Material Flow Analysis for a Sustainable Waste Management System in a Hypermarket

2018 ◽  
pp. 977-984
Author(s):  
P. Agamuthu ◽  
W. J. Hong ◽  
S. H. Fauziah
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Material Flow ◽  
Management System ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Material Flow Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Waste Management ◽  
Waste Management System

WEEE treatment and system management in Italy and Serbia: A comparison

2021 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2110501
Author(s):  
Isidora Berežni ◽  
Francine Duarte Castro ◽  
Bojan Batinić ◽  
Mentore Vaccari ◽  
Nemanja Stanisavljevic
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Material Flow Analysis ◽  
Hazardous Substances ◽  
Candidate Country ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Eu Directive ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Treatment Technologies

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) represent one of the growing waste streams in Europe, whose content of hazardous substances and valuable materials focus on how it is handled. However, there are differences between countries regarding e-waste management system in Europe. This paper analyses and presents data regarding the e-waste management system in Italy, one of the founding countries of the EU and Serbia – EU candidate country. Within this work, the following aspects were considered: legislative framework and EU directive goals in terms of e-waste, institutional setup, collection system, and existing recycling and treatment technologies. In addition, material flow analysis is used to model mass balance within WEEE treatment plants in both countries. Finally, through assessment and comparison of current systems in both countries, problems and shortages of Serbia’s e-waste management system are addressed.

scholarly journals Decentralized Valorization of Residual Flows as an Alternative to the Traditional Urban Waste Management System: The Case of Peñalolén in Santiago de Chile

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 6206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeltsje de Kraker ◽  
Katarzyna Kujawa-Roeleveld ◽  
Marcelo J. Villena ◽  
Claudia Pabón-Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Management System ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Material Flow Analysis ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Urban Waste ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Residual Flows ◽  
Urban Waste Management

Urban residual flows contain significant amounts of valuable nutrients, which, if recovered, could serve as input for the own city needs or those of its immediate surroundings. In this study, the possibilities for decentralized recovery of nutrient rich residual flows in Santiago, Chile, are studied by means of a case study considering technical and socio-economic criteria. In particular, we calculate circularity indicators for organic matter (OM), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) and cost–benefits of household and community on-site technological alternatives. Kitchen waste (KW) and garden residues (GR) as well as urine were considered as system inputs whereas urban agriculture, municipality green, or peri-urban agriculture were the considered destinations for nutrients recovered. The technologies studied were anaerobic digestion, vermicomposting, and composting, while urine storage and struvite precipitation were considered for nutrient recovery from urine. Material flow analysis was used to visualize the inputs and outputs of the baseline situation (the traditional urban waste management system), and of the different household and municipality resource recovery scenarios (the decentralized valorization systems). Our findings show that decentralized valorization of KW and GR are a clear win–win policy, since they can not only produce important environmental benefits for the city in the long run, but also important cost savings considering the landfill fees and residues transportation of the current centralized waste management system.

scholarly journals Material Flow Analysis and Resource Recovery Potential Analysis of Selected Fruit, Vegetable and Nut Waste in Kenya

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven De Meester ◽  
Benson Dulo ◽  
John Githaiga ◽  
Katleen Raes
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Material Flow ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Material Flow Analysis ◽  
Management Problem ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Waste Streams ◽  
Total Potential ◽  
Recovery Potential ◽  
Current Usage

Abstract In Kenya, agriculture is an important economic activity, which implies that a significant amount of bio-waste is generated. This is on one hand a waste management problem, but on the other hand, it is an opportunity for creating a sustainable bioeconomy. Therefore, this study investigates the potential recovery of bioresources from Kenyan bio-waste. The study first quantifies occurrence, current usage and disposal of three selected biomass types, being banana, potato and coconut waste. Next, material flow analysis (MFA) is used to systematically track the mass flow of these wastes. Finally, the potential of biomolecules, biomaterials and bioenergy from the waste streams is evaluated. The study revealed that 6007, 426 and 49.5 kt of banana, potato and coconut biomass is wasted. All these wastes can be biorefined, offering potential towards recovery of; flavonoids (88.3 kt), starch (377 kt), cellulose (2000.7 kt) and biogas (1757.0 GWh), being the total potential of the main bioresources from the three waste streams. The study therefore, concluded that, with proper waste collection, sorting and valorisation, there is a huge potential for bioeconomy in Kenya, at the same time reducing waste management problems.

scholarly journals Establishing a Sustainable Waste Management System in a Transitional Economic Context: Analysis of the Socio-Economic Dynamics

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3887
Author(s):  
Andreas Fehr ◽  
Teo Urushadze ◽  
Nikolas Zöller ◽  
Béatrice Knerr ◽  
Angelika Ploeger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Management System ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Sustainable Waste Management ◽  
Context Analysis ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
The Social

Establishing a sustainable waste management system concerns multiple aspects of the prospected geo-locations. Among them, the dynamics of the socio-economy play a crucial role. Based on the idea of circular economy (CE), the amount of waste, in general, should be reduced and the process of social involvement is embedded. This study aims to examine the social willingness towards a sustainable waste management system at a local level in Georgia. The research study was conducted with waste management analyses in Marneuli city in the South-Eastern Georgian district of Kvemo Kartli, as well as a survey in 510 households in Marneuli. A descriptive statistical analysis and a narrative analysis were used to evaluate the results of the survey. In Georgia, as a transitional country, local participation is still not well developed. However, this research study shows that the potentiality and the social request for the environmental actions at a local level exist. The key results of this study are that the robust connection with the locals is a fundamental factor in implementing a sustainable waste management plan at a local level.

scholarly journals Toward integrated and sustainable waste management system in University of Malaya: UM zero waste campaign

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 04007
Author(s):  
Sumiani Yusoff
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Management System ◽  
Pollution Prevention ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Sustainable Waste Management ◽  
Zero Waste ◽  
Waste Management System

With the escalated increase in municipal solid waste (MSW) generation in Malaysia reaching a shocking 38,000 ton/day in 2017, a sustainable waste management system is much desired. Nationwide, there are 176 landfills but only 8 are sanitary landfill with the rest are open dumpsites. In the campus of University of Malaya, UM Zero Waste Campaign (UM ZWC) was introduced in 2011 to start a long-term campaign to achieve an integrated and sustainable waste management model and ultimately a zero-waste campus. Since year 2015, UM ZWC is fully funded by Sustainability Science Research Cluster of UM (Susci) as one of the living labs of UM as well as by JPPHB under the RMK-11 budget. UM ZWC operating projects including in house composting center, food waste segregation scheme, research composting emission and waste characterization, anaerobic digestion (AD), used clothes collection program, wood waste separate collection, e-waste collection and drop-off recycling collection were initiated under the campaign. Since the inception of the project in 2011 until December 2017, almost over 620 tons of solid waste has been diverted from disposal in landfill with composting, AD, recycling, re-use and energy recovery. A roadmap of UM ZWC was drawn up in 2013, with a goal to achieve 60% landfill diversion by year 2040. In the next 5-10 years, UM ZWC plays a vital role to formalize the recycling collection in UM and further increase the organic waste recycling with green waste shredding and composting. Besides environmental benefits (pollution prevention and carbon emission reduction), UM ZWC brings various benefits such as academic research opportunities for UM, contribute in UM LCCF (Low carbon city framework) target and serve as platform to improve students soft skills and entrepreneur skill. Multi stakeholders participation, support form top management and industrial collaboration are the key factors that are able to drive the development of a sustainable waste management model in UM campus.

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