Degradation of urban environment and health hazard is directly associated with the unscientific handling of Municipal solid waste of India. Urbanization also contribute intensify Municipal solid waste generation. Source segregation of solid waste not only the fact to converge but also possible in maximum resource recovery from the waste. Waste management is a problem due to the ineffective mana...

This study aimed to determine the influencing factors affecting implementation of Republic Act 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management 2000) in province Laguna. It extent factors, level compliance, and challenges encountered by LGUs SWM implementation. The results revealed that respondents regarded such as institutional, technical, legal, financial, external assistance, public participation awa...

With the world population having reached 8 billion people, waste generation is expected to continue its growth in coming years. Solid management (SWM) an essential part of sustainable development that aims minimize adverse environmental impacts. Although problems have been monitored for decades, some regions still struggle achieve their sustainability goals this area. In particular, Hong Kong a...

With the growing population, solid waste management (SWM) is becoming a significant environmental challenge and an emerging issue, especially in eco-sensitive Indian Himalayan region (IHR). Though IHR does not host high local inhabitants, tourist footfall increases wastes significantly. The lack of appropriate SWM facilities has posed serious threat to mountain-dwelling communities. challenging...

background: the first step of solid waste management is identification of its composition and the amount of solid waste production per capita. the aim of this research was to estimate the quantity of solid waste production at mazandaran university of medical sciences and the possibility of recycling. methods: this study was a cross-sectional study. the quantity of solid waste production was mea...

This study investigates the underlying factors elucidating why solid waste management in Eldoret Town, Kenya, has up to now remained inadequate notwithstanding the existing legal framework that mandates the County Government of Uasin Gishu to ensure that all residents have access to a clean and healthy environment. The study adopted a descriptive research design. While, primary data were collec...

background and purpose: an appropriate solid waste (sw) disposal has been a major problem in municipal environment. the use of landfills is the most economical and environmentally acceptable method for the disposal of sws all over the world. however, landfill leachate can cause environmental issues such as soil and ground water pollution. so, finding suitable land fill site is one of the most s...

The development and implementation of a solid waste management program served to build local capacity in San Mateo Ixtatán between 2002 and 2003 as part of a public health action plan. The program was developed and implemented in two phases: (1) the identification and education of a working team from the community; and (2) the completion of a solid waste classification and quantification study....

Solid waste management (SWM) is an integral part of environmental system. This study focused on the production urban solid waste, amount each and revenue from recyclable materials in Erbil City, Iraq's Kurdistan Region. The results show that average generation rate municipal (MSW) was around 1.338 kg/capita/day. Also, MSW usually contained combustibles (60%), non-combustibles (5%), (35%). weigh...