Essays about: "waste management plan"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 47 essays containing the words waste management plan.

1. 6. Circular economy in the Swedish building sector: Investigating options for old windows

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Amra Lukac; Tarik Ljajic; [2021]
   Keywords : Circular economy; reuse; recycle; windows; LCA; LCC; embodied energy; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The construction industry is expected to generate 2.2 billion tons of waste by the year 2025 and was responsible for 39 % of GHG emissions generated by the building processes and energy consumption, in 2017. READ MORE

3. 7. Solutions to Close an Informal Dumpsite in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

   Author : Emma Bark; Malin Jonsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Informal Dumpsite; Ethiopia; Debre Berhan; Developing Countries; Closure Methods; Solid Waste Management;

   Abstract : The rapid urbanisation in developing countries has outran the deployed financial and manpower resources that are supposed to handle public utility services in cities. One important service is solid waste management. READ MORE

4. 8. EU Waste Framework Directive, What's Next? : A cost­benefit analysis of an extended producer responsibility for textiles in the European Union

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Amanda Gerbendahl; Madeleine Johansson; [2020]
   Keywords : EU Waste Framework Directive; Extended Producer Responsibility; circular economy; fast-fashion; textile industry;

   Abstract : The objective of our thesis was to conduct a pilot study to evaluate if an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for textiles in the EU could be a socioeconomically beneficial policy to complement the EU Waste Framework Directive’s amendment of separately collected textiles. The aim was to investigate if the policy could achieve increased circular design of textiles as well as if it could work as a management plan for the increased collection rates. READ MORE

5. 9. Ökad källsortering för materialåtervinning : Åtgärdsförslag för att minska mängden byggavfall som källsorteras i fraktionen brännbart

   University essay from KTH/Byggteknik och design

   Author : Julia Langborg; Frida Tavana Nejad; [2020]
   Keywords : combustible waste; waste sorting; recycle; construction waste; waste disposal; construction management;

   Abstract : There is a great need for reducing the extraction of limited resources of the Earth today. Oneway to achieve this, inter alia, is through increased recycling of material. The UN is activelytaking action on the matter, on a global level, and regionally the European Union hasdeveloped a directive on material waste. READ MORE

6. 10. Establishment of an action plan for better recovery of building waste from demolition and rehabilitation operations

   University essay from KTH/Byggnadsmaterial

   Author : Louis Miralles; [2020]
   Keywords : waste; recovery; building sector; brakes; levers for improvement; action plan; construction; reemployment; recycling.;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to establish an action plan whose implementation would improve waste management practices in demolition and rehabilitation operations and improve the recovery of waste from these operations in accordance with the hierarchy established by the European regulations in the Waste Framework Directive of 19 November 2008. This study made it possible to establish a diagnosis of the current state of waste management in the building sector and to identify the various brakes preventing better waste recovery. READ MORE