Essays about: "solid waste management planning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words solid waste management planning.

1. 1. Establishing the interactions between the Sustainable Development Goals and biowaste valorization: Insights from the Swedish context

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Navid Nasrollahei; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development Goals SDGs interactions; Biowaste Valorization BV ; Resource recovery; Municipal Solid Waste MSW ; Circular Economy CE ; Interaktioner med hållbara utvecklingsmål SDG ; Valorisering av bioavfall BV ; resursåtervinning; kommunalt fast avfall MSW ; cirkulär ekonomi CE ;

   Abstract : Biowaste Valorization (BV) includes practices that capture the value of biowaste through its conversion to high-value products. BV practices can influence the progress of various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) differently. READ MORE

3. 2. Sustainable Collaboration; Transforming Alliances for EPR in non-OECD Context: A case of Pakistan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Shiza Aslam; [2020]
   Keywords : Extended Producer Responsibility; Informal Sector; End-of-life product management; Theory-based evaluation; environmental intervention; packaging waste; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Extended producer responsibility (EPR) has been successfully implemented in various developed countries. The complex waste flows and the presence of the informal sector in non-OECD countries makes the execution of EPR challenging widely. READ MORE

4. 3. Will substituting fossil fuels with biofuels lead to a net reduction in CO2 emissions? : The case of district heating in Norrköping municipality

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Stina Ljungberg; [2018]
   Keywords : Forest residue; slash; bio-based economy; sustainable energy; Grot; biobaserad ekonomi; hållbar energi;

   Abstract : With global warming and the international, national and local goals of reducing greenhouse gas net emissions, the phasing out of fossil fuels are of great importance. One energy source resulting in nearly no net emissions are biofuels. READ MORE

5. 4. 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

6. 5. Environmental Justice and Waste Management : location of landfills and socioeconomic conditions in São Paulo (SP, Brazil)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Débora Tau Zymberg Tomaszewski; [2017]
   Keywords : environmental justice; waste management; landfill; São Paulo; Brazil; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Environmentally safe disposal of urban waste is a global concern that recently gained a new dimension through the lens of Environmental Justice, with a growing literature showing correlation between the placement of waste facilities and disadvantaged groups in society. This thesis seeks to verify whether landfills in the city of São Paulo are located in regions where socially and economically vulnerable groups live, in order to promote the inclusion of the concept of environmental justice in the solid waste management planning process. READ MORE