Sustainability Contested: Analysis of Stakeholders Participation in Municipal Solid Waste Management - A Case Study

Waste has always been a part of human life settlement and we have been either very careless with our waste by discarding it into the streets, the air, water, and in our backyards, or consciously dumping it close to those least powerful segments of the society at all times. Waste has been a problem for human beings and people have been least concerned about its eco-friendly disposal. Developed countries came up with many programmes, regulations and policies to address the municipal solid waste crisis, but still it is an unresolved problem. Municipal solid waste management is still a complex issue everywhere in the globalized and techno scientific world due to the carefree mindset, rapid urbanization process, unscientific development process and lack of social responsibility. In these circumstances, municipal solid waste managementcannot be addressed by mere technological innovations or adoptions. Moreover, the responsibility of municipal solid waste managementcannot be left to the Government alone. Instead, participation of various stakeholders needs to be ensured and coordinated for achieving sustainability. Taking Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation in the state of Kerala, India as a case, this paper discusses the extent and ways in which various stakeholders engage in the two main approaches for municipal solid waste management, namely- centralized approach and decentralized approach. The research study was conducted during the period June, 2020 to December, 2020.

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Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Management Practices in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports ◽

10.9734/ajarr/2020/v13i330307 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Oladapo Michael Ogungbade ◽

Butu William Ali ◽

Abdulganiyu Oriola Kilani ◽

Gbenga John Oladehinde ◽

Tolulope Joy Akeju

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Management Practices ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Ondo State ◽

Waste Management Practices

Rapid urbanization and uncontrolled population growth in the city of Akure create a huge generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) and waste management authority has not been able to manage it properly. This has led to inefficient waste collection methods, insufficient coverage of the collection system and improper disposal of solid waste. This paper investigated municipal solid waste management practices in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. Simple random sampling was used in selecting 392 respondents within the eight districts in the study area. Information was collected on socio-economic characteristics of the respondents; nature and compositions of municipal solid waste and solid waste management practices in the study area. The study showed that female respondents (58.2%) were more than male (41.8%) in the study area. Also, a larger proportion of the respondents earned above N40,000 per month. More than one-third of the respondents (37.8%) created squander from vegetable and food remains, next to this were plastic (19.1%), paper (8.2%) and metal waste (6.6%). Further findings showed that the majority of the respondents (66%) do not segregate waste before disposal while the wastebasket was commonly preferred to collect waste due to its affordability. The study concluded that despite the establishment of waste management authority, most of the wastes collected was not sorted before disposal while the majority of the respondents preferred to burn their waste. The study recommended that government and non-governmental organizations should pay much attention to the issue of waste management in the area as waste was not properly managed.

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Determinants of Household Waste Segregation in Gorkha Municipality, Nepal

Journal of Sustainable Development ◽

10.5539/jsd.v11n1p1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bijan Maskey

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Household Waste ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Waste Segregation ◽

The Law ◽

The Government ◽

Level Of Significance

Municipal solid waste management is a huge challenge specially in the developing countries. The first and fundamental step to solve the problem of municipal solid waste management is by waste segregation at source and separate collection of waste, which will help to recover recyclable materials and reduce the amount of waste that needs to be disposed at the dumpsite or landfill site. In Nepal, waste segregation at source is mandated by law but the government is not able to implement it successfully. This paper assesses the willingness of the households to practice waste segregation in future if the government enforces the law and various factors that influences the practice. Data was collected from 401 households which was selected using stratified sampling technique from all the municipal wards, the lowest administrative units in Nepal. The finding shows that about 67% of the respondents are willing to segregate waste in future if the government enforces the law. Logit regression model was employed to identify the factors that influence waste segregation practice. The significant variables found from this study are environmental awareness, waste collection service, willingness to pay, make compost, and segregated waste for a week variables, which are statistically significant at 1% level of significance. Income variable is significant at 5% level of significance and gender variable is significant at 10% level of significance. It is recommended that the concerned stakeholders should educate the households on the importance of waste segregation and consider these traits of households before enforcing the law.

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PENGELOLAAN SAMPAH PLASTIK DI SALATIGA: Praktik, dan tantangan

Jurnal Ilmu Lingkungan ◽

10.14710/jil.17.1.90-99 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 90

Author(s):

Berliana Anggun Septiani ◽

Dian Mita Arianie ◽

Via Fide Aditya Andi Risman ◽

Widhi Handayani ◽

Istiarsi Saptuti Sri Kawuryan

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Waste Treatment ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Plastic Waste ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Waste Production ◽

The Government

The increase of solid waste production is a general problem in municipality, particularly of plastic waste. The durability, light-weight, anticorrosiveness, and inexpensiveness properties of plastic make it favorable to be used in daily life, including in Salatiga. However, plastic is one of some non-biodegradable materials that could lead to soil and water pollution as it contains toxic compounds such as aromatic hydrocarbons, phthalates, and organochlorine. Various studies in municipal solid waste management have been conducted. While those studies often applied various approaches separately, researches in regard to the role of stakeholders in municipal solid waste management are very limited. This study aims to explain the plastic waste management in Salatiga based on the role of the corresponding stakeholders. This qualitative study shows that there are four stakeholders who were involved in municipal plastic waste management in Salatiga. They were the households who generate wastes, the scavengers who sorts the wastes, Bank Sampah and collectors who have the same role in order to collect the wastes and treat the plastic wastes through reusing or recycling processes, and the government. Currently, efforts in waste treatment in Salatiga are focused on the system of collecting-tranferring-disposal mode, waste treatment by reuse and recycle processing, and landfilling. Reducing plastic consumption must take into account the sociocultural aspect and environmental awareness, as the people still interested to use plastic instead of using other materials in substitution. Finally, the role of government is central to educate the community in term of sorting activities and reducing waste production, build the capacity of Bank Sampah, and manage the role of scavengers and collectors. Other alternatives include creating synergy between the collectors and Bank Sampah, as well as ensuring final treatment of the unprocessed wastes disposed by collectors and Bank Sampah.

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Life Cycle Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Kathmandu, Nepal

Journal of Advanced College of Engineering and Management ◽

10.3126/jacem.v1i0.14926 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 97

Author(s):

Ramesh Ranabhat

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Management System ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Population Census ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Waste Management System ◽

Solid Waste Management System

Due to rapid urbanization, ever increasing population, limited resources and industrialization all-inclusive, the environmentally habitual management of municipal solid waste has become a global challenge. According to report of the National Population Census 2011, growth rate of Nepalese Population is 1.4 percent per annum with population density estimated at 181 per sq. KMs. Solid waste management inNepal, the current practice of the illegal dumping of solid waste on the river banks has created a serious environmental and public health problem. The focus of this study was to carry out the magnitude of the present SWM problems by identifying the sources, types, quantities, dangers and opportunities they pose. It will be helpful to examine the adequacy of the existing institutional arrangements and implement a strategic and operational plan for SWM and to establish the EASEWASTE data base of municipal solid waste management system inKathmandu City,Nepal. Journal of Advanced College of Engineering and Management, Vol. 1, 2015, pp. 97-106

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Application of Smart Waste Management Strategies for Sustainable Waste Management

International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Technovation ◽

10.34256/irjmtcon91 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (6) ◽

pp. 643-649

Author(s):

Senthilkumar G

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Marked Improvement ◽

Management Practices ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

The Government

India is moving towards development of smart cities which requires a marked improvement in Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) to provide a clean and aesthetically appealing environment specifically in urban agglomerations. Presently India is producing around 65 million tones of municipal solid waste annually and 80% of which is dumped simply on the open ground. Even after the Solid waste management rules 2016 comes into effect there is no marked improvement in the waste management. The use of technologies like Internet of Things (IoT) and adopting a policy of smart waste – smart resources it is possible to create more robust Sustainable solid waste management systems. IoT is a concept that connects numerous and various physical objects to the internet with the help of sensors and other wireless technologies, conceptually the process of connecting different types of devices extracting the data from them to perform an action in the context of data read. With Swatch Bharath, Clean India mission and the development of Smart cities projects the government of India is offering and encouraging a phenomenal change in waste management policies and action plans with an objective to make the waste management technically feasible, environmentally and financially sustainable. In the present study an assessment of existing waste management scenario was carried out for the semi urban location, Annamalai Nagar Special town Panchayat of Cuddalore District in Tamilnadu state. IoT based waste management has been proposed, the ill effects of the present waste management practices and likely benefits of the application of technology enhanced IoT based waste management have been compared for the real time waste management system.

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Decentralization of solid waste management services in rural Lebanon: Barriers and opportunities

Waste Management & Research ◽

10.1177/0734242x20905115 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 38 (6) ◽

pp. 639-648 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mary Abed Al Ahad ◽

Ali Chalak ◽

Souha Fares ◽

Patil Mardigian ◽

Rima R Habib

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Positive Association ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Significant Positive Association ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

The Government ◽

Multivariate Tobit Model

Rapid urbanization, closure of dumps, and insufficient infrastructure funding in Lebanon have resulted in improper municipal solid waste management (MSWM), creating a continuing trash crisis in recent years. In Beirut and Mount Lebanon, MSWM was carried out in centralized waste processing and disposal facilities operated by the government. The trash crisis and failure of the centralized system prompted several municipal authorities to decentralize MSWM by establishing local facilities, paid by the council taxes charged to beneficiary households. To study the feasibility of decentralized MSWM, a survey of 228 households in a rural village in Lebanon explored households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a local MSWM service. For data analysis, a multivariate Tobit model was used to examine the determinants of the WTP amount. Results showed that 79% of surveyed households in the studied village were willing to support local MSWM improvements by contributing an average yearly fee of US$48, representing a 30% increase in their current council taxes. Analysis showed a significant positive association between the WTP amount and the household monthly income level, the residents perceived needs for urgency to act on solid waste management, and the households’ responsibility to be involved in MSWM. An interview with the municipality mayor later revealed that financial, technical, and land resources are lacking to enable consideration of a decentralized project for MSWM in the village. Municipalities in rural areas have limited resources and are unable to sustain a decentralized MSWM service unless adjacent towns join effort in supporting and financing MSWM initiatives.

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