Environmental sustainability impacts of solid waste management practices in the global South

IR Abubakar, KM Maniruzzaman, UL Dano… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Solid waste management (SWM) is one of the key responsibilities of city administrators and
one of the effective proxies for good governance. Effective SWM mitigates adverse health …

Review of life-cycle environmental consequences of waste-to-energy solutions on the municipal solid waste management system

IR Istrate, D Iribarren, JL Gálvez-Martos… - Resources, conservation …, 2020 - Elsevier
The interest in implementing waste-to-energy (WtE) solutions for municipal solid waste
(MSW) is increasing on a global scale motivated by the environmental concerns that arise …

Nutrient quality and maturity status of frass fertilizer from nine edible insects

D Beesigamukama, S Subramanian, CM Tanga - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Globally, there is growing interest to recycle organic waste using insect larvae into high-
quality frass fertilizer through circular economy approach. This paper presents the first …

Electricity generation and GHG emission reduction potentials through different municipal solid waste management technologies: a comparative review

MA Rajaeifar, H Ghanavati, BB Dashti… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The increasing trend in the consumption of various materials has also led to a huge increase
in the final waste streams especially in the form of municipal solid waste (MSW) and the …

Infectious waste management strategy during COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: an integrated decision-making framework for selecting sustainable technologies

A Belhadi, SS Kamble, SAR Khan, FE Touriki… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
The emerging and underdeveloped countries in Africa face numerous difficulties managing
infectious waste during the SARS-CoV-2 disease, known as the COVID-19 pandemic …

Projection of greenhouse gas emissions for the road transport sector based on multivariate regression and the double exponential smoothing model

R Alhindawi, Y Abu Nahleh, A Kumar, N Shiwakoti - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The economic and health impacts resulting from the greenhouse effect is a major concern in
many countries. The transportation sector is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas …

The complementary use of game theory for the circular economy: A review of waste management decision-making methods in civil engineering

PG Palafox-Alcantar, DVL Hunt, CDF Rogers - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Circular economy principles aim to contribute towards sustainability and resilience through
several simultaneous agendas including economic growth, social development and …

Sensitivity analysis and improvements of the recycling rate in municipal solid waste life cycle assessment: Focus on a Latin American developing context

N Ferronato, L Moresco, GEG Lizarazu, MAG Portillo… - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
The life cycle assessment (LCA) of municipal solid waste (MSW) systems in developing
countries is a matter of research. Obtain reliable results is challenging since field data and …

A planetary boundary-based environmental footprint family: From impacts to boundaries

L Wu, K Huang, BG Ridoutt, Y Yu, Y Chen - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental footprints are of importance for identifying the linkages between human and
natural systems. This paper defines a framework for an environmental footprint family that is …

An empirical study on greenhouse gas emission calculations under different municipal solid waste management strategies

C Xin, T Zhang, SB Tsai, YM Zhai, J Wang - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Chinese government is committed to ensuring separation of municipal solid waste
(MSW), promoting the integrated development of the MSW management system with the …