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The history of landfills and landfill gas management in the U.S.

open access: yesAcademia Environmental Sciences and Sustainability
The purpose of this article is to discuss the history of solid-waste management (SWM).n New York City, U.S., which was the first city to start refuse collection and establish a recycling center in the late 1890s. The first sanitary landfill was established in 1937 in California, but until the 1960s, many open dumps remained.
openaire   +2 more sources

Evaluation of Waste Energy Conversion Technology using Analitycal Hierarchy Process in Bantargebang Landfill, Indonesia

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2018
In Indonesia, the waste to energy conversion technology has been installed and operate in some landfill, such as Bantargebang landfill where applied landfill gas recovery methods.
Siregar Sri R H   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Review of Landfill Gas Generation and Utilisation in Africa

open access: yes, 2018
This review evaluates the current Landfill Gas (LFG) utilisation technology across Africa and gives general overview on the global context. With the increase in global Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), the world has embraced landfilling to be its major way of
P. O. Njoku   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Net‐Zero Transition and Its Impact on Firms' Energy Efficiency and Economic Growth Within the Framework of Sustainable Development Goals: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition to net zero (NZ) faces challenges such as uneven institutional readiness, fragmented policy frameworks and rising energy demands from population growth, economic expansion and artificial intelligence (AI). These obstacles are intensified by technological, financial and regulatory uncertainties that impede coordinated efforts ...
Mohamed Shrief   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shareholder Coordination and Waste Management

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how shareholder coordination relates to corporate waste management. Drawing on 1059 firm‐year observations from S&P 500 firms between 2010 and 2022, we show that higher levels of coordination among shareholders correspond to reduced waste generation. This effect is more pronounced in firms whose coordinated shareholders are
Mohamed Khalifa
wiley   +1 more source

The History of Landfills and Landfill Gas Management in Canada

open access: yesCognizance Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies
The purpose of the paper is to discuss the history of solid waste management (SWM) in. Canada based upon a comprehensive literature review. There has never been a history of SWM in Canada published. Solid waste regulation in Canada is different than in the U.S.
openaire   +1 more source

Data‐Driven Pathways to Circular E‐Waste Management

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the volume and complexity of electronic waste grow worldwide, regional and subnational systems are increasingly tasked with managing the environmental, economic, and social challenges of circular resource recovery. This paper focuses on Canada's e‐waste sector to examine how circular economy (ce) principles can be integrated into regional ...
Saidia Ali   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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