Towards sustainable construction waste minimization and management in Zambia and beyond

Solid waste management beliefs and practices in rural households towards sustainable development and pro-environmental citizenship

This study examined the waste management beliefs and practices of selected households in a Philippine rural municipality.  The sample used for this study involved rural families comprising of 332 households, which was drawn from the population using multistage cluster unequal allocation sampling technique. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze data gathered. Findings show that households e...

Sustainable construction: construction and demolition waste reconsidered.

Construction activity in Europe has increased substantially in the past decade. Likewise, there has also been a commensurate rise in the generation of construction and demolition waste (C&DW). This, together with the fact that in many European countries the rate of recycling and reuse of C&DW is still quite low has engendered a serious environmental problem and a motivation to develop strategie...

Waste Management and Minimization

Beyond Waste Management Challenges to Sustainable Global Physical Resource Management Dedicated to YOU Beyond Waste Management Challenges to Sustainable Global Physical Resource Management Doctoral Thesis in Industrial Ecology

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Positive Decision Making in Waste Management towards Achieving Sustainable Development

Majority of the manufacturing activities in an industry, at times, are also associated with generation of pollution. It is often looked at the Industrial sector being not paying much adherence to their commitments promised before receiving permission for their establishment and operation from concerned authorities of different organizations such as Financial Institutions, Pollution Control Boar...