Rapid economic development and technological progress in the past half century has increased the quality of life and standard of living in many nations around the world. At the same time, the volume of production, consumption, and disposal of consumer goods has accelerated to a rate in developed countries, and to a lesser degree in some industrializing countries, that is unsustainable. The glob...

In a municipal solid waste management system, decreasing collection/hauling costs, which consist of 85 % of total disposal expenditure, can be carried out by a route optimization. Thus, a huge amount of economical benefits is getting furnished. If route optimization is performed in solid waste collection/hauling process, due to reductions in “empty miles” negativity, total expenditures will be ...

Waste management in Pekanbaru City is not optimal, this can be seen from the many piles of garbage on side roads, rivers, and bridges because there still a lack public awareness cooperation managing domestic waste city Pekanbaru. stakeholders collaboration involving government, private sector community City. This study aims to determine collaborative governance City, factors that hinder waste. ...

A part of the domestic waste of the city of Geneva (Switzerland) is transported with ship convoys on the Rhone River to the waste incineration station. These convoys generate waves, which partially endangers the stability of the river banks and the riparian fauna. To reduce the dominant wave peaks, a flap was added at the stern of the barge. The efficiency of that flap was tested in physical an...