The pursuit of shifting Slovakia towards a circular economy is met with a multitude of obstacles, including the pervasive consumerist mindset among Slovakians. This mindset favors packaged food, leading to its improper disposal in municipal waste instead of being recycled. Furthermore, the...

Background: This work is part of the regional research project PIPER-Intelligent Platform for the Optimization of Recycling Operations, which aims to develop a network design model for waste collection in the metropolitan city of Rome, Italy. The goal is to enhance the strategic planning of...

This report provides a baseline analysis of the existing situation in the municipal waste management sector in Serbia and underscores the importance of the sector in terms of achieving Sustainable Cities objectives. Reforms in the waste sector are a key component of a larger government...

Municipal Solid Waste Cost Calculation Technical Guidelines discusses good practices for calculating investment and operating costs in the solid waste management sector illustrated through notional cost calculations for waste management functions and a combined waste management system. The...

Increasing population, economic activities, and the associated factors put a serious strain on municipal solid waste management in developing nations. We assessed the amount of solid waste generated and elucidated the existing management practices at household level in Mymensingh City...

Today the world faces unprecedented challenges in waste management while the state of the municipal waste management sector globally is a matter of concern. To reverse current trends related to waste generation, pollution, and resource management, active collaboration between the various waste...

Over the past decades, research on the established linkages between solid waste management and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) has not progressed sufficiently. This influences the relevant statutory bodies to design an effective solid waste management system to create a safe work...

A long-lasting dilemma on the efficient provision of services of general economic interest has become increasingly important in the waste management industry: competition or monopoly in municipal solid waste management. Previous literature has primarily examined the economics of scale and scope...

Soil-bentonite cut-off walls are widely used in landfill projects. In recent years, attapulgite has been suggested as a substitute for bentonite in cut-off wall applications by scholars due to its distinct advantages over bentonite. However, the biochemical degradation of waste in landfills...

Solid waste management In India, this service is lagging and leading to some chaos in urban sector like inadequate coverage, improper garbage collection, transportation routes ,waste disposal and lack of proper management are associated with the weakness of solid waste management systems....

In the context of the EU's Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), the Joint Research Centre is investigating the rationale for harmonising separate collection systems for municipal waste. The present report reviews and identifies the key parameters and elements making up a waste collection system,...

Purpose The paper aims to compare the efficiency of alternative municipal solid waste (MSW) management business models: a single provider against multiple providers. Design/methodology/approach In this paper the drivers of MSW management costs are analysed to test the impact of the scale and...

We simulate the performance of a gain-sharing charging scheme aimed at boosting the circularity of municipal solid waste management; its effectiveness is empirically tested by comparing it with the performances of unit pricing and standard schemes. When unit pricing charging schemes are in...

The paper compares the efficiency of alternative municipal solid waste management business models: a single provider against multiple providers. The drivers of municipal solid waste management costs are analysed to test the impact of the scale and scope of municipal solid waste management...

Solid Waste Management for Rural Regions explores environmental policy and planning measures in rural touristic areas through diverse, practical approaches. It examines the social, cultural, management, and economic practices by providing new insights and strategies for developing and emerging...

This article explores the behavioral spillover effects of the mandatory municipal solid waste classification plan (MSWCP) in China. This policy mandated separation of organic waste from other non-recyclable waste. Administrative data in Shanghai indicates the MSWCP led to a higher organic waste...

The aim of this Handbook 3 “Blockchain-based Waste management” is to guide professionals in the waste management sector on how they should implement IoT and Block-chain technology as strategies of Circular Economy. Therefore, it is addressed to practitioners knowing about the advantages of...

Catalytic co-pyrolysis of municipal solid waste (MSW) and biomass pine sawdust (PSD) under sludge fly ash (SFA) could be a breakthrough towards the energy challenges and waste management. This paper aims to develop a unique cobalt-alkali-SFA (Co-A-SFA) catalyst, in order to investigate its...

This study investigates the impacts of lifestyle on municipal solid waste (MSW). Although solid waste is increasingly recognized as a serious worldwide environmental concern, whether and how the lifestyle causally affects MSW are unclear. Based on a unique data of daily littering records of 252...

The impact of municipal solid waste has surpassed local and regional boundaries and has become a global challenge, with mounting public health, environmental, social, and economic costs. In this context, there is an imperative need to move on from the traditional linear economic model...

This study investigates whether municipal mergers result in a lower waste management cost. Using difference-in-difference and propensity score matching approaches, we estimate the effect of the large-scale consolidation in Japan on the various costs of managing municipal solid waste. We find...

This study performed an assessment of the solid waste management (SWM) plans and the collection, recycling, and disposal conditions of the 17 Local Government Units (LGUs) of Metro Manila to determine the gaps and barriers hindering the effective implementation of Republic Act 9003 (RA 9003),...

We summarize the economics of recycling municipal solid waste. OECD data suggest that aggregate recycling rates in member countries have plateaued in recent decades. United States recycling rates for some materials remain low, even after decades of learning and participation. Major new policies...

The effect of direct enzyme addition and other pretreatment methods on VFA production through co-fermentation of primary sludge and external organic waste was studied under initial alkaline (pH 10) and acidic (pH 5) conditions. Beside the direct enzyme cocktail addition, 24-hour enzymatic,...

The rapid population growth in the last decade, was followed by an increasing amount of waste. Community-based waste management becomes one alternative solution to reduce the waste run by the government and society. This study aimed to analyse the implementation of waste management and social...