Essays about: "Municipal Solid Waste Management"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 94 essays containing the words Municipal Solid Waste Management.

  1. 26. Food waste in Beijing - life cycle assessment approach to estimating the environmental impact and resource utilization of various alternatives for food waste treatment in Beijing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

    Author : Anna Ek; [2017]
    Keywords : Food waste management; Anaerobic digestion; Life cycle perspective; Beijing; China; WAMPS; Waste management planning system; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Around the world, the treatment of food waste is a major administrative and environmental problem throughout the food supply chain. Beijing, as any other mega city, is facing vast issues of sustainable food waste treatment in addition to efforts for food waste reduction. READ MORE

  3. 27. Biogas opportunities in Curitiba : Analysis of business potential for biogas production from municipal solid waste

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Simon Björklund; Niklas Öhman; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The Brazilian city ofCuritiba produces 2 500 tons of MSW (municipal solid waste) per day that is landfilled.In an effort to find a more sustainable solution for waste management, the objective of this study was to investigate the potential for producing biogas from anaerobic digestion by analyzing the feasibility of small-scale decentralized biogas production as well as centralized production at commercialscale. READ MORE

  4. 28. 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

  5. 29. 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

  6. 30. "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