Trends and determinants of rural residential solid waste collection services in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 698-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiqin Wang ◽  
Yaojiang Shi ◽  
Qiufeng Gao ◽  
Chengfang Liu ◽  
Linxiu Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Rural China ◽  
National Level ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Solid Waste Collection ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Residential Solid Waste

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the trends in residential solid waste collection (RSWC) services in rural China over the past decade and analyze the determinants of these services using nationally representative data. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw on panel data from three rounds of village-level surveys of 101 villages. The three surveys were conducted in 2005, 2008, and 2012 in five provinces. The authors used fixed-effected regression approach to analyze the determinants of these services. Findings The results show that in the aftermath of increased investment and policy attention at the national level, the proportion of villages providing RSWC services in rural China increased significantly from 1998 to 2011. However, half of all villages in rural China still did not provide RSWC services as of 2011. Based on econometrics analysis, the authors show that villages that are richer, more populous, and villages with more small hamlets are more likely to provide RSWC services. Originality/value The analyses are based on primary survey data and the first to quantify trends in waste management services in the beginning of the twentieth century. The authors believe that the results will have significant policy implications for China in its continuing quest for better waste management policy.

Cost of Residential Solid Waste Collection

1971 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 563-568
Author(s):  
Robert M. Clark ◽  
Betty L. Grupenhoff ◽  
George A. Garland ◽  
Albert J. Klee
Keyword(s):  
Solid Waste ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Solid Waste Collection ◽  
Residential Solid Waste

scholarly journals Willingness to Pay for Improved Household Solid Waste Collection in Blantyre, Malawi

Economies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanke Ndau ◽  
Elizabeth Tilley
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Environmental Perceptions ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Solid Waste Collection ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Minute Walk

Insufficient staff, inappropriate collection vehicles, limited operating budgets and growing, hard to reach populations mean that solid waste management remains limited in most developing countries; Malawi is no exception. We estimated the willingness to pay (WTP) for two hypothetical solid waste collection services. Additionally, we tested the impact of the WTP question positioning relative to environmental perceptions on respondents’ WTP. The first scenario involved a five minute walk to a disposal facility; the second scenario involved a 30 min walk. Additionally, the order of the question was randomized within the questionnaire. A WTP value of K1780 was found for the five minute walk scenario when the question was placed first, and K2138 when placed after revealing the respondent’s perceptions on the environment. In the 30 min walk scenario, WTP was K945 when placed first and K1139 when placed after revealing the respondent’s perceptions on the environment. The estimated values indicate that there is both a willingness to pay for solid waste services and that there are at least two options that would be acceptable to the community; a pilot scale implementation would be required to validate the hypothetical values, especially given the dependency on problem framing. Community financing should be considered as a sustainable approach to solid waste management in underserved areas.

Environmental Management in cities: A Perspective from the Akure Solid Waste Management Authority, Ondo State, Nigeria.

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 6-18
Author(s):  
S. E. Okosun ◽  
A. O. Omodehin ◽  
I. S. Ajayi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Solid Waste Collection ◽  
The Core ◽  
Ondo State ◽  
Collection And Management

Management of wastes which is a part of the daily activities of man is an important aspect of environmental management. Over the years, there have been concerted efforts made towards adequately solving the problems created by improper waste management and disposal in Nigeria cities. This study, appraises environmental management in cities; a perspective from the Ondo state Waste Management Authority (OSWMA) Akure. The broad objectives of this study are to identify types of wastes managed by OSWMA, describe the attitude and role of residents (household) toward solid waste management, and examine the possible constraints faced by OSWMA, Akure in the discharge of their duties. Samples were drawn from the total number of OSWMA staff and clients served by the authority in the core, transition and peripheral districts of Akure. 53 questionnaires were administered to the staff representing 10% of the total number of staff while 324 questionnaires representing 1% of residents were administered, collated and analyzed using SPSS version 19. The results of the analysis, revealed that majority (81.1%) of the staff respondents opined that the type of waste managed by the Authority is solid waste; using the door to door method of solid waste collection as submitted by 54.5% of the staff. On the other hand, majority of the households’ respondents (81.4%) expressed willingness to pay for service rendered by the authority. Findings also revealed that poor funding was the main constraints faced by the authority. The study therefore recommends proper funding, provision of equipment and facilities needed for smooth running of the authority in order to ensure effective collection and management of waste in the study area.

THE REALITY OF MEDICAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL AT THU DUC DISTRICT HOSPITAL, HO CHI MINH CITY IN 2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phan Thi Thu Trang ◽  
Vo Van Hai ◽  
Le Thi Thanh Huong
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
District Hospital ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Solid Waste Collection ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Waste Classification

There are 11 rooms and 38 departments with 1791 staffs in Thu Duc District Hospital. Moreover, there are above 6000 patients coming for examination and approximately over 900 in-patients at the hospital. Although the medical solid waste management was concentrated and focused on, there is still some insufficient points that need to be researched. Therefore, we are now proceeding in researchingour aim to describe the reality of medical solid waste management at Thu Duc District Hospital in 2019 and evaluate the factor that affects the waste management. The method for this research is cross-section descriptive research. We have observed all tools, equipments used for managing medical solid waste, and observed the medical solid waste classification in 36 departments/ clinical units, paraclinical, also have used designed inventory. The ratio of the department that meet thegoals in general of collecting, transporting, storage and waste disposal is not really high, only 75%, in which that the ratio for collecting by department only is lowest with 77.8%; next for collecting the waste by equipments with 80.6%; for waste classification by equipments is 83.3%.

Solid Waste Management Policy Implications on Waste Process Choices and Systemwide Cost and Greenhouse Gas Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 1766-1775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan K. Jaunich ◽  
James W. Levis ◽  
Joseph F. DeCarolis ◽  
Morton A. Barlaz ◽  
S. Ranji Ranjithan
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Waste Management Policy

Wellington-Winter Revisited: The Case of Municipal Sanitation Collection

ILR Review ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda N. Edwards ◽  
Franklin R. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Solid Waste Collection ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Unions ◽  
Residential Solid Waste ◽  
Public Collection

This study examines the hypothesis advanced by Wellington and Winter that public sector unions have greater power than private sector unions to raise wages. To test this hypothesis the authors use a unique body of 1974 data on several aspects of residential solid waste collection in 175 cities, 95 with public collection systems and 80 with private systems. In both groups of cities some work forces are unionized and some are not. The authors' analysis shows that unionization raises the wages of sanitation workers in the public sector by considerably more than it raises the wages of such workers in the private sector, thus providing strong support for the Wellington-Winter thesis.

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