Solid Waste Management Planning and Public Participation.

Anticipating Conflicts: Public Participation in Managing the Solid Waste Crisis

A major problem o( environmental poliey making is to anticipate potential eonf/iets among Ihe major partieipanls and to reaeh a suitable understanding or compromise that meets both competence vis-a-vis the decision problem and fairness vis-a-vis the affeeted population. This paper introduees a novel model of publie involvement in decisions about solid was te disposal in speeitie and environment...

Public Participation and Municipal Solid Waste Management in Selected Asian Cities

This paper discusses the role of public participation (PP) in the process of pursuing sustainable practices for municipal solid waste management (MSWM) in selected Asian cities. The paper is structured in three sections. First, the importance of public participation on MSWM is addressed. Second, the cases presented in the 5 Thematic Seminar of the Kitakyushu Initiative (KI) are reviewed and com...

Enhancing Community Motivation and Participation in Solid Waste Management

Public concerns and behaviours towards solid waste management in Italy.

A self-administered questionnaire investigated knowledge, perceptions of the risks to health associated with solid waste management, and practices about waste management in a random sample of 1181 adults in Italy. Perceived risk of developing cancer due to solid waste burning was significantly higher in females, younger, with an educational level lower than university and who believed that impr...

The level of individual participation of community in implementing effective solid waste management policies

It is crucial to achieve effective solid waste management involving not only formal/government agencies, but also individual/informal/voluntary actions in order to create a healthy environment. This study conducted to unveil the factors that increase individuals’ community participation in solid waste management policy. The data were matched with a literature review on existing waste policies t...