An Insight to Atmospheric Pollution- Improper Waste Management and Climate Change Nexus

2017 ◽  
pp. 23-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhavisha Sharma ◽  
Barkha Vaish ◽  
Vaibhav Srivastava ◽  
Sonu Singh ◽  
Pooja Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Atmospheric Pollution

scholarly journals The Climate Change Impact of Possible Municipal Solic Waste Management Scenarios in Estonia

2017 ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Harri Moora ◽  
Evelin Urbel-Piirsalu ◽  
Viktoria Voronova
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Climate Change Impact ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Change Impact

Waste management has an influence on the greenhouse gas (GHG) formation. The emissions of greenhouse gases vary between the EU countries depending on waste treatment practices and other regional factors such us composition of waste. The aim of this paper was to examine, from a life-cycle perspective, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management in the context of greenhouse gas formation and to evaluate the possible reduction of climate change potential of alternative waste management options in Estonia. The paper summarises the results of a case study in Estonia, assessing the climate change impact by 2020 in terms of net greenhouse gas emissions from two possible management scenarios. As a result it can be concluded that better management of municipal waste and diversion of municipal waste away from landfills could significantly reduce the emissions of GHG and, if high rates of recycling and incineration with energy recovery are attained, the net greenhouse gas emissions may even become negative. It means that these waste management options can partly offset the emissions that occurred when the products were manufactured from virgin materials and energy was produced from fossil fuels. This is especially important concerning the climate change impact.

Healthcare waste management during disasters and its effects on climate change: Lessons from 2010 earthquake and cholera tragedies in Haiti

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilia M Raila ◽  
David O Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Waste Incineration ◽  
Healthcare Waste ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Healthcare Waste Management ◽  
The Government

Despite growing effects of human activities on climate change throughout the world, and global South in particular, scientists are yet to understand how poor healthcare waste management practices in an emergency influences the climate change. This article presents new findings on climate change risks of healthcare waste disposal during and after the 2010 earthquake and cholera disasters in Haiti. The researchers analysed quantities of healthcare waste incinerated by the United Nations Mission in Haiti for 60 months (2009 to 2013). The aim was to determine the relationship between healthcare waste incinerated weights and the time of occurrence of the two disasters, and associated climate change effects, if any. Pearson product–moment correlation coefficient indicated a weak correlation between the quantities of healthcare waste disposed of and the time of occurrence of the actual emergencies (r (58) = 0.406, p = 0.001). Correspondingly, linear regression analysis indicated a relatively linear data trend (R2 = 0.16, F (1, 58) = 11.42, P = 0.001) with fluctuating scenarios that depicted a sharp rise in 2012, and time series model showed monthly and yearly variations within 60 months. Given that the peak healthcare waste incineration occurred 2 years after the 2010 disasters, points at the need to minimise wastage on pharmaceuticals by improving logistics management. The Government of Haiti had no data on healthcare waste disposal and practised smoky open burning, thus a need for capacity building on green healthcare waste management technologies for effective climate change mitigation.

Climate Change in Hilly Regions of India: Issues and Challenges in Waste Management

2019 ◽  
pp. 657-669
Author(s):  
Neelanjan Dutta ◽  
Anaya Ghosh ◽  
Biswajit Debnath ◽  
Sadhan Kumar Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Waste Management

scholarly journals Pruning waste management and climate change in Sierra Mágina’s olive groves (Andalusia, Spain)

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 595-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Benyei ◽  
Marianne Cohen ◽  
Etienne Gresillon ◽  
Stéphane Angles ◽  
Eduardo Araque-Jiménez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Olive Groves

scholarly journals YOKOHAMA ECO-MODEL CITY’S POLICY ON WASTE MANAGEMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Zh.K. Kerimova ◽  
◽  
E.A. Akhapov ◽  
K. Shimizu ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Situation ◽  
Model Cities ◽  
The World ◽  
City Models

Projects transforming the concept of eco-city into practices became a challenge to the Eastern countries to countermeasure with the global warming and climate change. We can be witnesses of rising number of significant eco-city models than might be a real fine model to other countries and cities that would like to change their current environmental situation. In particular Japan Government launched “Eco-model cities” program in 2008, to create model cities replicable elsewhere both in Japan and in the world.

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