The brown side of the green economy: urban garbage and the zero-waste utopia

2012 ◽  
pp. 81-110
Author(s):  
Antonio Massarutto
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Life Cycle Costing ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Urban Waste ◽  
Zero Waste ◽  
Strong Sustainability ◽  
Urban Waste Management

This article illustrates the result of a study based on the life-cycle costing technique applied to urban waste management in a typical Italian setting, in order to discuss the economic and ecological foundations of a management paradigm inspired by the "zero-waste" philosophy. We identify landfill availability as a critical natural capital requiring the adoption of strong sustainability indicators. We argue that the zero-waste approach is neither feasible nor desirable. Instead, strong arguments can be found in favour of a "zero-landfill" strategy, to be achieved through an adequate mix of material and energy recovery.

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

scholarly journals Sustainable waste management for zero waste cities in China: potential, challenges and opportunities

Clean Energy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-201
Author(s):  
Roh Pin Lee ◽  
Bernd Meyer ◽  
Qiuliang Huang ◽  
Raoul Voss
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Chemical Recycling ◽  
Sustainable Waste Management ◽  
Mechanical Recycling ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Zero Waste ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
Carbon Economy ◽  
Secondary Carbon

Abstract Waste is a valuable secondary carbon resource. In the linear economy, it is predominantly landfilled or incinerated. These disposal routes not only lead to diverse climate, environmental and societal problems; they also represent a loss of carbon resources. In a circular carbon economy, waste is used as a secondary carbon feedstock to replace fossil resources for production. This contributes to environmental protection and resource conservation. It furthermore increases a nation’s independence from imported fossil energy sources. China is at the start of its transition from a linear to circular carbon economy. It can thus draw on waste management experiences of other economies and assess the opportunities for transference to support its development of ‘zero waste cities’. This paper has three main focuses. First is an assessment of drivers for China’s zero waste cities initiative and the approaches that have been implemented to combat its growing waste crisis. Second is a sharing of Germany’s experience—a forerunner in the implementation of the waste hierarchy (reduce–reuse–recycle–recover–landfill) with extensive experience in circular carbon technologies—in sustainable waste management. Last is an identification of transference opportunities for China’s zero waste cities. Specific transference opportunities identified range from measures to promote waste prevention, waste separation and waste reduction, generating additional value via mechanical recycling, implementing chemical recycling as a recycling option before energy recovery to extending energy recovery opportunities.

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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