Urban Solid Waste Management in India: Present Challenges and Future Prospects

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinesha P. T.
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Urban Solid Waste

Urban solid waste management in the municipality of Benito Juarez, Quintana Roo, Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (04) ◽  
pp. 88-101
Author(s):  
Maria C. MARTINEZ-RODRIGUEZ ◽  
◽  
Miguel ALVARADO ◽  
Oscar F. RAMIREZ ◽  
Lorena CAMPOS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Integral Solution ◽  
Quintana Roo ◽  
Natural Resource Conservation ◽  
Urban Image ◽  
Public Body ◽  
Urban Solid Waste ◽  
Benito Juarez

The community of Benito Juarez, Quintana Roo, Mexico, has for decades faced deficiencies in waste management, with repercussions in public health, urban image and natural resource conservation. For this reason, the municipality's administration (2011-2013) created the decentralized public body "Integral Solution of Solid Waste" (SIRESOL). In order to measure the results of the strategies adopted, an evaluation of the agency's performance was carried out. The results identified deficiencies in the design of the SIRESOL.

scholarly journals Urban Solid Waste Management in Karachi, Pakistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-83
Author(s):  
Hajra Mahmood ◽  
Muhammad Moiz Khan
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Suitable Model ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Public ◽  
Metropolitan City ◽  
Urban Solid Waste ◽  
Provincial Capital

Karachi is the largest metropolitan city of Pakistan with a population of 207,774,520 (Statistics, 2017).Ironically, a megacity of a developing state has its drawbacks and discrepancies in solid waste mechanism being one ofthem. Karachi has always been the center of businesses and government offices since independence, first as capital ofPakistan and later as a provincial capital. This study evaluates the importance of solid waste management for an urbancity such as Karachi, and the steps which have been taken by the successive governments to fulfill the demands of thisgrowing megapolis since independence. In this study, models of solid waste management adopted by different citieswill be analyzed and a suitable model for Karachi will be proposed. Needless to say, Karachi has the potential tobecome an eco-friendly city by adopting the public private partnership. In short, the civil society’s role is of paramountimportance.

Integral urban solid waste management program in a Mexican university

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. S27-S32 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.M. Espinosa ◽  
S. Turpin ◽  
G. Polanco ◽  
A. De laTorre ◽  
I. Delfín ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Urban Solid Waste
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