Determinants of municipal solid waste management in Portugal

Municipal solid waste management has been a topic of interest of several authors over time, in particular the implementation and maintenance of waste collection programmes. Initially, pioneering studies focused on the economic aspects of the provided services. However, many authors later argued the costs of providing solid waste collection services should also be influenced by socio-economic and behavioural factors, exogenous to the municipalities. The present study will be developed in this context, looking, more broadly, to explain the factors influencing the decision-making of the Portuguese municipalities in implementing and maintaining programs of selective collection of solid waste, considering the economic, financial, technological and sociodemographic factors. The results show that, indeed as presented by several authors before, economic factors aren’t the only determinants that influence municipal costs concerning these services, as demographic, geographic and technological factors must be taken into account. Moreover, the enforced legislation also impacts the municipal costs due to municipalities being obliged to contribute to the success of these collection programs in order to fulfil the waste recovery targets. This implies that the costs of these services and the inherent infrastructures are usually financed by its citizens in the form of utilization taxes and also the state.

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Attitude towards the incorporation of the selective collection of biowaste in a municipal solid waste management system. A case study

Waste Management ◽

10.1016/j.wasman.2014.08.023 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 34 (12) ◽

pp. 2434-2444 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

D. Bernad-Beltrán ◽

A. Simó ◽

M.D. Bovea

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Management System ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

System A ◽

Selective Collection ◽

Solid Waste Management System

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Waste Management Strategies in an Urban Setting Example from the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana

Journal of Waste Management ◽

10.1155/2014/981054 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ibrahim Issahaku ◽

Frank K. Nyame ◽

Abdul Kadiri Brimah

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Urban Setting ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Close Relationship

Tamale, one of the fastest growing cities in Ghana, is faced with daunting challenges in the management of Municipal Solid Waste. A corresponding increase of population and rising quality of life with high rates of resource consumption patterns have led to serious problems of high volumes of waste generated and costs involved. This research was therefore designed to focus on the Municipal Solid Waste Management strategies in Tamale, seeking to assess the performance of newly introduced tricycles for waste collection. The study employed the methodology of administration of questionnaire and interviews. The questionnaire and interviews revealed that there is a relationship in the level of education and how households stored their waste before disposal. There is also a close relationship in the household income level (residential class) and the use of covered plastic waste bins. Most households rated waste collection after the introduction of the tricycle as good followed by very good and satisfactory whilst none were of the view that waste collection was not good. Though there has been an improvement in waste collection after the introduction of the tricycles, there is the need for an integrated approach to waste management where all aspects of waste management are analyzed.

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Improving The Municipal Solid Waste Management Plan Of The Municipality Of Nemocón (Colombia)

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-10290 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Camilo Andrés Vargas Terranova ◽

Javier Rodrigo Ilarri

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Initial Response ◽

Management Plan ◽

Preliminary Treatment ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Final Destination

IMPROVING THE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NEMOC&#211;N (COLOMBIA)CAMILO-ANDR&#201;S VARGAS-TERRANOVA(1) and JAVIER RODRIGO-ILARRI(2)(1)Universidad de La Salle, Bogot&#225;, Colombia ([email protected])(2)Instituto de Ingenier&#237;a del Agua y del Medio Ambiente (IIAMA), Universitat Polit&#232;cnica de Val&#232;ncia, Spain ([email protected])&#160;ABSTRACTThe municipality of Nemoc&#243;n (Colombia) located 45 km from Bogot&#225; generates 810.3 t/year of municipal solid waste (MSW). Despite the Colombian national legal requirements, Nemoc&#243;n Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) shows important deficiencies in the waste management system, especially concerning the final destination of waste.During 2019 a set of activities have been performed in the town as an initial response to these needs with the participation of the community and local authorities. First, the design of the waste collection routes was analyzed and improved. Two routes were designed, supported by compacting vehicles with an average time of 3 hours (80 km per route) and 3 routes per week each. Besides, two shorter routes were designed for the collection of recyclable waste, supported by hand-drawn vehicles, with operating times of 6 hours (8-10 km per route) and daily routes.With the support of students from the University of La Salle and the donation of an abandoned building, a Classification and Use Station (CUS) was implemented to strengthen the management of such recyclable waste. The CUS was provided with personal protection elements to improve their condition as managers of minor routes and the preliminary treatment of waste in the CUS, for later sale to wholesalers external managers.Finally, a tax system was designed to finance the operation of the CUS (2500-2800 Euros/month) and promote greater separation volumes in the midterm, based on an adjustment to the normal payment made by the users for the service of waste collection and management. This system took into account the different types of users (commercial, industrial, residential and official), local socioeconomic scale and national economic variables. The increased rate varies between 1 and 1.5% for all users in the first year of increase.

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Municipal Solid Waste Management in Russia: Practices and Challenges

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.864-867.1989 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 864-867 ◽

pp. 1989-1992

Author(s):

Svetlana Sheina ◽

Liya Babenko

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Integrated System ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Transfer Stations ◽

The City ◽

Collection Sites

It is annually produced 400 thousand tons of solid waste in the city of Rostov-on-Don, which is taken for disposal to landfill at the Northwest industrial area of the city. Nearly 60 tons of waste enters Rostov Material Recovery Facility every year for the sorting, extracting commercially attractive factions, pressing, briquetting and subsequent transportation of residue tail to the landfill. However, the percentage of recycling in Rostov (10%) remains low, as a result of the shortcomings of the system. Recently, the Administration of Rostov-on-Don has produced a development strategy of integrated municipal solid waste management to create a new system of waste management in Rostov-on-Don. The strategy focuses mainly at Resource efficiency, which is a blend of good infrastructure, collection and design, with a dash of innovation and a strong policy framework to back it up. For the successful implementation of the strategy it is necessary to introduce an integrated system of municipal solid waste management using GIS. The methodology of integrated system with using GIS was developed by specialists of City Planning and Community Development Department of the Rostov State University of Civil Engineering. It includes implementation of collection and storage of waste and environmental data along with vehicles navigation system through ArcGIS ESRI software. It helps to facilitate collection operations, to analyze optimal locations for transfer stations, to plan routes for vehicles transporting waste from residential, commercial and industrial customers to transfer stations and from transfer stations to landfills, to calculate amount of waste collection sites in accordance with the population density and volume of bins, to locate new landfills and to monitor the landfill. GIS is a tool that also provides a digital data bank for optimization of waste collection sites allocation according with implementation of General City Plan. The territory of Rostov-on-Don has been chosen for case study. GIS allowed to make situational (operational) decisions for implementing the strategic approach to the municipal solid waste management plan of the city and supported innovative accompaniment of the process of development and implementation of priority national projects, targeted programs of ecological reconstruction and strategic plans of socio-economic development of municipalities.

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Assessing the Sustainability Level of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Bangkok, Thailand by Wasteaware Benchmarking Indicators

Applied Environmental Research ◽

10.35762/aer.2017.39.3.6 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 49-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Bokham Chanhthamixay ◽

Sujitra Vassanadumrongdee ◽

Suthirat Kittipongvises

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Management System ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Future Research ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Waste Management System ◽

Msw Management

The rapid increase in waste volume leads to numerous and widespread impacts on sustainable development including social, economic and environmental dimensions. This study applied Wasteaware benchmarking, which is a set of international indicators, to evaluate the effectiveness and sustainability of municipal solid waste management in Bangkok. The indicators allowidentification of strengths and weaknesses of the urban waste management system, providing evidence-based guidance for further improvement. Structured questionnaires were developed based on the indicators and its manual for in-depth interviews with key stakeholders from Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). The data were analyzed using wasteaware datasheet under Microsoft Excel with score coding, generating a clear and detailed overview of the performance of Bangkok’s municipal solid waste management system (MSW). The overall assessment demonstrated that all waste collected is disposed through official treatment facilities. However, the system’s effectiveness is constrained by ineffective enforcement of relevant regulations. Moreover, waste collection services were found to be not fully efficient. In terms of financing sustainability, improvements are needed to reduce disposal costs. Even if BMA prioritizes waste collection and disposal, it is equally important to promote the 3Rs and fully implement source separation to reduce waste volumes at source. In this regard BMA’s efforts to waste volume reduction targets have met with limited success, and the volume of waste generated in Bangkok continues to rise each year. To enhance the sustainability of MSW management, the outcome of this study could be used to support decision-making and further development, as well as provide inputs for future research.

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Assessment of Public–Private Partnership in Municipal Solid Waste Management in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11051228 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 1228 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Vin Spoann ◽

Takeshi Fujiwara ◽

Bandith Seng ◽

Chanthy Lay ◽

Mongtoeun Yim

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Sustainability Assessment ◽

Solid Waste Management ◽

Public Private Partnership ◽

Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽

Waste Collection ◽

Phnom Penh ◽

Private Partnership

The overall responsibility for waste management in Phnom Penh Capital (PPC) has rested with the municipal authorities and contracted waste collection companies. Providing waste collection services is a major challenge for Phnom Penh due to the increasing waste volume and the deficiency of the system under public–private partnership. In response to continuing population growth and urbanization, sustainable management is necessary. This study reviewed the details of the processes and examined the performance of the private sector and local government authorities (LGAs). The study used sustainability assessment, according to a success and efficiency factor method. This assessment method was developed to support solid waste management in developing countries. Multiple sustainability domains were evaluated: institutional, legislative, technical, environmental and health aspects as well as social, economic, financial and critical aspects. The results indicate that the long-term contract design attempts for partnership may actually result in a worsening of the situation by facilitating new ways of concentration, inefficiency and political interest. The limited institutional capacity of the public sectors is a consequence of the inefficient decentralization of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) policies. Public–private partnerships can be neither effective nor sustainable if LGAs and CINTRI co. Ltd. waste collection company do not build proper incentives into their management of the two sectors. Revisiting the legal framework, establishing a facilitating agency that will assist in the design and the nurturing of partnerships, competitive tendering, and transparency and financial accountability are essential elements for PPP on the provision of waste services in PPC.

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