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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Household waste"”.
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Household Waste Management Practices in a Selected Community under Makhado Municipality, Vhembe District of Limpopo Province
Poor household waste management has major health and environmental consequences in everyday life, which affects human welfare in both direct and indirect ways. The aim of this study was to investigate the waste management practices of households in a selected community of Mpheni under Makhado …
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Strengthening Garden Mazingira Group on household waste collection services: A case study of Mwananyamala in Kinondoni municipality, Dar es Salaam
… of Strengthening Garden Mazingira Group on household waste collection services in Mwananyamala Mwinjuma street started with Participatory need Assessment conducted in the year 2013 where problems were identified and prioritized by the community and planned for solutions. The problem …
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The knowledge, attitudes and practices of residents regarding household waste management in Eerste River, Cape Town: The implications for health and environmental sustainability
… income communities within South Africa, improper household waste management remains a significant public health concern. Activities such as illegal dumping and the lack of recycling may result in deleterious health and environmental impacts. Hence, it is important that residents understand their …
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A Cross -National Study of Policy Entrepreneurship on the Part of Technical -Professional Bureaucrats in National Environmental Agencies: The Case of Household Waste Reduction Policy in Germany, France and the United States
… interviews with key participants in national household waste policy-making and formal interviews with technical-professional bureaucrats in the technical-professional bureaucrats are distinguishable from their peers not only in their display of policy vision and energy and commitment to seeing …
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Characteristics of Household Solid Waste Open Burning Emissions
Open burning of household waste is a common phenomenon in many rural areas in developing countries, such as South Africa. Due to limited resources for collecting and proper disposal of the waste, household and municipal solid waste is often dumped in neighborhoods and are open burned in piles to …
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Development of Commercial Applications for Recycled Plastics Using Finite Element Analysis
… (PS) and Polycarbonate (PC), agriculture waste consisting of Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE), industrial waste consisting of Nylon (PA66) and PolyethyleneTeraphthalate (PET), household waste consisting of Polystyrene (PS). The methods employed during the study include three phases for each …
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A multi-disciplinary approach to tracking the downstream impacts of inadequate sanitation in Central Appalachia
… assessment in rural areas affected by untreated household waste might be improved with the human-specific, microbial source tracking marker HF183. This study attempted to quantify HF183 in two particular Appalachia streams with known discharges of untreated household waste. Water samples were …
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Developing best practice for effective and integrated sustainable waste management for the regions of England : key areas for informing future enhanced waste strategy in the East Midlands
Waste Strategy 2000 (Waste Strategy for England and Wales) as well as the Waste Strategy for England 2007 laid out a fairly conservative agenda for the future of waste management in England as it responded to the developing EU Legislative drive for sustainable practice. A careful analysis of the …
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The impact of public attitudes and behaviour on the effective valorisation of household organic waste into agricultural compost: case study Limbe and Douala - Cameroon
… Based on the research agenda, trends in household behaviour in Cameroon were examined in order to identify, and generate baseline information to provide a sound evidence base essential for robust policy development in education, capacity building in composting involving the third sector …
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Effectiveness of Waste Segregation in Enhancing Sustainable Management in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria
This study examines the influence of source waste segregation on the sustainable management of waste in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. The study aimed to assess existing waste segregation practices, identify the socio-economic and demographic factors influencing these practices, and propose strategies …
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The role of actors and incentives in municipal solid waste management : a case study on Muzaffarnagar, India
… middle class are leading to a burgeoning solid waste problem in Indian cities. While legislation has been passed to address the growing waste issue, there has been limited compliance by municipal governments. One of the key changes and challenges resulting from the new legislation is that …
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Sustainable urban waste management through the lens of service users
… which is below the 50% threshold target for household waste set by the UK government. This research aimed to investigate the issues surrounding the low recycling rate to inform the design and implementation of an effective waste management policy. The key research questions are: what are the …
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Keanekaragaman muluska di perairan Pantai Lekok Kabupaten Pasuruan
… affected by pollution from various industrial waste and household waste. This study aims to determine the diversity of aquatic mollusks in Pasuruan Lekok Beach. The study was conducted in Pasuruan Lekok Coastal waters in April-June 2013. This research is quantitative deskrtiptif. Samples were …
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Law as a regulator: steering waste management by steering itself through its relationship with the environment
… obliged to reduce biodegradable municipal waste, with a final target of 35% of 1995 levels by 2020 and, in doing so, increase the recycling rate to 50%. In 2015, the E.U. has agreed to aim for a recycling rate of 65% by 2030. For the E.U, and the United Kingdom, the achievement of these …
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Surface Water Quality and Aquatic Ecological Health in Central Appalachian Streams
… Ca, K, Ni, Se, and SO₄⁻², while untreated household waste (UHW) was primarily associated with P. HCO₃⁻ Mn, and Si were found to be associated with a legacy underground discharge. The second and third scientific studies included here analyzed conductivity's effect on Virginia Stream …
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Development of a collaborative innovation management framework to assist in the utilisation of agricultural waste as building materials in Nigeria
… is a recent interest in the transformation of waste materials into raw materials required for producing building materials, however the focus in this regard has been on general household waste materials with little or no attention paid to agricultural waste materials. Indeed, agricultural waste …
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Life-cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Water Footprint of Residential Waste Collection and Management Systems
… curbside collection (RCC) and municipal solid waste (MSW) management systems in the United States motivated this research. First, reliance upon inefficient collection and scheduling procedures negatively affect RCC efficiency, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and cost. Second, the neglected …
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Analysis of key requirements for effective implementation of biogas technology for municipal solid waste management in sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of Kigali City, Rwanda
Effective management of municipal solid wastes continues to be a major challenge in rapidly growing cities of developing countries. Inadequate waste disposal remains rampant thus posing a serious threat to the environment and public health. The use of biogas technology in the management of …
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Studi keanekaragaman zooplankton sebagai bioindikator kualitas perairan di Ranu Pani dan Ranu Regulo Taman Nasional Bromo Tengger Semeru
… threatened to people of community activities, household waste and agricultural waste. Water quality of both these water sources need to be regularly monitored sustainable that water conditions could be maintained. Therefore, it is need to do research on the diversity of Zooplankton as …
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Peran enceng gondok (Eichhornia crassipes) pada penurunan tingkat pencemaran logam berat timbal (Pb) di Perairan Waduk Sengguruh Kecamatan Kepanjen Kabupaten Malang
… Dam and Reservoir Lahor. Many industrial and household waste that enters the body and the flow Lesti Kali Brantas River Basin causes each location sengguruh waters polluted by heavy metals lead (Pb), with a population of water hyacinth can reduce the concentration of heavy metals in water, so …
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