Essays about: "waste separation at source"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 essays containing the words waste separation at source.

  1. 6. "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

  3. 7. Waste Management System Assessment in the North of Argentina

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Maria Eugenia Quiroga Ekman; [2017]
    Keywords : Integrated waste management; solid waste; methodology; waste management; waste treatment; landfill; organic waste; biogas;

    Abstract : During the last decades, solid waste management has been going through a lot of changes regarding, regulation and applications of models and systems. New practices to solve environmental problems have been approached in different scenarios, situations and in different countries. READ MORE

  4. 8. 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

  5. 9. Increasing high recycling rates

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Nathalie Becker; [2014]
    Keywords : recycling; social marketing; user perspective of recycling; waste separation at the source; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In Sweden, household waste is separated at the source, making the success of the recycling system largely depending on the active participation of households. In a well-established recycling system with functioning recycling infrastructure and information, the conditions for ‘recyclers’ and ‘non-recyclers’ are akin, indicating the external conditions, recycling infrastructure and information, not to be the solely determinants for households’ participation in recycling activities. READ MORE

  6. 10. Biogas production from municipal waste mixed with different portions of orange peel

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen Ingenjörshögskolan

    Author : Solmaz Aslanzadeh; Peyruze Özmen; [2009]
    Keywords : biogas; orange peel; municipal waste; batch experiment; semicontinious experiment; pre-treatment;

    Abstract : Orange cultivation is a huge industry which increasing for each year. By the year 2010 theorange production of the world is expected to reach 66.4 million tons per year. Most of theoranges are used for orange juice production. READ MORE