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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The transition to circular construction suffers from uncertainties related to costs, market realities, supply, regulations and expertise using secondary materials in building projects. Uncertainties are large, and resolving them needs policy interventions.
Erkki‐Jussi Nylén, Tommi Halonen
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Solid Waste Management System in the Kanifing Municipal Council's Area, the Gambia [PDF]
, 2010 Pollution by solid waste and its management is an endemic problem that the Government of the Gambia through its municipalities has tried to address over the years but do not seem to bring it under control.
Badgie, Dawda
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, 2011 People produce a large variety of waste during their life. The sharp rise in consumption has led to an increase of solid waste throughout the world. Mankind produces 450-500 million tons of municipal solid waste every year. In the developed countries there is from 1 to 3 kg of household waste per capita per day.
Denysova, Liudmyla Anatoliivna +1 more
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Mapping the Global South Circular Economy: A Bibliometric‐Narrative Analysis
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although the circular economy (CE) is gaining popularity because of its propensity to optimise the sustainability of resources, few scholars have examined how this field has evolved in the Global South. Using bibliometric‐narrative analysis, our paper maps general and thematic trends of CE in the Global South using micro, meso, and macro level
Dede Iskandar Siregar +3 more
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AtmosphereAs a significant source of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, the municipal solid waste sector’s greenhouse gas emission mode remains unknown, hampering effective decision-making on possible greenhouse gas emission reductions. Rapid urbanization and
Xia Zhang, Bingchun Liu, Ningbo Zhang
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Municipal Solid Waste Costs: A Comparative Analysis of Local Authority Policies in Attica [PDF]
, 2006 This paper presents the results from a comparative study of solid waste costs of the municipal authorities in Attica. At first, it attempts to estimate the economic cost of solid waste for a number of municipal authorities of the Attica region. The solid
Kehagioglou, Margarita +3 more
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A comparative assessment of the municipal solid waste management services [PDF]
, 2013 Mankind naturally depends on the environment to sustain their lives but solid waste is one of the three major environmental problems in Nigeria, Malaysia and many other developing and even the developed countries are threatened by this.
Abd Manaf, Latifah +3 more
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Consumer Mobile Phone Recycling Behaviour: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda
Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mobile phone recycling has received increasing attention from scholars and practitioners due to its environmental, social, and economic impacts. However, knowledge about consumer mobile phone (MP) recycling behaviour is fragmented, making it challenging to develop effective strategies to promote this behaviour. This study follows the Preferred
Xinru (Angie) Jiang +4 more
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Households’ Perception of Financial Incentives in Endorsing Sustainable Waste Recycling in Nigeria
Recycling, 2018 Recycling is viewed as a central aspect in sustainability and mainly as pro-environmental consumer behavior. The purpose of this study is to examine the perception of households on financial incentives in endorsing sustainable recycling for municipal ...
Beatrice Abila
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Perencanaan Sistem Pengelolaan Sampah Kecamatan Gajah Mungkur Kota Semarang [PDF]
, 2014 Solid waste management has become an increasingly urgent problem in cities in Indonesia. Solid waste must be managed well because waste can cause environment pollution and become disease vector.
Cahyani, E. N. (Elysa) +2 more
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