Essays about: "the impact of effective solid waste management"

Found 4 essays containing the words the impact of effective solid waste management.

  1. 1. How Can Unit Pricing Be Employed and Improve Municipal Waste Management in Shanghai?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Lan Li; [2020]
    Keywords : Pay As You Throw; Unit Pricing; Municipal Solid Waste Management; Source Separation; Waste Reduction; Recycling Behavior; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : China is on a transition to waste management charging reform and pursuing effective eco-nomic incentives on an individual level. Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT)/Unit pricing is recog-nized as an important and effective means to waste prevention and source segregation ren-dered by the government mostly in the developed countries. READ MORE

  3. 2. Phosphorus Balance of Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Karl Anders Wikberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Phosphorus; Material Flow Analysis; Sweden; Sustainable Resource Management; Geochemical Flows; Fosfor; Materialflödesanalys; Sverige; Hållbar Resurshantering; Geokemiska Flöden;

    Abstract : Phosphorus (P) is an essential element for all life on our planet. During the past century anthropogenic consumption of P has reached critically unsustainable levels, the mining of finite phosphate rock and the dispersion of this resource could lead to resource scarcity in the future. READ MORE

  4. 3. Environmental impact assessment of energy recovery from food waste in Singapore : comparing biogas production to incineration

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Lisa Bolin; [2009]
    Keywords : MSW; Waste Management; Biogas; Organic Waste; LCA; Life Cycle Assessment;

    Abstract : As a small and land scarce country, effective waste management is ofoutmost importance in Singapore. In this study the production of biogasthrough anaerobic digestion from the organic fraction of municipal solidwaste (OFMSW) was compared to incineration of the waste. At the momentalmost all of the OFMSW in Singapore is incinerated. READ MORE

  5. 4. Solid waste management of Jakarta : Indonesia an environmental systems perspective

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Dini Trisyanti; [2004]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Solid waste management has been one of the critical issues in Jakarta, Indonesia.With enormous amounts of generated waste per day and limited supportinginfrastructure, the city has faced serious threat of environmental deterioration andhealth hazard. READ MORE