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Investments in solid waste management : opportunities for environmental improvement [PDF]

This paper presents the findings of a brief evaluation of World Bank experience in municipal solid waste management (MSWM) and recommends approaches to improving future Bank performance in this subsector. The paper is presented in four chapters.
Bartone, Carl, Bernstein, Janis, Wright, Frederick   +2 more
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Drinking Water Quality Regulations: A Contrast Between Germany and Latin America

Environmental Quality Management, Volume 35, Issue 3, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the differences among drinking water quality standards adopted in Latin American countries, Mexico, Cuba, and the European Union, considering the growing challenge of ensuring safe drinking water in a context marked by environmental pressures, climate change, and the occurrence of emerging contaminants. The study aims
Eduardo Saldanha Vogelmann, Juliana Prevedello, Gizachew Ayalew Tiruneh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing Ontario’s Rural Infrastructure Preparedness: Inter-Community Service Sharing in a Changing Climate — Policy Brief [PDF]

, 2019
This policy brief draws together the insights from a three-year (2016-19) Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) funded research study.
Gunson, Bryce, Murphy, Brenda
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Strategies for Mitigating Seasonal Heavy Metal Release in River Sediments Using Natural Mineral‐Based Materials

Environmental Quality Management, Volume 35, Issue 3, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This study presents an ecological and geochemical assessment of trace element contamination in the Huyva River (Ukraine), a right tributary of the Teteriv River that supplies drinking water to Zhytomyr and nearby settlements. The research involved monitoring key physicochemical parameters, including pH, mineralization, hardness, and major ion ...
Yuliia Trach, Olha Biedunkova, Maryna Kravchenko, Tetiana Tkachenko, Roman Trach   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building the Blue Economy: Opportunities for Community-Based Organizations in Stormwater Management [PDF]

, 2016
The United States has a serious problem with combined sewer overflows. In responding to this environmental and public health menace, many regions are using innovative “green infrastructure” or “blue economy” approaches in addition to traditional “gray ...
Kaminsky, Jen, Magavern, Sam, Maurer, Sarah, Meyers, Tina   +3 more
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Quality of Medication Abortion Services From Pharmacies and Drugstores in Ethiopia: A Two‐Stage Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, Volume 133, Issue 4, Page 796-804, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the quality of medication abortion (MA) services provided in pharmacies and drugstores (‘pharmaceutical outlets’) in Ethiopia. Design A two‐stage cross‐sectional study. Setting Pharmaceutical outlets in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Tesfaye Tufa, Stephanie Andrea Küng, Delayehu Bekele, Niguse Tadele, Mahari Yihdego, Kidist Lemma, Alice F. Cartwright   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food handling practices and sanitary conditions of charitable food assistance programs in eThekwini District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Scientific Reports
Unsafe food handling practices by food handlers have dire health and financial implications worldwide. Each year, approximately 600 million people, or about 1 in 10 people, are said to become ill from eating contaminated food, and 420,000 people ...
Sizwe Makhunga, Khumbulani Hlongwana
doaj   +1 more source

Body, Mind, and Emotion: Multi‐Sited Labour of Social Reproduction and Gendered Experiences of Rural Migrants from the Mekong Delta

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
Abstract In the context of global market integration, capital accumulation relies on social reproduction; yet unlimited accumulation disrupts the reproductive processes that sustain it. Vietnam is pursuing economic growth in the same fashion, relying on cheap migrant labour in urban areas that are stabilising rural areas through remittances and care ...
Thuy Ho
wiley   +1 more source

The Great Stink in the 21st century? Problematizing the sewage scandal in England and envisioning a new infrastructure ideal

Ecology and Society
The Great Stink of 1858 saw politicians in the Houses of Parliament commission a new sewer system for London at an unprecedented scale and cost. Political consensus was driven by the stench emanating from the river Thames, filled with faeces.
Ruth E Sylvester, Paul Hutchings, Anna Mdee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The European Union in a Geo‐Economic World: Towards a New Inter‐Institutional Balance?

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 511-532, March 2026.
Abstract The EU's ‘geo‐economic turn’ has led to a blurring of the boundaries between EU trade and security policies. Against this background, this article examines whether a new institutional balance is emerging in the field of EU economic security policies, in particular, between the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament as the three ...
Thomas Conzelmann, Sophie Vanhoonacker
wiley   +1 more source