Improvement of the System of Selective Collection of Household Waste in Latvia

The waste collected daily from household and businesses entities can be utilized for various objectives, serving as raw material for business and other most appropriate purposes. You can, for example, recycle plastic, produce compost and energy, recovering the economic value of such waste. Waste recycling generates jobs and income, reduces the amount of natural resources needed for a new product and also decreases the need to occupy (and pollute) space to deposit materials that have served only once their socio-economic function. And what you can't recycle always has another proper disposal, as a principle which is basic in the concept of sustainable development: Do not transfer the solution of the problem for future generations. The aim of this study is to evaluate the panorama of the selective collection of household waste from the case study of plastic recycling in the neighborhood of Hulene Dump side, at municipality of Maputo. The methodology used in this research was the bibliographical and documentary analysis, as well as semi-structured qualitative interviews with: representative of Municipal Department of Waste Management, Health and Water Supply in the Maputo municipality; administrative coordinators of four organizations studied (RECICLA and FERTILIZA cooperatives, AMOR and PAGALATA associations). Additionally, technical visits were carried out with written and photographic records, interviews to members of the RECICLA cooperative.

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THE IMPACT OF THE STORAGE PLATFORMS FOR HOUSEHOLD WASTE BINS ON THE ENVIRONMENT DEPENDING ON THEIR EMPLACEMENT

Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca Veterinary Medicine ◽

10.15835/buasvmcn-vm:12123 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 73 (2) ◽

pp. 439

Author(s):

Cristina Mirabela Gașpar ◽

Ioan Tibru

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Living Environment ◽

Household Waste ◽

Local Authorities ◽

Health Standards ◽

The Impact ◽

Selective Collection ◽

The Way

The large amount of stored waste is still a big concern for Romania and according to the legislative provisions, until 16th of July 2016, it has to be reduced at 35% from the total amount of waste stored in 1995 (2). Attempting this goal depends on the extent to which the population perceives the need of selective collection, recycling and residue minimization and on the way in which the local authorities facilitates the proper conduct of this process and ensures compliance with the hygiene and public health standards in relation to the location of household waste pre-collection containers.The aim of this paper was to verify if the previsions contained in the Order no. 119/2014, for the aproval of Hygiene and public health standards regarding the population’s living environment, are complied with.In this regard, there were conceived questionnaires concerning the emplacement of storage platforms for containers used for selective collection of household waste, containing the requirements stipulated in Chapter 1 – Hygiene standards regarding the housing areas, article 4, point a) (1).It has been found that in the living areas taken into study, the requirements stipulated in Order no. 119/2014, for the aproval of Hygiene and public health standards regarding the population’s living environment, in Chapter 1 – Hygiene standards regarding the housing areas, article 4, point a), are not fully respected.

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Waste Management in The Amazon and the Conceptual Innovation of Sustainability

The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management ◽

10.5276/jswtm/2019.329 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 329-339

Author(s):

Valéria Arenhardt ◽

Flávio de São Pedro Filho ◽

Valdir Schalch ◽

Samia Laise Manthey Benevides ◽

Saiane Barros de Souza

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Household Waste ◽

Lower Middle Class ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Shared Management ◽

Conceptual Innovation ◽

The Social ◽

The Face ◽

Quantitative Results ◽

Selective Collection

This study deals with the management of household waste in a municipal base in Brazil's Amazon region that did not implement selective collection. The aim is to study waste management produced in households, focusing on the reduction for urban development through the conceptual innovation of sustainability. The specific goals of this project are: (1) to identify if the residents consider it important to properly dispose of household waste, (2) to assess how much they know about the selective collection and where household waste goes; (3) to propose conceptual innovation in managing solid residues and sustainability. It is an exploratory descriptive research, with the field study of mixed nature, presenting qualitative and quantitative results. The consulted population of the lower middle class was chosen by sampling. The proposal is to analyze the answers collected to identify the ability of individuals to break environmental paradigms guided by the awareness of actions and innovative behavior in the face of the problem studied and based on the U Theory, proposing concept innovations on global sustainability. The result shows the inadequate management of household solid waste because residents do not comply with the principles of sustainability. The analysis allows bringing the conceptual innovation of environmental, economic and social sustainability, breaking old concepts and proposing the shared management of household waste. The actions indicated in this research would enable entrepreneurs to optimize the environmental development allied to the social and economic sustainability in the Amazon. This work can benefit business owners, governments and society in general.

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Comparison between the municipal solid waste management of two municipalities from mountain region

Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciências Ambientais ◽

10.6008/spc2179-6858.2016.001.0022 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 250-260

Author(s):

Denise Peresin ◽

Nícolas Reinaldo Finkler ◽

Mariana Riegel Grando ◽

Verônica Casagrande ◽

Elis Marina Tonet Motta ◽

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Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Mountain Region ◽

Household Waste ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Middle Classes ◽

Waste Segregation ◽

Useful Life ◽

Household Waste Management ◽

Selective Collection

This paper aims to present a review of household waste management in two small municipalities located at Mountain Region (RS – Brazil). As method, it was used data from waste amounts destined for regular and selective collection, physical characterization and gravimetric composition of the waste generated in three neighbourhoods of different social classes. It was observed that the largest municipality showed better efficiency and higher coverage of selective collection. The per capita index of waste generation was similar among municipalities, despite of differences in population size and in social and economic characteristics. The neighbourhoods with high and middle classes presented better segregation in both collections and municipalities. The presence of biodegradable materials in selective collection (average 14%) and recyclable materials in regular collection (average 21%) was observed. The obtained results indicated the necessity to continuously investing on expansion of selective collection and environmental education, in order to improve waste segregation, which contributes with the efficiency level of triage plants, as well as to increase the potential recovery of waste recyclable and the useful life of landfills.

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Management of Toxic Packaging Waste Related to Environmental Protection in Iasi and Neamt Counties

Revista de Chimie ◽

10.37358/rc.17.5.5611 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 68 (5) ◽

pp. 1058-1062

Author(s):

Carmen Luiza Costuleanu ◽

Gabriela Boldureanu ◽

Gabriela Gladiola Andruseac

Keyword(s):

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Environmental Protection ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Integrated System ◽

Household Waste ◽

Similar Degree ◽

Packaging Waste ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Selective Collection

The aim of the present study was to estimate and compare the toxic packaging waste generation in two urban areas of Iasi (A) and Piatra Neamt (B) counties, in a close relationship with the management of removal and processing. Piatra Neamt was chosen because it is known to have a developed infrastructure for selective sorting and collection of municipal solid waste since 2001, implemented using European funds. On the other part, the center of Iasi city was chosen because the selective sorting of municipal solid waste was really implemented only in this area. There exist no significant differences between the generated total waste amounts in A and B studied areas. The same time, no significant differences between the generated packaging waste average quantities in A and B areas were found. The clear result of this study is that the generated packaging waste represents 32.62% as average when compared to generated total waste in area A and 37.15% in area B. When comparing the fractions of generated total waste in the two areas of study the results are really surprisingly. Since it is well known that Piatra Neamt developed the first integrated system of selective collection of household waste, totally functional starting with 2001. When we are comparing the fractions of generated total waste, the results are not significantly different in the two areas. For sure, there are higher rates for selective collection and sorting of paper/cardboard, plastics, glass and organic waste in area B, but not really significant. Such results could be explained solely by the existence of a similar degree of education and commitment regarding the environmental protection in both studied areas. Moreover, we tried to have an estimation of the management effort of local authorities to remove the generated total waste or its selective fractions from the two studied areas. This was a very difficult challenge. For the moment, our conclusions are that for both cities the management efforts are almost the same, despite the selective sorting and collection of some fractions of generated total waste in area B (Piatra Neamt). The simple conclusion could be that the management efforts of removal are lower in Iasi city starting from the efficiency of the processes.

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