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Waste disposal 1,404 Abfallentsorgung 1,390 Abfall 310 Abfallwirtschaft 309 Theorie 282 Theory 282 Recycling 273 Waste 272 Waste management 268 Deutschland 263 Kreislaufwirtschaft 251 Abfallbeseitigung 239 Sonderabfall 234 Hazardous waste 229 Germany 224 USA 213 United States 204 Abfallpolitik 105 EU countries 99 EU-Staaten 99 Waste policy 94 Umweltbelastung 85 Pollution 83 Umweltpolitik 79 Welt 76 World 75 Environmental policy 67 Kommunale Abfallwirtschaft 64 Municipal waste management 64 Abfallvermeidung 56 Tourenplanung 53 waste disposal 49 Umweltschutz 48 Vehicle routing problem 47 Environmental charge 45 Umweltabgabe 45 Abfallrecht 43 Landfill 43 MĂĽlldeponie 43 Environmental management 41
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Book / Working Paper 854 Article 762 Journal 37 Other 33
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Article in journal 636 Aufsatz in Zeitschrift 636 Graue Literatur 281 Non-commercial literature 281 Working Paper 124 Arbeitspapier 121 Hochschulschrift 116 Aufsatz im Buch 95 Book section 95 Thesis 88 Amtsdruckschrift 85 Government document 85 Collection of articles of several authors 66 Sammelwerk 66 Konferenzschrift 61 Bibliografie enthalten 44 Bibliography included 44 Conference proceedings 39 Statistik 23 Dissertation u.a. Prüfungsschriften 22 Advisory report 17 Gutachten 17 Conference paper 16 Konferenzbeitrag 16 Aufsatzsammlung 15 No longer published / No longer aquired 13 Statistics 13 Forschungsbericht 9 Case study 8 Fallstudie 8 Handbook 6 Handbuch 6 Mehrbändiges Werk 6 Multi-volume publication 6 Collection of articles written by one author 5 Sammlung 5 Bibliographie 4 Business report 4 Geschäftsbericht 4 Gesetz 4
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English 1,054 German 470 Undetermined 102 French 33 Italian 14 Spanish 6 Russian 5 Swedish 5 Danish 2 Dutch 2 Polish 2 Portuguese 2 Ancient Greek (to 1453) 1 Mongolian 1 Norwegian 1 Romanian 1 Slovenian 1 Chinese 1
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Fullerton, Don 20 Dijkgraaf, Elbert 17 Kinnaman, Thomas C. 16 Gradus, Raymond 14 Mazzanti, Massimiliano 11 Sigman, Hilary 9 Souren, Rainer 9 D'Amato, Alessio 7 Hecht, Dieter 7 Michaelis, Peter 7 Nicolli, Francesco 7 Silvestri, Francesco 7 Ferrara, Ida 6 Reitz, Felix 6 Stafford, Sarah L. 6 Takeuchi, Kenji 6 Yamamoto, Masashi 6 Batstone, Roger 5 Cantner, Jochen 5 Dur, Robert A. J. 5 Greenstone, Michael 5 Holm-MĂĽller, Karin 5 Ichinose, Daisuke 5 Montinari, Natalia 5 Moretti, Enrico 5 Smith, James E. 5 Van Wassenhove, Luk N. 5 Vollaard, Ben A. 5 Wilson, David 5 Zoboli, Roberto 5 Ascari, Sergio 4 Bloom, David E. 4 Bucciol, Alessandro 4 Dixon, Lloyd S. 4 Hentrich, Steffen 4 Ishimura, Yuichi 4 Managi, Shunsuke 4 Manasi, S. 4 Massarutto, Antonio 4 Mihai, Florin 4
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OECD 31 Europäische Kommission 11 Purdue University 9 National Bureau of Economic Research 7 UNEP 7 Deutschland 6 Deutschland / Statistisches Bundesamt 6 Weltbank 6 Nuclear Energy Agency 5 World Bank 5 Deutschland <Bundesrepublik> / Statistisches Bundesamt 4 European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 4 International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations 4 International Monetary Fund (IMF) 4 Weltgesundheitsorganisation 4 Battelle-Institut 3 Deutschland <Bundesrepublik> / Bundesminister für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit 3 ELMIA 3 European Environment Agency 3 International Monetary Fund 3 Nordrhein-Westfalen / Landesamt für Wasser und Abfall 3 Asian Institute of Technology 2 Compagnie Générale des Eaux 2 Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund 2 Deutschland <Bundesrepublik> / Umweltbundesamt 2 Edward Elgar Publishing 2 European Round Table on Safety Aspects of Hazardous Wastes <1985, Dublin> 2 European Workshop on Cities and the Global Environment <1990, Den Haag> 2 Europäische Kommission / DG ENV - Generaldirektion Umwelt 2 Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Umwelt, Nukleare Sicherheit und Katastrophenschutz 2 Europäische Kommission / Statistisches Amt 2 Europäische Union / Rat 2 Europäischer Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschuss 2 Gesellschaft für Öffentliche Wirtschaft 2 Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft <Karlsruhe> 2 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2 Rat von Sachverständigen für Umweltfragen 2 Resources for the Future, Inc. 2 Schleswig-Holstein / Statistisches Landesamt 2 Schweiz / Bundesamt für Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft 2
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Journal of environmental economics and management : JEEM ; the official journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 16 Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 16 Zeitschrift für angewandte Umweltforschung 16 Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics 15 Europäische Hochschulschriften / 5 13 Abfallwirtschaft in Forschung und Praxis 12 European journal of operational research : EJOR 12 Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht : ZfU ; Beiträge zur rechts-, wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Umweltforschung 11 African journal of science, technology, innovation & development : AJSTID 9 Environmental economics and policy studies 9 Kom / Kommission der Europäischen Gemeinschaften 9 Working paper 9 Environmental & resource economics : the official journal of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 8 Resource and energy economics 8 World Bank technical paper 8 CSERGE working paper / WM 7 Computers & operations research : and their applications to problems of world concern ; an international journal 7 Energy reports 7 NBER Working Paper 7 NBER working paper series 7 OECD Environment Statistics 7 Working paper / National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. 7 Economics and policy of energy and the environment 6 International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy : IJEEP 6 International Journal of Global Energy Issues 6 Natural resources journal 6 Discussion paper / Tinbergen Institute 5 Environment and development economics 5 Ilmenauer Schriften zur Betriebswirtschaftslehre 5 International environmental affairs : IEA ; a journal for research and policy 5 Journal of policy analysis and management : the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 5 Land economics : applied research on environmental resources 5 Socio-economic planning sciences : the international journal of public sector decision-making 5 The journal of environment & development : a review of international policy 5 Transportation research / E : an international journal 5 Waste management in spatial environments 5 Applied economics 4 Beiträge zum Siedlungs- und Wohnungswesen und zur Raumplanung 4 Betriebliches Umweltmanagement 4 Die Betriebswirtschaft : DBW 4
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Analysis of the pectin extraction process at recycling of secondary material resources
Chabanova, Oksana; Bondar, Sergii; Kotliar, Yevhenii; … - In: Technology audit and production reserves 3 (2021) 3/59, pp. 34-39
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Reverse privatization as a reaction to the competitive environment : evidence from solid waste collection in Germany
Demuth, Juri; Friederiszick, Hans; Reinhold, Steffen - In: Review of industrial organization : an international … 60 (2022) 2, pp. 217-261
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Plastic Waste Management in Rwanda : An Ex-post Policy Analysis
Martin, J..; Xie, Jian - 2022
Rapid economic growth and poor environmental management have Rwanda facing growing pollution problems, including solid waste and plastic pollution, among others. For years, Rwanda has sought to tackle plastic waste, and the country has been proactive in pursuing environmental management with...
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The challenge of urban solid waste management in Brazil
Oliveira, Marta Chaves Vasconcelos de; Klafke, Renata; … - In: EconomĂ­a, sociedad y territorio 22 (2022) 68, pp. 177-206
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Optimization and data analytics in waste management
Cubillos, Maximiliano - 2022
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The extended producer responsibility for waste oils
Guerre, Asuncion Arner - In: International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy : IJEEP 12 (2022) 2, pp. 210-217
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Impacts of joint municipal agencification on the democratic governance of waste management
Valkama, Pekka; Torsteinsen, Harald; Kettunen, Pekka - In: International journal of public sector management 35 (2022) 5, pp. 533-548
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The true cost of trade among neighbors : the role of Japanese imports in waste generation in China
Tsukui, Makiko; Lin, Chen; Ji, Kaiyan; Lang, Xiaoliang - In: Economic systems research 34 (2022) 3, pp. 343-366
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The public's perception of the seriousness of environmental crimes related to environmental pollution and illegal waste trade : a case study of the province of Brescia, Italy
Olivi, Luisa - In: Journal of illicit economies and development : JIED 4 (2022) 1, pp. 17-33
This original research delves into the public's awareness of environmental crimes related to pollution and illegal waste operations in Brescia, Italy. It investigates residents' perceptions of the seriousness of environmental crimes occurring in their proximity. Brescia is an ideal location for...
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Waste bank-socio-economic empowerment nexus in Indonesia : the stance of Maqasid al-Shariʻah
Miftahorrozi, Miftahorrozi; Khan, Shabeer; Bhatti, … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 7, pp. 1-23
With the rapid increase of waste throughout the country, the government of Indonesia has enacted regulations targeting waste reduction using religious sentiment. This is employed in Malang City's "Waste Bank of Malang" (WBM). This study aims to analyze the impact of waste banks on socio-economic...
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The importance of sustainable waste management due to socio-economic changes
Sasana, Hadi; Kusuma Prasetyanto; Priyono, Nuwun; … - In: International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy : IJEEP 12 (2022) 3, pp. 170-174
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The applications of multiple route optimization heuristics and meta-heuristic algorithms to solid waste transportation : a case study in Turkey
Dereci, Ufuk; Karabekmez, Muhammed Erkan - In: Decision analytics journal 4 (2022), pp. 1-13
The dense population and high solid waste production make it challenging to determine the optimal routes for garbage collection trucks in metropolitan cities. Moreover, incorrectly planned routes cause waste of fuel, time, and other resources in the municipal garbage collection process. Vehicle...
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Increasing importance of risk management in the context of solid waste sphere reforming in Russian regions
Degtereva, Viktoria; Liubarskaia, Maria; Merkusheva, … - In: Risks : open access journal 10 (2022) 4, pp. 1-13
This article analyzes the risk factors influencing the achievement of solid waste sphere reforming goals in Russia. The given arguments present the current state of the reform as not very effective from an economic, environmental, and social perspective. The authors identify four groups of risk...
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The Economy of Waste
Floridi, Luciano - 2022
The short article suggests that waste, in its many forms, should be considered a resource and that the economy of waste, supported by digital technologies, could represent a significant opportunity for sustainable and circular growth. Wasting waste is increasingly an unethical and uneconomic choice
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Location-routing problem for classified waste collection
Hong, YuXin; Yan, Weiyang; Ge, Qian - 2022
Successive stories of waste classification and processing system in reducing emission and saving natural resource encourages many developing countries to introduce such system. In this waste collection system, the solid waste is classified at the drop-off centers in communities, transported to...
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Domestic Waste Management in Ireland - the Journey Towards Financialization
Quinn, Martin; Feeney, Orla - 2022
Successive Irish government policies followed a neoliberal approach and domestic waste services have been transformed to such an extent that in early 2021, one company was valued at over €1 billion. The last three decades has seen domestic waste services in the Ireland evolve from a public...
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Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Thermal Decomposition Characteristics of Co-Pyrolysis of Municipality Solid Waste Residue Hydrochar and <1.5g/Cm3 Fraction of South African Discarded...
Uwaoma, Romanus Chinonso; Schröer, BJ; Strydom, C.A; … - 2022
The solid residues obtained after subjecting Municipality Solid Waste Residue (MSWR) to hydrothermal treatment were blended (50:50) with the 1.5g/cm3 density-separated fraction of discard coal. Co-pyrolysis experiments were conducted using a thermogravimetric analyser (TGA) in a temperature...
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COVID-19 Data Collection : Garbage In, Garbage Out
Stein, Harvey J. - 2022
I analyze anomalies in the data collected by the major COVID-19 data repositories. These anomalies are due to how the data is aggregated. I find that the method used tends to understate the rise in the infection rate, overstate the fall after the peak, and generate spurious peaks and drops. As a...
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Innovation, income, and waste disposal operations in Korea : evidence from a spectral granger causality analysis and artificial neural networks experiments
Mele, Marco; Magazzino, Cosimo; Schneider, Nicolas; … - In: Economia politica : journal of analytical and … 39 (2022) 2, pp. 427-459
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Resource Utilisation of Solid Waste from Oil-Based Shale Drilling Cutting in Shale Gas Well Cementing
Cheng, Xiaowei; Zhang, Gaoyin; Zhao, Feng; Huang, Sheng; … - 2022
With the large-scale development of shale gas, oil-based drilling fluids are widely used, generating significant amounts of solid wastes from oil-based shale drilling cutting (OBSDC), which are difficult to degrade and biologically toxic. The current treatment methods do not meet the...
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Hazardous Fluoride and Silica Removal from Semiconductor Wastewater in a Waste Control by Waste Principle
Qiu, Yangbo; Ren, Long-Fei; Xia, Lei; Shao, Jiahui; … - 2022
Fluoride and silica contamination in water is a worldwide issue due to the wastewater discharge from semiconductor industry. Coagulation-ultrafiltration (UF) process is commonly used to treat semiconductor wastewater, but requires excessive amounts of coagulant/flocculant. In this study, an...
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Does Waste Disclosure Waste?
Bai, Min; Dasgupta, Avijit - 2022
Does waste disclosure really work? This study investigates the effect of waste disclosure on corporate governance. The results highlight a significant and positive relationship among board gender, independent board directors, sustainability committee, and verification of waste disclosure....
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An optimal strategy to control mining and recycling of non-renewable resources
Bertarelli, Silvia; Lodi, Chiara; Ragni, Stefania - 2022
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A capacitated multi-vehicle covering tour problem on a road network and its application to waste collection
Fischer, Vera; Pacheco Paneque, Meritxell; Legrain, Antoine - 2021
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Extended exergy sustainability analysis comparing environmental impacts of disposal methods for waste plastic roof tiles in Uganda
Balcom, Paige; Cabrera, Juliana Mora; Carey, Van P. - In: Development engineering 6 (2021), pp. 1-18
The world is facing an increasingly dire plastic waste crisis that affects people in developing countries disproportionately more than those in industrialized nations. To compare the environmental effects of end of life disposal and recycling options for plastic/sand roof tiles in Uganda, we use...
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Multicriteria model proposition to support the management of systems of e-waste collection
Fernandes, Ciro Henrique de AraĂşjo; Silva, Lucio Camara e - In: Logistics 5 (2021) 3, pp. 1-20
Background: Considering the global concern in balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability, the study proposes a model to support multicriteria decision-making. From the systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis, there was an increasing trend in studies on electronic...
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An in-depth investigation into the relationship between municipal solid waste generation and economic growth in the city of Cape Town
Merwe, Carmen van der; Wit, Martin de - 2021
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Fees for municipal waste management as an element of sustainable regional development on the example of selected cities in Poland
Smyk, StanisĹ‚aw; Pawlos, Waldemar - In: European research studies 24 (2021) 2B, pp. 679-691
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Generation and management of municipal solid waste : how's Canada doing?
Yunis, Jairo; Aliakbari, Elmira - 2021
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Pathways to sustainable waste management in Indian Smart Cities
Cheela, V. R. Sankar; Ranjan, Ved Prakash; Goel, Sudha; … - In: Journal of urban management 10 (2021) 4, pp. 419-429
To develop intelligent and sustainable cities, the government of India launched initiatives like Smart Cities and the Clean Development Mission. Solid waste management (SWM) has become one of the primarily focused areas of such initiatives. The changing dynamics of urban waste characteristics...
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Poverty, politics and plastic : Organic waste sorting in Blantyre's public markets
Mpanang'ombe, Wrixon; Mallory, Adrian; Tilley, Elizabeth - In: Journal of urban management 10 (2021) 3, pp. 192-204
Similar to other poor countries across Africa, Malawi struggles with solid waste management (SWM). Especially considering the high proportion of organic waste, composting is a promising opportunity to tackle the problem. However, composting has had low uptake due to competing fertilizer...
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A waste collection problem with service type option
Gläser, Sina - 2021
Efficient solid waste management is one of the most relevant issues for urban communities. With regard to the service type of household waste collection, there are two approaches in practice: When collecting household waste via a door-to-door system, the collection vehicles drive down all the...
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A spatial dynamic model for export intensity of hazardous industrial waste : the incentive effect of regional environmental policies
VallĂ©s GimĂ©nez, Jaime; Zárate Marco, Anabel - In: Environmental and resource economics 80 (2021) 4, pp. 859-888
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Current and prospective situation of municipal solid waste final disposal in Mexico : a spatio-temporal evaluation
Rueda-Avellaneda, Juan Felipe; Rivas-GarcĂ­a, Pasiano; … - In: Renewable and sustainable energy transition 1 (2021), pp. 1-11
Mexico, similarly to other developing countries, has planned landfilling as the central technology to manage municipal solid waste (MSW). In this research, the current and future situation of final disposal of MSW in Mexico was studied, focusing on the spatial and temporal evaluation of final...
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Analysis of technological potential for utilization of waste aviation lubricating materials
Boichenko, Sergii; Yakovlieva, Anna; Kale, Utku; Nagy, … - In: Technology audit and production reserves 2 (2021) 1/58, pp. 26-32
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Treat, Dump, or Export? How Domestic and International Waste Management Policies Shape Waste Chain Outcomes
Wijnsma, Sytske; Lauga, Dominique Olie; Toktay, L. Beril - 2021
Illegal or unwanted waste disposal methods such as dumping and export are prevalent in practice. To minimize the negative impact of these methods, policymakers have implemented laws and regulations designed to combat them. Even so, violations are rampant as a high degree of heterogeneity between...
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Never Let a Good Crises Go to Waste
Pomp, Richard - 2021
A problem with temporary tax study commissions is that by the time their findings are released, changes in the political environment may have rendered their suggestions worthless. Permanent standing commissions are needed. The temporary crisis of the current pandemic, an opportunity for tax...
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Market Structure of Urban Waste Treatment and Disposal : Empirical Evidence from the Italian Industry
Di Foggia, Giacomo; Beccarello, Massimo - 2021
In light of the organizational dynamics of services of economic interest, the regulation of municipal solid waste management is a critical issue to deal with so as to achieve sustainability goals in the coming decades. The European circular economy targets limit the share of municipal waste in...
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Biomedical Waste Management System Under Indian Legal Framework
Naz, Farzin; Boruah, Jayanta - 2021
Biomedical wastes are those categories of wastes that are produced by the Healthcare units during the treatment of patients. These wastes are very harmful and toxic capable of causing serious threats to human health and environmental hygiene. It is therefore essential that such wastes are...
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The Power of a Bad Example - A Field Experiment in Household Garbage Disposal
Dur, Robert; Vollaard, Ben - 2021
Field-experimental studies have shown that people litter more in more littered environments. Inspired by these findings, many cities around the world have adopted policies to quickly remove litter. While such policies may prevent people from following the bad example of litterers, they may also...
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Disposal of Petroleum Installations - Major Policy Issues
Osmundsen, Petter; Tveteras, Ragnar - 2021
Following the Brent Spar controversy, the OSPAR countries reached a unanimous agreement in 1998 for the future rules for disposal of petroleum installations. The vast majority of existing offshore installations will be re-used or returned to shore for recycling or disposal. For installations...
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Analysis of Abandoned Mine Wastes Disposal Techniques in Malawi : A Concept of Circular Economy
Nangulama, Horris K. - 2021
Non-operational mines mostly constitute of significant quantities of valuable mineral resources within tailings and waste rock that can be disposed properly using innovative techniques. Proper waste disposal techniques do not only reduce the need for new mines to be developed but also have broad...
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Garbage and Recycling in Communities with Curbside Recycling and Unit-Based Pricing
Kinnaman, Thomas C.; Fullerton, Don - 2021
This paper estimates the impact of a user fee and a curbside recycling program on garbage and recycling amounts, allowing for the possibility of endogenous policy choices. Previous estimates of the effects of these policies could be biased if unobserved variables such as local preference for the...
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Garbage, Recycling, and Illicit Burning or Dumping
Fullerton, Don; Kinnaman, Thomas C. - 2021
Additional solid waste disposal imposes resource and environmental costs, but most residents still pay no additional fee per marginal unit of garbage collection. In a simple model with garbage and recycling as the only two disposal options, we show that the optimizing fee for garbage collection...
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How a Fee Per-Unit Garbage Affects Aggregate Recycling in a Model with Heterogeneous Households
Kinnaman, Thomas C.; Fullerton, Don - 2021
This paper develops a utility maximizing model of household choice among garbage disposal, recycling, and littering. The impact of a user fee for garbage collection is modelled for heterogeneous households with different preferences for recycling. The model explains (1) why some households...
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Assessment of Willingness to Pay for Solid Waste Collection Services in Uganda : A Case Study of Kawempe Division
James, Mukoki; Nabavubya, Nakato Faridah - 2021
The supply of solid waste management service has always been a major environmental concern for the city of Kampala. The introduction of service charges in the area of solid waste management is getting much attention due to continuous financial shortage of the city government to provide this...
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WASTE DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT OF HOTEL, INNS, AND RESORTS
Gonzales, Maria. Jeany; Vargas, Danilo - 2021
The study is a combination of quantitative and qualitative research that attempts to accumulate data on how hotels, inns, and resorts in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Philippines, dispose of their waste according to their support on the information drive of the City of Urdaneta in regards to proper...
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A Regional Optimization Model for Waste-to-Energy Generation Using Agricultural Vegetative Residuals
Raviv, Orna; Broitman, Dani; Ayalon, Ofira; Kan, Iddo - 2021
The spatial distribution of vegetative agricultural residuals (VAR) makes the economic feasibility of a waste treatment solution particularly sensitive to transportation costs, especially when farmers are the ones being charged for that. This study evaluated a method to design an economic...
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Economics of the Generation and Management of Municipal Solid Waste
Beede, David N.; Bloom, David E. - 2021
This paper examines the generation and management of solid waste (MSW) through the lens of economics. We estimate that the global burden of MSW amounted to 1.3 billion metric tons in 1990, or 0.67 kilograms of waste per person per day. Industrial countries account for a disproportionate share of...
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Preventing Wind Waste
DuVivier, K.K - 2021
The United States has vast offshore wind resources—nearly double the total electricity consumption of the country—ideally located in close proximity to the largest population centers. This abundance has remained stubbornly untapped for over a decade, without a single commercial scale wind...
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