Essays about: "integrated sustainable waste management"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 39 essays containing the words integrated sustainable waste management.

1. 21. Integrated Energy Recovery Scenarios of Biomass Residues in the Non-interconnected Island of Crete : A Pre-Feasibility Study in Greece

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

   Author : Tryfon Papalexandrou; [2015]
   Keywords : Biomass residues; biomass waste; renewable energy; power generation technologies; sustainable development; off-grid; multi-criteria analysis.;

   Abstract : The cornerstone of our production system is based on the concept “take, make, waste”. Moreover, the manufacture of a product requires the input of energy and raw materials which produce waste and products. The latter ultimately end up becoming wastes. READ MORE

3. 22. Opportunities and challenges of a Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Tsumeb, Namibia

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

   Author : Elliott Croset; [2014]
   Keywords : Waste management; recycling; informal sector; waste characterization; Namibia; Tsumeb; integrated waste management;

   Abstract : The handling of wastes is an eternal problem, all societies are confronted to this issue. Their origins are very diverse, they could come from industrial activities, power production, shops, retail or household for instance. READ MORE

4. 23. Waste Management on Islands

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Konstantina Ouzounoglou; [2014]
   Keywords : Waste management; insularity; seasonality; transportation costs; resilience; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : In the last three decades insular areas are in continuous research because their unique characteristics indicate them as “ideal laboratories” for the application of different systems. Waste management systems in particular, are considered to be among the most intriguing of issues, because of insular specificities, such as remoteness, level of insularity (possibility of double or multiple insularity), and the social and economic aspects that are related to seasonality. READ MORE

5. 24. Reuse, reduce & recycle : planning for sustainable solid waste management in Stone Town - Zanzibar

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Cecilia Hellman; Emma Karlsson; [2014]
   Keywords : Integrated Solid Waste Management; landscape architecture; planning for SWM in developing countries; solid waste management in Zanzibar;

   Abstract : In the low-income countries of the world, rapid urbanization and decaying infrastructure results in an increasingly unsustainable situation when it comes to solid waste management. Often, the solution tends to focus on introducing technical advanced interventions based on the conditions of the high-income world. READ MORE

6. 25. Urban Development on Municipal Solid Waste Management in Dhaka, Bangladesh

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Syeda Tanjima Nasrin; [2014]
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   Abstract : Urban environment is a major global concern especially where the pollution isincreasing due to rapid growth of population along with less development of physicalinfrastructure. Municipal solid waste management (SWM) is now being considered asone of the most immediate and serious environmental issue for rapid increasing anddensely populated cities of least developing countries, unfortunately a large portion ofurban areas has no service for solid waste disposal. READ MORE