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Supply chain challenges for sustainability: the case of waste textiles as raw materials [PDF]

, 2014
Purpose: This paper addresses the growing problem of textile waste in the rapidly developing cities of subSaharan Africa and examines, from a supply chain perspective, the potential for waste textile materials to be transformed into the raw materials ...
Beverley, Katharine J., Day, Claire L., Domvolgou, D., Sinha, Pammi, Tipi, Nicoleta S.   +4 more
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The Victims of NIMBY [PDF]

, 1994
Not In My Back Yard, or NIMBY, in its various forms, has three principal types of targets. The first is waste disposal facilities, primarily landfills and incinerators. The second is low-income housing.
Gerrar, Michael B.
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State Space Model for Accounting Smart City Heating by Municipal Solid Waste Management [PDF]

, 2014
As per the recent estimates, India produces about 100,000 MT urban solid wastes daily with typical characteristics. The municipal solid waste (MSW) generation in metro cities varies between 0.2 to 0.8 kg/capita/day and urban MSW generation is estimated
Bandyopadhyay, Sanhita
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Strategies of managing solid waste and energy recovery for a developing country – A review

Heliyon
Solid waste is considered one of the major pollutants of both water and surface worldwide. The growing global population, urban expansion, and industrial growth are the main reasons for solid waste generation.
Shaik Muntasir Shovon, Faysal Ahamed Akash, Wahida Rahman, Md Abdur Rahman, Prosenjeet Chakraborty, H. Hossain, Minhaj Uddin Monir   +6 more
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Sustainable valorisation of organic urban wastes : insights from African case studies [PDF]

, 2011
Understanding the problems and potentials of the organic waste stream is perhaps the single most important step that city authorities in Africa could take in moving towards sustainable, affordable, effective and efficient waste management.
Agathos, N., Alumasa, V., Gachugi, J.W., Kirai, P., Scheinberg, A., Shah, B., Waarts, Y.R., Woods, M.   +7 more
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Market-based Instruments for Environmental Policymaking in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons from Eleven Countries [PDF]

, 1998
This report is a summary of country studies in Latin America and the Caribbean, addressing the use of market-based instruments (MBIs) and command-and-control (CAC) measures for environmental management in the region.
Jack Ruitenbeek, Richard M. Huber, Ronaldo Motta   +2 more
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Legal aspects of waste disposal in landfills in Brazil | Aspectos legais da eliminação de resíduos em aterros sanitários no Brasil

Revista Geama, 2016
Urbanization and population migration to urban centers is becoming a major global challenge, especially to reduce and give correct destination to solid waste. The waste generated in large cities are usually collected by the municipal government and taken
Elizabete Buonora de Souza Lira, Cartiele Rosale Borges Noronha, Fernando Cartaxo Rolim Neto, Amanda Rodrigues Santos Costa   +3 more
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Metabolisme Pengelolaan Sampah Organik Melalui Teknologi Komposting Di Wilayah Internal Perkotaan [PDF]

, 2012
Composting of municipal solid waste activities generally do not run continuously because of market failure, lack of government support, poor management and inability of the techniques used.
Djajadiningrat, S. T. (Surna), Moersidik, S. S. (Setyo), Wahyono, S. (Sri), Widanarko, S. (Sulistyoweni)   +3 more
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Analysing the challenges of solid waste management in low-income communities in South Africa: a case study of Alexandra, Johannesburg

The South African Geographical Journal
Solid waste constitutes one of the most pressing environmental problems, requiring urgent action from urban managers to find appropriate management mechanisms.
Nzalalemba Serge Kubanza
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Municipal Solid Waste Flow Control in the Post-Carbone World [PDF]

, 1995
Garbage will always ultimately be the government\u27s problem. Evolving environmental standards and state and federal policies will continue to require reasoned responses from local governments and municipal solid waste flow control is a vital cog in ...
Abramowitz, David N., Peterson, Eric S.
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