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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"waste diversion"”.
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Using Waste Diversion Indicators To Understand The Diversion Efficiency and the Materials Handled Efficiency of Canadian Solid Waste Management Systems
Waste management systems suffer from a lack of comparability of data. They also suffer from a lack of indicators to properly identify efficient systems from inefficient systems. This study’s objectives are to: (i) introduce a new waste diversion indicator, the Diversion Size Indicator, to better …
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Achieving zero waste in multi-unit residential buildings
… of MURBs in Metro Vancouver only achieve a waste diversion rate of 24%. My research identifies barriers impacting MURB waste diversion rates and attempts to identify solutions to resolve these issues. I used a mixed methods case study with a grounded theory approach to identify how zero …
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Curbside collection of recyclable materials: fifteen cases studies in the United States
… programs. Comparisons of participation rates, waste diversion rates, and costs were used cautiously because of the inconsistencies in how the data were developed from program to program. Administrative approaches found in the case studies included: (a) complete ownership of the collection and …
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Out of sight, out of mind : what influences our perception of waste and activates our intention to live more sustainably?
… renewed efforts to curb the output of household waste. Extending previous quantitative studies, I use a qualitative grounded theory approach to explore what influences the perception of waste and activates the intention to recycle and compost. Participants from Ucluelet, British Columbia, …
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Bioenergy Recovery from Bulk Greenhouse Waste and Raw Sewage Sludge
… municipal and industrial entities to mandates of waste diversion from landfills. Centralized anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities offer a promising solution to tackling waste management and renewable energy challenges. However, cost implications are typically a challenge with AD projects. This …
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An Integrated Approach to the Solid Waste Management System on Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, The Bahamas
… been negatively impacted from growing volumes of waste produced each year. The primary form of waste disposal on the island is open dump burning which is impacting the environment, community, and economy. The aim of this research was to answer two questions 1) what is the current state of solid …
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Rocky Mountain National Park waste audit and recycling behavioral change intervention initiative
… and organizations have identified solid waste management, with a focus on landfill waste reduction, to be a core component of their sustainability operations. Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) is one such organization seeking to increase sustainability through improved landfill waste …
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A System-Wide Model for Solid Waste Separation and Food Waste Discharge to Sewer Systems
… has resulted in a call to (1) convert wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to water resource recovery facilities (WRRF) and (2) diversion of organic waste (i.e., food waste) from landfills. Due to excess anaerobic digester (AD) capacities at most WWTPs, it has been proposed to co-digest …