive solid waste management"

Found 4 essays containing the words inclusive solid waste management.

  1. 1. The Stakeholder Perspectives on Solid Waste Management in Beirut, Lebanon

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Karima Hared; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The city of Beirut needs solutions for a problem that is plaguing the entire country ofLebanon: waste. Statistics from the Ministry of Environment in Lebanon shows that2,700,000 tonnes/ year of municipal solid waste is generated with 44% ending up in landfillsand 36% in dumpsites. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reacting to the Solid Waste Management Crisis: Investigation of a Public-Private Partnership in Lebanon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Elisa Giannozzi; [2018]
    Keywords : Solid waste management; partnership; waste crisis; Lebanon; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since 2015, the provision of solid waste management-related services in Lebanon has been severely lacking and environmentally detrimental. This national crisis has led some municipalities and local enterprises to collaborate to implement sustainable solutions to the disposal of waste. READ MORE

  4. 3. Towards an inclusive municipal solid waste management system: A case study from Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Andrés González Acosta; [2017]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Mexico; solid waste management; informal recycling sector; participatory resource management;

    Abstract : The city of Xalapa, like many Mexican cities, does not count with any sort of official recycling program. Resource recovery relies on the work performed by the informal recycling sector and often, such work is neglected by the local government. READ MORE

  5. 4. "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