Abstract Treatment of biowaste, the predominant waste fraction in low-and middle-income
settings, offers public health, environmental and economic benefits by converting waste into …

Municipal solid waste (MSW) reflects the culture that produces it and affects the health of the
people and the environment surrounding it. Globally, people are discarding growing …

Reliable national data on waste generation and composition that will inform effective
planning on waste management in Ghana is absent. To help obtain this data on a regional …

The first spatially and temporally resolved inventory of BDE28, 47, 99, 153, 183, and 209 in
the anthroposphere and environment is presented here. The stock and emissions of PBDE …

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management remains a challenge in developing countries due
to increasing waste generation, high costs associated with waste management and the …

Increases in the population and prosperity are significant contributors to waste generation.
Globally,~ 2.01 billion metric tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) are produced annually …

Africa is blessed with natural and mineral resources, but exploitation of these resources has
led to extreme pollution of the environment. Population growth and urbanization due to …

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management contributes substantially to climate change. The
greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from waste collection and landfill activities have a …

We investigated the contribution of waste fires to air pollution. The annual emission of
pollutants (CO, NO x, PM 10, SO 2) and greenhouse gases (CH 4, CO 2) were evaluated …

Along with population growth, rapid urbanization and industrialization process, the volume
of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation in China has been increasing sharply in the past …