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The Cost of Reducing Municipal Solid Waste [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1997 zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
Palmer, Karen +2 more
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Municipal solid wastes and their disposal. [PDF]
Environmental Health Perspectives, 1978 A brief overview is given of the sources, characteristics, and toxic constituents of municipal solid wastes. Several methods are presented for handling, treating, and disposal of solid wastes. Monitoring the landfill site is necessary; there has been a trend to recognize that municipal solid wastes may be hazardous and to provide separate secure ...
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Municipal Solid Waste Characterization and Landfill Gas Generation in Kakia Landfill, Makkah
Sustainability, 2021 In many countries, open dumping is considered the simplest, cheapest, and most cost-effective way of managing solid wastes. Thus, in underdeveloped economies, Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) are openly dumped.
F. Osra +3 more
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Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone’s lifestyle and this has resulted in a change in the quantity and composition of municipal solid wastes. Moreover, the post-pandemic waste management is very important as a bad management may lead to the more ...
J. Torkashvand +5 more
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An In-Depth Analysis of Sustainable Approaches, Conventional Techniques, and Policy Frameworks for Managing Municipal Solid Waste in India [PDF]
Journal of Renewable Energy and EnvironmentThe concentration of India's population has presented the country with various challenges regarding the exponential growth of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW).
Karishma Suresh +3 more
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Centralized and decentralized approaches to solid waste management – a case study [PDF]
The Holistic Approach to Environment, 2022 Rapid urbanization and alteration in lifestyle occurring across the globe has resulted in an un-controlled generation of municipal solid waste. Various strategies have been tried and tested for obtaining a sustainable result in municipal solid waste ...
Vishnu Jayakumar Menon, Antony Palackal
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Power of solid municipal waste
Linnaeus Eco-Tech, 2017 Land pollution belongs to the most serious environmental problems in Ukraine. The existing system of placing municipal solid waste (MSW) on landfills without proper pre-treatment based on ideas of the 1970s still dominates. Natural landscapes of Ukraine are largely destroyed due to legal and illegal landfills that exceed the space of all National parks
Valeriy Mykhaylenko, Gintaras Denafas
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Potential of MSWI bottom ash to be used as aggregate in road building materials
The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2018 In the European Union, more than 140 million tonnes of municipal solid waste is incinerated annually. It generates about 30–40 million tonnes of residues known as municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash, which is typically landfilled.
Audrius Vaitkus +4 more
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The world’s growing municipal solid waste: trends and impacts
Environmental Research Letters, 2020 Global municipal waste production causes multiple environmental impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions, ocean plastic accumulation, and nitrogen pollution. However, estimates of both past and future development of waste and pollution are scarce.
David Meng-Chuen Chen +4 more
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Reports in Mechanical Engineering, 2021 While developed countries use a variety of methods to convert municipal solid waste into various products such as energy, fertilizer, heat, and others, developing countries continue to struggle with municipal solid waste.
L. J. Muhammad +3 more
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