scholarly journals Waste Segregation at Source: A Strategy to Reduce Waterlogging in Sylhet

2021 ◽  
pp. 369-383
Author(s):  
Muntaha Rakib ◽  
Nabila Hye ◽  
A. K. Enamul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Social Recognition ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Waste Segregation

AbstractPoor solid waste-management systems in cities in developing countries make them vulnerable to climate-induced risks. It has been pointed out in the literature that the waste management process needs to be holistic and inclusive from waste generation to disposal in order to make it efficient and sustainable. While women in their day-to-day activities at home play a critical role in waste management, they are often excluded in the public waste-management systems which are mainly managed by men. This research used women-centric approaches for motivatingcitizens using social and moral persuasion, economic incentives and social recognition to participate in municipal solid waste management. The findings indicate that the awareness campaign using motivational approaches eventually worked and that the women-centric approaches used are important for promoting home-based waste segregation at source. The study also revealed that a simple payment mechanism for waste disposal services at the household level is not enough to convert littered cities into clean cities. A women-centric approach also contributes to developing community-based solutions to adapt to climate-induced flooding and makes a city more resilient, addressing sustainable development goals.

scholarly journals EDUKASI PEMILAHAN SAMPAH UNTUK MENJADIKAN MASYARAKAT MANDIRI KELOLA SAMPAH DI DESA KABA-KABA

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Kadek Dwi Indra Widya Putra ◽  
Ni Luh Putu Mas Suryantari ◽  
Erin Larasati ◽  
I Komang Agus Ariana
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Service Program ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Waste Segregation

Pemilahan sampah berbasis sumber yaitu di tingkat rumah tangga sangat penting untuk mengurangi volume sampah yang terbuang ke Tempat Pembuangan Akhir (TPA). Saat ini, sampah adalah permasalahan yang kompleks di Bali . Bagi masyarakat kota, pengelolaan sampah di tingkat rumah tangga secara garis besar masih dengan pola lama yaitu ambil – angkut – buang. Untuk masyarakat di tingkat desa, pengelolaan sampah masih sangatlah kurang, karena kebanyakan masih dibuang di lahan dekat rumah tanpa dibuang ke TPA. Pada masa KKN ini kami mendapat kesempatan untuk membenahi permasalahan sampah yang terdapat di Desa Kaba-Kaba. Dalam melaksanakan kegiatan ini, kami mengunakan metode sosialisasi terpusat dan menjadikan satu wilayah kedinasan atau banjar sebagai pilot project bagi Desa Kaba-Kaba. Sosialisasi ini menghadirkan tiga narasumber berkompeten yang bertugas untuk memicu kesadaran masyarakat akan sampah. Apabila sampah tidak dikelola dengan baik, akan menimbulkan masalah yang sangat serius di kemudian hari. Dengan adanya sosialisasi, diharapkan pola lama berubah dengan adanya pemilahan sebelum pengangkutan ke TPA. Kata kunci: Pengelolaan sampah, volume sampah, Tempat Pembuangan Akhir ABSTRACT Source-based waste segregation is very important at the household level to reduce the volume of waste that is dumped into landfills. Today, waste is a complex problem in Bali. For the urban community, solid waste management at the household level is still in the old pattern, namely take - transport – dispose. For villagers level, waste management is still lacking, because most are still disposed to the land near homes without being disposed to the landfills. During this Community Service Program we had the opportunity to fix the waste problem in Kaba-Kaba village. In carrying out this activity, we use a centralized method of socialization and make an agency area or banjar to be pilot project for Kaba-Kaba village. This socialization presented three competent speakers whose task was to trigger public awareness of waste. If the waste is not managed properly, it will cause very serious problems later on. With the socialization, it is expected that the old pattern will change with the sorting before being transported to the landfill. Keywords: Waste management, Waste volume, Landfills

Towards flexible evaluation schemes in areas with lacking information: a case of waste governance in Mexico

2021 ◽  
pp. 002085232110179
Author(s):  
Dolores Elizabeth Turcott Cervantes ◽  
Beatriz Adriana Venegas Sahagún ◽  
Amaya Lobo García de Cortázar
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Stage Of Development

Local governments face the need to achieve sustainability in the provision of public services, and to do so, proper governance is essential. This work proposes a method to assess governance in local waste management systems based on a set of indicators that are flexible and robust enough to allow objective and reliable evaluation even where the information that is available is deficient. The proposal is based on a set of indicators divided into six categories that represent an increasing order of governance maturity: institutional framework; government effectiveness; transparency and accountability; network creation; participation; and corruption control. The article presents the proposal and a first test in two Mexican municipalities, which are an example of municipal solid waste management systems in an incipient stage of development, where there may be serious limitations in terms of access to information. The results show that the methodology can be replicated in different contexts and can be useful for making decisions about improvements in municipal solid waste management systems or for comparing them with others. In addition, sufficient information was obtained for a first diagnosis of the cases studied, which indicates the coherence of the proposed framework. Points for practitioners Proper governance is essential to achieve sustainability in the provision of public services. The assessment of local governance must be robust enough to motivate changes and, at the same time, flexible enough to allow reliable evaluation where the quality of service and the availability of information may be scant. We propose a new framework for the assessment of governance in municipal solid waste management systems that meets these requirements, based on a set of indicators clustered according to governance maturity.

LCA of Solid Waste Management Systems

2017 ◽  
pp. 887-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Bakas ◽  
Alexis Laurent ◽  
Julie Clavreul ◽  
Anna Bernstad Saraiva ◽  
Monia Niero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Management Systems

scholarly journals Institutional Dynamics of Municipal Solid Waste Management in the Bamenda Metropolis

2021 ◽  
pp. 63-78
Author(s):  
Victor Konfor Ntoban ◽  
Mbanga Lawrence Akei ◽  
Clarkson Mvo Wanie
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Institutional Dynamics ◽  
The Right

Rapid and uncontrolled urbanization in several parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), has introduced a plethora of urban development challenges. This has left city governments ‘standing in their sleep’, as they strive to deal such issues. A classic example is solid waste management – with waste considered to be principally an urban problem. While the issue of waste has been belaboured in the literature, there is a dearth in geographical literature on the institutional dynamics of solid waste management. Viewed as structures and processes, institutions demonstrate potentials to determine the intentions and actions of urban waste managers and urban dwellers, within the waste management spectrum. Taking the case of Bamenda – a primate city par excellence – this paper explores the dynamics of institutions and their implications for solid waste management. Specifically, it explores the waste management institutional transition and its bearing on current and potentially, future waste management practices. Household surveys, complemented by expert interviews provided data for the study. Through narratives and descriptive statistics, we observed that despite the litany of institutions involved in solid waste management and their related institutional frameworks, their effectiveness remains questionable. This rests, in part, on the inadequacy in personnel, and the lack of law enforcement in the courts and city judiciary systems. The ineffectiveness of these instruments in the Bamenda Municipality is as a result of weak legal institutional setup, the absence of courts and a city judiciary system to handle environmental issues (solid waste), irregular or poorly enforced laws, inaccessible neighbourhood, and organizational lapses. Furthermore, the socio-political climate, characterised by insecurity, mars the effective implementation of waste management approaches. This paper argues that the institutional change process in waste management should strive towards the introduction of economic incentives that can motivate urban dwellers to fully engage in the process. Further empirical evidence on the right business-oriented waste management models are required to ground this claim.

scholarly journals Drivers of municipal solid waste management cost based on cost models inherent to sorted and unsorted waste

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Di Foggia ◽  
Massimo Beccarello
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Cost Minimization ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Cost Models

After having divided waste management cost in its cost items, we focus on how well-known exogenous and endogenous drivers impact on such cost items. To this end, we collected empirical data of 6,616 Italian municipalities for a two-year period. We develop four regression-based models to analyze the data according to cost items. Models are also reiterated using different data normalization: cost per ton of waste or waste per capita. Besides exogenous determiners of cost, such as altitude, population density, and coastal zone, results refer to both unsorted and sorted waste management cost items. In this respect economies of scale are confirmed along with the critical role of adequate waste facilities that play a remarkable role in cost minimization. Policymakers and regulators may benefit from such results when it comes to define allowed revenues and design the scope of municipal solid waste regulation.

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