Slim pickin's: Supporting waste pickers in the ecological modernization of urban waste management systems

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Scheinberg ◽  
Justine Anschtz
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Ecological Modernization ◽  
Urban Waste ◽  
Urban Waste Management ◽  
Waste Pickers

scholarly journals A holistic framework for the integrated assessment of urban waste management systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 24-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosaria Chifari ◽  
Samuele Lo Piano ◽  
Sandra G.F. Bukkens ◽  
Mario Giampietro
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Integrated Assessment ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Urban Waste ◽  
Urban Waste Management

scholarly journals PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT METHOD OF URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FROM NEAMT COUNTY, ROMANIA

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florin Constantin MIHAI
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Urban Waste ◽  
Urban Waste Management ◽  
A Performance

This paper proposes a performance assessment method (PAM) at urbanscale, based on five specific waste indicators such as: population accessto wastecollection services (%), separate collection (%), reuse & recycle (%),landfilling (%)and amounts of waste uncollected (Qwu-%). Values of each indicator arecorrelatedto an assessment table for three different years (2004, 2007, 2010)highlighting thedisparities between urban localities from Neam County. The paper alsoexaminesthe changes and dysfunctions of urban waste management systems betweenpreaccession vs post-accession period. PAM should be a necessary tool forenvironmental authorities or decision-makers for monitoring the process ofmunicipalsolid waste systems from various cities on regional scale, particularly fornew EUmembers.

Recycle.io: An IoT-Enabled Framework for Urban Waste Management

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyhab Al-Masri ◽  
Ibrahim Diabate ◽  
Richa Jain ◽  
Ming Hoi Lam ◽  
Swetha Reddy Nathala
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Urban Waste ◽  
Urban Waste Management

Waste-handlers and recycling in urban India: Policy, perception and the law

Social Change ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharati Chaturvedi
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Cooperative Groups ◽  
Social Legitimacy ◽  
Poor Access ◽  
Urban Waste Management ◽  
Waste Handling ◽  
Waste Pickers

All recycling in India is undertaken by (and via) the informal sector. This sector includes waste-pickers, small middlemen, transporters, larger middlemen and Anally, reprocessors. These self-employed people play a very important role in urban waste management as they provide a service which the urban municipalities cannot provide given their current institutional framework. Although the sector of informal waste managers is critical to solid waste-handling in India, the sector is unable to optimise its work due to lack of social legitimacy or legal rights over waste-processing, which makes it vulnerable to intimidation. Additionally, due to lack of awareness and specific skills, as well as very poor working conditions and poor access to basic facilities, this sector has so far been unable to make its recycling efficient and profitable. With certain changes in the policies relating to recycling and ownership of waste, there can be a synergetic relationship between the recycling sector, the existing relevant laws, and waste-handling in India that can significantly improve the efficiency of the sector and enhance financial returns to the waste-pickers and reprocessors. Such policy changes as provision of legal rights over solid waste to waste-pickers and organisation of waste-pickers into cooperative groups, can further the interests of these marginalised groups and maximise their profits, in addition to substantially improving solid waste management in the city.

Managing the Recycling Business in Istanbul

2017 ◽  
pp. 205-226
Author(s):  
Nuray Cakirli ◽  
Aytug Sozuer
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Waste Management Policy ◽  
Inclusive Approach ◽  
Waste Pickers

The global waste market is estimated at US$410 billion a year and growing, while only 25 per cent of total waste is known as recovered and recycled. Besides, this figure does not include the informal segment in which around 20 million people work as waste pickers in developing countries. Solid waste management policy and recycling practices differ among certain parts of the world to a large extent. Industrialized countries generally have formal and automated waste management systems, whereas developing countries rely on the informal sector. In Istanbul, which is one of the few megacities in the world appear to be at the crossroad of a policy choice. Authorities will either privatize the recycling business for large firms or try to follow more inclusive approach for more than 100,000 waste pickers in the city. Based on the literature, this study will review the formal waste management systems and describe the integration of informal recycling sector in particular world regions that may have policy implications for Istanbul.

scholarly journals INFORMAL SECTOR STRATEGY IN URBAN INORGANIC WASTE MANAGEMENT TOWARD 3 M MANAGEMENT (MERUBAH: CHANGING, MENGURANGI: REDUCING, MANFAAT: BENEFIT) IN SEMARANG CITY

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 278-287
Author(s):  
Djoko INDROSAPTONO ◽  
Joesron Alie SYAHBANA
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Urban Waste ◽  
Waste Production ◽  
Inorganic Waste ◽  
Urban Waste Management ◽  
The Impact

Moreover urban waste can be seen as a cultural problem because it affects various aspects of life, and the impact on urban waste management system nowadays are not effective and efficient yet. The reason for conducting this research is the emergence of the informal sector phenomena of urban waste management that can contribute to reduce the volume of urban waste production. The purpose of this research is to find out the informal sector strategy in urban waste management, especially inorganic waste. The researchers used qualitative research to explain the phenomenon as the focus of research. The result of research is 3M phenomenon, that is derived from Indonesian words (Mengubah = Changing, Mengurangi = Reducing, Manfaat = Benefit), in the management of urban inorganic waste. The explanation are; Mengubah: turning waste into economic value; Mengurangi: If the economic value of the urban waste volumes increases, the volume of urban waste will eventually be reduced; and Manfaat: the benefits obtained are management cultivating empowerment, reducing the burden of the landfill volume, being closer to inorganic zero waste condition. Suggestions are as follows: [a] development of management towards go-green, [b] urban waste management based on predictable community empowerment will be more effective and efficient in the future.

scholarly journals Drying of fecal sludge in 3D laminate enclosures for urban waste management

2019 ◽  
Vol 672 ◽  
pp. 927-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shray Saxena ◽  
Babak Ebrazibakhshayesh ◽  
Steven K. Dentel ◽  
Daniel K. Cha ◽  
Paul T. Imhoff
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Urban Waste ◽  
Fecal Sludge ◽  
Urban Waste Management
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