There is growing recognition of the potential environmental and socio-economic benefits of
applying a circular approach to urban organic waste management through resource …

The circular economy, from an urban organic waste perspective, is seen as an approach to
deal with increasing waste streams, while contributing to meeting the increasing demand for …

Municipal waste management is a major challenge for local governments in South Africa
and Namibia, as in other developing countries. The circular economy concept in waste …

The circular economy (CE) is one of the most recent approaches being adopted around the
world to tackle waste management issues. Recent research efforts have shown that …

As urbanization intensifies and population increases in any country, consumption pattern of
a range of resources changes. Applying the principle of sustainable development in Lagos …

Densely populated areas with large incoming populations have difficulty achieving high
separate collection rates of municipal solid waste. The manuscript analyzes the link between …

It has been estimated that the world's population reached 7 billion people in 2011 and that
the population was expected to reach 7.5 billion by the year 2015. A substantial percentage …

Most of the municipal solid waste (MSW) in developing countries ends up in landfills. For
example, more than 95% of the MSW generated in Latin America is disposed of in some …

More and more, waste generated in most parts of the Western world has been recycled and
transformed into new circularity products. However, managing waste within Sub-Saharan …

This study contributes to estimate the total waste generated at global level. A few studies
have provided an efficient and comprehensive global estimate. However, data reporting is …