In Ethiopia, to about 3,300,000 tons of surplus coffee, cotton, wheat and barley residues are produced annually though not all are economically accessible; Even the much-reduced fi…
Dehradun has seen huge rise of urban population in the recent years and consequently rise in the urban waste also. The population of Dehradun was 1.69 million in 2011 whereas it wa…
The manner of waste management calls for proper monitoring to reduce climate change, global warming and other related issues like health degradation & loss of revenue that can resu…
If waste is to be managed properly in alignment with the grand republican definitions of environmental citizenship, the citizen as an “I” and “We” have to be re-imagined an…
Sludge often contains high concentrations of heavy metals like lead, mercury, cadmium which negatively affects the reuse of sludge after dewatering. Moreover, it affects the enviro…
Selangor is known as the main waste contributor in Malaysia. The state generates 7,220 tons of solid waste a day. Around 80-90% of waste is disposed of in landfills that lead to en…
Landfilling is the major solid waste disposal method used in highly populated cities such as Lagos state, Nigeria and it remains the most important technology for municipal solid w…
This paper focused on integrated solid waste management practices within rural district councils. The management of solid wastes has become an increasingly important environmental …
When resolving waste management (WM) planning problems, it is often preferable to construct a number of quantifiably good alternatives that provide multiple, disparate perspectives…
This paper studies the physical, chemical and biological properties of Municipal solid wastes of Agarpara dumpsite in Kolkata. Physical tests like Thermal conductivity, magnetic pe…
