Essays about: "ISWM"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word ISWM.

  1. 1. Rethinking organic municipal solid waste management in Kenyan urban areas

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Elaine M'nkubitu; [2022]
    Keywords : Organic waste management; circular economy; extrapolation; stakeholders; influencing factors.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Organic waste forms a big share of municipal solid waste, especially in developing countries. Its management is however faced with many challenges ranging from limited financial and technical capacity to lack of, or weak policy enforcement. This causes poor management of the waste leading to open dumping and disposal in un-engineered landfills. READ MORE

  3. 2. Waste Management Systems in Lebanon : The benefits of a waste crisis for improvement of practices

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Elias Azzi; [2017]
    Keywords : Waste management systems; ISWM; process-flow diagrams; decentralisation; Lebanon; Avfallshanteringssystem; integrerad avfallshantering; processflödesschema; decentralisering; Libanon;

    Abstract : Municipal solid waste management is a public service which, when it fails, can rapidly become overwhelming for communities and authorities. It is also during the deepest crisis that incentives change and new practices emerge. Lebanon went through an 8-months waste crisis after the closure of the country’s main landfill. READ MORE

  4. 3. Assessment of a Recycling System : The City of Buenos Aires

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Josefina Sonnhammer; [2016]
    Keywords : waste; recycling; sustainability; Buenos Aires.;

    Abstract : Recycling is an increasingly important part of waste management, as a measure to reduce the issues connected to the growing amount of waste in the world. An official recycling scheme has recently been implemented in the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina as a way to reduce the amount of waste that is being landfilled. READ MORE

  5. 4. Integrated Solid Waste Management : A Possible Solution to Environmental and Sanitation Problems in the Ancient City of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

    University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälle; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Sunday Komolafe; [2012]
    Keywords : Environmental problems; Ibadan city; ISWM; Solid waste; Waste hierarchy;

    Abstract : The quantity of solid waste generated in Nigeria has increased at an alarming rate over the decades with lack of efficient and sustainable waste management in most cities of the country. This can be attributed to incessant increase in population, expansion of urban areas, industrialization and consumption rates. READ MORE

  6. 5. Solid waste management implementation, an opportunity not to be wasted : Solid waste management in Babati, Tanzania

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Stina Jaensson; [2008]
    Keywords : ISWM; CBO; MSE; stakeholders; cooperation; participation;

    Abstract : The amount of waste is increasing in the world due to changed consumption patterns and increasing populations. This is a problem especially in poor countries where the ability to handle the waste is limited due to financial and management problems. READ MORE