Raising awareness on solid waste management through formal education for sustainability: A developing countries evidence review

JK Debrah, DG Vidal, MAP Dinis - Recycling, 2021 - mdpi.com
Solid Waste Management (SWM) is a multifaceted problem comprising political,
socioeconomic, institutional, and environmental aspects. Due to exponential urban growth, it …

Waste mismanagement in developing countries: A review of global issues

N Ferronato, V Torretta - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Environmental contamination due to solid waste mismanagement is a global issue. Open
dumping and open burning are the main implemented waste treatment and final disposal …

Municipal solid waste management: Dynamics, risk assessment, ecological influence, advancements, constraints and perspectives

S Vyas, P Prajapati, AV Shah, S Varjani - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Global energy consumption has been increasing in tandem with economic growth, putting
pressure on the world's supply of renewable energy sources. Municipal Solid waste (MSW) …

Identifying sustainable solid waste management barriers in practice using the fuzzy Delphi method

TD Bui, FM Tsai, ML Tseng, MDH Ali - Resources, conservation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solid waste management leads to resource loss and limited waste management
approaches. Nevertheless, solid waste management must be studied in terms of …

Municipal solid waste management in a circular economy: A data-driven bibliometric analysis

FM Tsai, TD Bui, ML Tseng, MK Lim, J Hu - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to present a systematic data-driven bibliometric analysis on municipal solid
waste management as a foundation in a circular economy. The current literature has yet to …

Challenges of plastic waste generation and management in sub-Saharan Africa: A review

OO Ayeleru, S Dlova, OJ Akinribide, F Ntuli… - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, the issues of land-based plastics and their associated challenges in the marine
world have been widely publicised in the media and scientific literature. Thus far, despite …

Heavy metal accumulation in water, soil, and plants of municipal solid waste landfill in Vientiane, Laos

N Vongdala, HD Tran, TD Xuan, R Teschke… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill in Vientiane, Laos, which receives> 300 tons of
waste daily, of which approximately 50% is organic matter, has caused serious …

Barriers and challenges to waste management hindering the circular economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

JK Debrah, GK Teye, MAP Dinis - Urban Science, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

Addressing the challenges associated with plastic waste disposal and management in developing countries

S Browning, B Beymer-Farris, JR Seay - Current Opinion in Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Overview of Locally Managed Decentralized Circular Economy
principles.•Overview of current issues of plastic management in developing …

Barriers to organic waste management in a circular economy

S Kharola, M Ram, N Goyal, SK Mangla… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic waste disposal methods, notably landfilling, not only deplete resources but also
contribute to environmental challenges. This research looks at potential barriers to organic …