Efficiency Enhancement Potential of Urban Sanitation as a Public Utility Subsector

The article identifies the beneficial use of municipal solid waste is a major contributor to the waste problem solution and to the enhancement of the public utility sector operations efficiency. The articles dwells on the existing methods of extracting food and plant waste out of the municipal solid waste stock, and claims that food and plant waste, with its valuable element proportion of 99% (including the admixture of timber particles), is high-quality raw material for biocompost. With the purpose of integrated food and plant waste treatment for mechanical admixtures, the process of MSW separation is designed to separate MSW components in accordance with their texture, size and capacity for selective crushing in different conditions. Thus the principle of controlling the physical properties of separated components manifests itself.

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Poland’s Proposal for a Safe Solution of Waste Treatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Circular Economy Connection

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11093939 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (9) ◽

pp. 3939

Author(s):

Krzysztof Pikoń ◽

Nikolina Poranek ◽

Adrian Czajkowski ◽

Beata Łaźniewska-Piekarczyk

Keyword(s):

Thermal Treatment ◽

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Economic Impact ◽

Circular Economy ◽

Waste Treatment ◽

Management Systems ◽

Waste Streams

The purpose of the study presented in this text is to show the influence of COVID-19 on waste management systems and circular economy stream, and their impact on circular economy, particularly the economic impact of the pandemic on the waste management sector, impact on circular economy objectives’ implementation as well as additional challenges like the need for hygienization of waste streams during different implementation efforts, such as changes in the municipal solid waste market and different waste processes of their disposal. Additionally, some methods—such as thermal treatment—which seemed to be not fully aligned with the circular economy approach have advantages not taken into account before. Incineration of higher volume of waste affects the waste structure and will change some of the circular economy objectives. The analysis was carried out on the example of the Polish market.

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Environmental impact of organic fraction of municipal solid waste treatment by composting in Sri Lanka

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management ◽

10.1007/s10163-021-01305-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rasangika Thathsaranee Weligama Thuppahige ◽

Shabbir H. Gheewala ◽

Sandhya Babel

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Waste Treatment ◽

Organic Fraction ◽

Solid Waste Treatment

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Potential of municipal solid waste paper as raw material for production of cellulose nanofibres

Waste Management ◽

10.1016/j.wasman.2018.09.033 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 80 ◽

pp. 319-326 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Maiju Hietala ◽

Kalle Varrio ◽

Linn Berglund ◽

Jaakko Soini ◽

Kristiina Oksman

Keyword(s):

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Raw Material ◽

Waste Paper ◽

Cellulose Nanofibres

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Exergetic sustainability analysis of municipal solid waste treatment systems: A systematic critical review

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ◽

10.1016/j.rser.2021.111975 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 156 ◽

pp. 111975

Author(s):

Salman Soltanian ◽

Soteris A. Kalogirou ◽

Meisam Ranjbari ◽

Hamid Amiri ◽

Omid Mahian ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Critical Review ◽

Waste Treatment ◽

Sustainability Analysis ◽

Solid Waste Treatment

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Municipal solid waste: Treatment, management and prevention

What is Sustainable Technology?: Perceptions, Paradoxes and Possibilities ◽

10.9774/gleaf.978-1-907643-41-5_9 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 108-132

Author(s):

Chantal Block ◽

Carlo Vandecasteele

Keyword(s):

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Waste Treatment ◽

Treatment Management ◽

Solid Waste Treatment

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Hybrid model for the prediction of municipal solid waste generation in Hangzhou, China

Waste Management & Research ◽

10.1177/0734242x19855434 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 37 (8) ◽

pp. 781-792

Author(s):

Zhenying Zhang ◽

Yuxiang Zhang ◽

Dazhi Wu

Keyword(s):

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Hybrid Model ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Waste Treatment ◽

Percentage Error ◽

Waste Generation ◽

Population Total ◽

The Future ◽

The Individual

Accurate prediction of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation is necessary for choosing appropriate waste treatment methods and for planning the distribution of disposal facilities. In this study, a hybrid model was established to forecast MSW generation through the combination of the ridge regression and GM(1,N) models. The hybrid model is multivariate and involves total urban population, total retail sales of social consumer goods, per capita consumption expenditure of urban areas, tourism, and college graduation. Compared with the constituent models alone, the hybrid model yields higher accuracy, with a mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of only 2.59%. Through weight allocation and optimal treatment of residuals, the hybrid model also balances the growth trends of the individual models, making the prediction curve smoother. The model coefficients and correlation analysis show that population, economics, and educational factors are influential for waste generation. MSW output in Hangzhou will gradually increase in the future, and is expected to reach 5.12 million tons in 2021. Results can help decision makers to develop the measures and policies of waste management in the future.

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Stakeholder views of source separation collection programme in East São Paulo, Brazil

Waste Management & Research ◽

10.1177/0734242x20972774 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 0734242X2097277

Author(s):

João Alexandre Paschoalin Filho ◽

Andrea Ghermandi ◽

António José Guerner Dias ◽

Eliana Gonçalves da Luz ◽

Tatiana Tucunduva Phillipi Cortese

Keyword(s):

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Participatory Approach ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

São Paulo ◽

Collection System ◽

Public Power ◽

The Public ◽

Worker Cooperatives ◽

The City

The investigation of the views of the stakeholders involved in the municipal solid waste separate collection programme (CP) performed in the East Zone of the city of São Paulo is presented in this paper. Aiming to obtain the necessary information to be analysed, interviews with the manager of the Municipal Urban Cleaning Authority (MUCA) of the city, with leaders of recycling worker cooperatives (WCs), and citizens were performed using semi-structured questionnaires. The analysis was performed using the software “IRAMUTEQ”. The results show that, in the view of the manager of the MUCA of the city and the WCs’ leaders, the low adhesion of the population to the separate CP is the greatest obstacle to a further expansion of the existing programme. At the same time, the citizens have blamed the low diffusion made by the municipality about the separate CP in the East Zone of São Paulo. Thus, it can be concluded that the separate CP available in the East Zone of São Paulo is still flawed; since neither the public power, the WCs, nor the population are satisfied and point out several flaws. This situation highlights the need to establish better venues for discussion between the population, WCs, and the municipality to jointly design a separate collection system with a more participatory approach.

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