scholarly journals Toward a Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: Gaps and Challenges in Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Shi ◽  
Yao Wang ◽  
Yang Yue ◽  
Jun Zhao ◽  
Tek Maraseni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Spatial Data Analysis ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Per Capita

Abstract This paper comprehensively evaluates the status of municipal solid waste (MSW) management in 54 African countries, with particular attention on MSW generation, collection, disposal, and related legislations from economical and geographical perspectives. By non-spatial data analysis model, the controlling factors that affect the daily MSW generation per capita are determined. The results show the heterogeneity of daily per capita MSW generation across African countries, ranging from 0.1 kg to 1.49 kg in 2016, largely affected by income level, national laws, geographical location and frequency of collection, particularly by GDP per capita and legislation system. The higher MSW generation, collection rates and disposal rate often occurred in economically developed maritime countries. In addition, the wide gap of MSW collection rate not only existed between African countries, but also existed within a country, even in a city, especially for low-income and middle-income countries. Moreover, there was a lack of solid waste regulations in majority Africa countries, and they are poorly implemented while where there are regulations. Based on MSW generation prediction model, the total MSW generation in Africa is expected to triple in 2050, making the future of solid waste management in Africa more challenging.

Municipal Solid Waste Management in a Low Income Economy Through Biogas and Bioethanol Production

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kodwo Miezah ◽  
Kwasi Obiri-Danso ◽  
Zsófia Kádár ◽  
Stefan Heiske ◽  
Bernard Fei-Baffoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Bioethanol Production

scholarly journals Characterisation of Municipal Solid Waste for Planning Sustainable Waste Management in Kumba Municipality – South Western Cameroon

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.B. Tambe ◽  
G.C. Ayongwa ◽  
N.M. Ngwabie ◽  
G.T. Forbid
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling ◽  
West Region ◽  
Per Capita

Municipal solid waste (MSW) characterisation across socioeconomic residents is necessary for planning sustainable solid waste management. In view of planning for Kumba municipality in the South West Region of Cameroon, three types of socioeconomic residents classified as low, medium and high income residential areas were randomly sampled. In each residential area, 32 households were sampled following systematic random sampling. Over a period of eight weeks within three periods characterised with varying activities, statistically designed number of samples for waste composition were hand sorted and weighed at source of generation. The study revealed that the per capita generation of putrescible and miscellaneous wastes (predominantly sand, ash and dust) were statistically different (p < 0.05) across residents and were inversely related to income while the generation of plastics, metals, papers, glass except textiles were statistically different across residents and were positively related to income. Putrescible waste was the most predominant waste category constituting more than 75% across residents. No significant differences were observed for per capita waste generation across residents during the entire period of study and within residents during the different periods over which the waste categories were measured. However, within the different periods, waste generation was significantly different across residents with more waste being produced in low income residents. The waste density was found to decrease with increasing income. The observed variation of waste generation and composition has implications for collection frequency, equipment needs, composting and digestion of the biodegradable for biogas generation to sustain the solid waste management sector.

scholarly journals Municipal Solid Waste Management In Visakhapatnam City, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 3604-3607
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Waste Generation Rate

Management of solid waste is a major challenge for most of the urban local bodies in developing countries primarily due to the rising urban population and per capita waste generation rate. Improper management of municipal solid waste leads to repulsive condition of streets and spreading of diseases. The present study is an attempt to evaluate the user satisfaction on the performance of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) with regard to solid waste management. The findings of the study are going to be useful to the urban local bodies and GVMC in particular to identify the performance gaps and to initiate measures for further improvement.

Proposal and Test of an Assessment Method for Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 557-568
Author(s):  
José Lázaro Ferraz ◽  
Sandro Donnini Mancini ◽  
Michel Xocaira Paes ◽  
Gerson Araujo de Medeiros ◽  
Waldir Antônio Bizzo
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Per Capita

This paper proposed a methodology for the quality assessment of a municipal solid waste management system to help the decision-making process and improve the services and the system itself. This method considers four dimensions (strategy, collection and transportation, sorting and treatment, final disposal), with 202 analysis items based on information to be obtained mainly in loco and to be transformed in one single quality index, from 0 to 1. First, this method was applied in 20 cities of Brazil and the municipality that showed the lowest index, 0.07, also presented the lowest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, second-lowest population, and the third lower Human Development Index (HDI). The city with the highest indicator (0.53) presented the larger population, the highest GDP per capita, and the highest HDI. Later, one municipality used the methodology for five years, which helped the administrators make decisions that made the index improve from an initial value of 0.24 to 0.55 after five years. The proposed evaluation model proved to be efficient in diagnosing and to help the decision-makers, aiming for the improvement of a solid waste management index after the improvement of the related services for the population.

The impact of socioeconomic factors on municipal solid waste generation in São Paulo, Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor H Argentino de Morais Vieira ◽  
Dácio R Matheus
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Solid Waste Generation ◽  
Per Capita

Social factors have not been sufficiently explored in municipal solid waste management studies. Latin America has produced even fewer studies with this approach; technical and economic investigations have prevailed. We explored the impacts of socioeconomic factors on municipal solid waste generation in Greater Sao Paulo, which includes 39 municipalities. We investigated the relations between municipal solid waste generation and social factors by Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The Student’s t-test (at p ← 0.01) proved significance, and further regression analysis was performed with significant factors. We considered 10 socioeconomic factors: population, rural population, density, life expectancy, education (secondary, high and undergraduate level), income per capita, inequality and human development. A later multicollinearity analysis resulted in the determination of inequality (rp = 0.625) and income per capita (rp = 0.607) as major drivers. The results showed the relevance of considering social aspects in municipal solid waste management and isolated inequality as an important factor in planning. Inequality must be used as a complementary factor to income, rather than being used exclusively. Inequality may explain differences of waste generation between areas with similar incomes because of consumption patterns. Therefore, unequal realities demand unequal measures to avoid exacerbation, for example, pay-as-you-throw policies instead of uniform fees. Unequal realities also highlight the importance of tiering policies beyond the waste sector, such as sustainable consumption.

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF BUCHAREST METROPOLITAN AREA

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioan Ianos ◽  
Daniela Zamfir ◽  
Valentina Stoica ◽  
Loreta Cercleux ◽  
Andrei Schvab ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management

OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS IN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (MSW) COMPANIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 1029-1038
Author(s):  
Antonio Lopez-Arquillos ◽  
Juan Carlos Rubio-Romero ◽  
Jesus Carrillo-Castrillo ◽  
Manuel Suarez-Cebador ◽  
Fuensanta Galindo Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Occupational Accidents ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management
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