Solid Waste Management for Rural Areas: Analysis of Costs and Service Requirements

1973 ◽  
Vol 55 (4_Part_1) ◽  
pp. 567-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean Schreiner ◽  
George Muncrief ◽  
Bob Davis
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management

scholarly journals Solid waste management in rural areas nearby river Ganga at Haridwar in Uttarakhand, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 592-598
Author(s):  
Ankur Rajpal ◽  
Absar Ahmad Kazmi ◽  
Vinay Kumar Tyagi
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Bulk Density ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
River Ganga

The solid waste found in rural areas can be used as a soil conditioner providing essential nutrients to crops and enhancing agricultural productivity. It is an eco-friendly and economic preference for Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSW). This study investigates the solid waste management scenario in rural areas along the river Ganga and proposes a sustainable waste management solution. Waste quantification and composition were determined in the five villages (rural areas) viz. Sajanpur, Shyampur, Kangri, Bhogpur and Dummanpuri of district Haridwar in Uttarakhand and their waste management and disposal systems were evaluated. Findings revealed that the average daily waste generation was 0.665 kg/day and per capita generation of household waste was around 0.16 kg/person/day. Major fraction of household waste was bio-degradable (74.14%) and remaining fraction comprised of paper (6.62%), polythene (2.82%), textile (2.52%), plastic (1.15%), glass (0.61%), metal (0.60%), rubber (0.35%), and inert (5.01%). The average bulk density of household waste was 460 kg/m3, whereas cattle waste bulk density was 834 kg/m3. Other waste characteristics included moisture content (60%), organic carbon (40%), nitrogen (1.7%), phosphorus (0.9%) and ash (31%). The calorific value of household waste (biodegradable) was 937.6 kcal/kg (dry basis). Since most of the waste was biodegradable, hence co-composting with cattle waste is recommended. The dry waste can be separated and stored for further processing and transported to nearby waste to energy-producing plants. The main hurdle to the program of waste recycling was the unsegregated collection of waste in rural areas. Hence, separation at the source comprised biodegradable waste, dried waste (paper, plastic, and metal) and other components are essential for the future solid waste management program.

scholarly journals Solid waste management in Mekong Delta

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Xuan Hoang Nguyen ◽  
Hoang Viet Le
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
The Impact

Municipal solid waste (MSW) in Vietnam has been increasing quickly and became one of the most considered environmental problems in Mekong Delta (MD) region covering 13 provinces and municipalities in the south of Vietnam. With a considerably large amount of MSW, the region produces about 5% of the total amount of MSW of the country. The collection rate of solid waste is about quite high (65 - 72%) in the cities and rather low (about 40 - 55%) in the rural areas, with a high content in organic matter (about 60 - 85%). The climate of MD can be characterized as tropical and monsoonal with a high rate of humidity and a strong impact of flooding. Like other regions too, the MSW collection and treatment system is still underdeveloped and rudimentary, with disposal sites being the sole dumping method of the unsorted MSW remaining untreated by any mechanical and biological pre-treatment steps. Within this paper, the current treatment, management and operation of MSW systems are introduced, as well as the identification of advantages and dis-advantages, environmental impacts, potential risks of the MSW system within the impact of global climate change. The situation of MSW treatment and management is correlated with the climate change impact and the integrated solid waste management is introduced as a new approach for adapting the environmental protection awareness by considering the climate change for the long-term sustainable development orientation. Sự gia tăng chất thải rắn ở các đô thị Việt Nam ngày càng nhanh và chất thải rắn đang là một trong những vấn đề môi trường được quan tâm hàng đầu. Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long (ĐBSCL) nơi có đến 13 tỉnh và thành phố nằm ở phía Nam Việt Nam. Với lượng chất thải không nhỏ, chiếm khoảng 5 % tổng lượng chất thải rắn sinh hoạt của quốc gia. Tỷ lệ thu gom chất thải rắn thấp, chiếm khoảng 65 - 72 % ở thành thị, tỷ lệ này ở nông thôn thấp 40 - 55%, chất thải có hàm lượng hữu cơ cao chiếm khoảng 60 - 85%. Khí hậu nhiệt đới gió mùa với độ ẩm không khí cao và chịu ảnh hưởng lớn của lũ lụt hàng năm. Cũng như các khu vực khác, hệ thống thu gom và xử lý rác thải ở khu vực ĐBSCL còn rất thô sơ và lạc hậu, bãi rác là nơi duy nhất tiếp nhận trực tiếp hổn hợp rác thải không phân loại và qua bất kỳ công đoạn tiền xử lý nào. Trong phạm vi bài viết này, chúng tôi giới thiệu hoạt động vận hành hệ thống quản lý và xử lý rác đô thị trong khu vực đồng thời phân tích các thuận lợi và bất lợi, cũng như các tác động môi trường, những rủi ro tiềm ẩn trong điều kiện ảnh hưởng của biến đổi khí hậu toàn cầu - khu vực ĐBSCL là nơi chịu ảnh hưởng nặng nề nhất. Tình hình quản lý và xử lý rác được cân nhắc trong điều kiện tác động của biến đổi khí hậu, đồng thời quản lý tổng hợp rác thải cũng được đềxuất như một các tiếp cận mới nhằm đáp ứng nhiệm vụ bảo vệ môi trường trong điều kiện biến đổi khí hậu theo định hướng phát triển bền vững lâu dài.

scholarly journals Challenges and Prospects of Solid Waste Management in Rural Tourism Areas in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 02082
Author(s):  
Ying Guo ◽  
Ping Wang ◽  
Dongliang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Domestic Waste

Rapidly developing rural tourism in the vast rural areas brings economic benefits and also produces waste increment; at the same time, with the improvement of living standards, the increase of waste in rural areas is not low, which has become an essential issue of ecological, environmental protection. This paper discusses China’s rural tourism development, the difficulties of domestic waste management in rural tourism areas and puts forward suggestions for improvement based on analysis.

scholarly journals A IMPORTÂNCIA DA GESTÃO INTEGRADA DOS RESÍDUOS SÓLIDOS: O CASO DAS CARGAS DE RESÍDUOS DOMICILIARES RURAIS DE SANTA CRUZ DO SUL – RS

polemica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-162
Author(s):  
Ismael Fernando Christmann ◽  
Dilani Silveira Bassan
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Domestic Waste ◽  
Integrated Solid Waste Management ◽  
Domestic Solid Waste

Resumo: O consumo, aliado à industrialização, a cada ano produz muitos tipos de novos produtos e embalagens. Junto a isso, a distribuição e a logística vêm alcançando locais cada vez mais remotos, fazendo com que áreas rurais disponham dos mesmos produtos existentes nas áreas urbanas. A preocupação com esse avanço é a disposição final desse material, ou o gerenciamento dos resíduos sólidos domésticos nessas áreas. Os custos desse processo podem trazer obstáculos à sua realização. Dessa forma, esta pesquisa objetiva demonstrar algumas dificuldades sobre a gestão integrada de resíduos sólidos, principalmente pela análise da área rural de Santa Cruz do Sul. Identificou-se que o resíduo doméstico rural transportado pelos caminhões não era pesado, apenas registrada a entrada dos caminhões, dificultando o entendimento da eficiência desse atendimento. Assim, uma discrepância pode passar despercebida pelos gestores, pois o município de Santa Cruz do Sul/RS não possui uma área rural muito extensa. Para poder observar esse processo, foram rastreados dados entre os anos de 2007 à 2015, através de pesquisas bibliográficas e documentais. Foi possível verificar que o número de cargas das áreas rurais vem aumentado, sem alteração na população rural como também sem aumento de produção das embalagens. Além disso, os valores cobrados por esse transporte a cada ano se tornam mais caros. Portanto, para ter uma gestão transparente e políticas públicas eficientes, faz-se necessário disponibilizar e analisar os dados e valores sobre a produção de resíduos sólidos de forma clara e objetiva, com a elaboração de um processo que seja eficaz enquanto medida socioambiental.Palavras-chave: Gestão de Resíduos. Resíduo Doméstico Rural. Custo dos Resíduos. Abstract: The consumerism allied to industrialization each year produces many kinds of new products and packaging. Together, the distribution and the logistics are reaching places increasingly remote, so that the rural areas can have the same products that the urban areas do. The concern on this advance is the final disposal of this material or the domestic solid waste management in these areas. The costs of this process can bring some difficulties for the realization of this type of collection. This research was done to demonstrate some difficulties about the integrated solid waste management, mainly through the analysis of the rural area of Santa Cruz do Sul. It was identified that the rural domestic waste transported by trucks was not weighed, only registered the entry of trucks, making it difficult to understand the efficiency of this attendance. Therefore, this discrepancy can go unnoticed by the managers, because the city of Santa Cruz do Sul/RS does not have a very large rural area. To observe these procedures, it tracked data between the years of 2007 to 2015, through bibliographical and documental research. Thus, it was possible to verify that the number of loads from the rural areas is increasing, without an alteration on the rural population, but also without increasing packaging production. In addition, the costs charged for this transportation become more expensive each year. Therefore, in order to have a transparent management and efficient public politics, it is necessary to make available and analyze the data and values about the solid waste production in a clear and objective way, with the elaboration of a process that is effective as a socio-environmental measure.Keywords: Waste Management. Rural Domestic Waste. Waste Cost.

scholarly journals Multi-Criteria Analysis for Selecting Solid Waste Management Concept Case Study: Rural Areas in Sentani Lake Region, Jayapura

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Alfred Benjamin Alfons ◽  
Tri Padmi
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Integrated Treatment ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Waste Management Concept ◽  
Management Concept ◽  
Suitable Concept ◽  
Study Sites

<strong>Aim:</strong> This study aims to identify, develop, and determine the most suitable concept of solid waste management to be applied in Ifale Village, Yobeh Village, Putali Village, Atamali Village, and Asei Besar Village. Until now, the application of solid waste management system in Jayapura is still far from what people expected since it has been unable to serve the communities who live in rural areas on the islands around Sentani Lake. As a result, 12,554.38 liters/day of solid waste generated by the community in these regions is left untreated. <strong>Methodology and Results:</strong> The study is using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. The AHP calculations show that the idea of handling solid waste in an integrated treatment facility—following the initial sorting on the household scale—has the highest priority weight (2.05) compared to the other alternatives. Hence, it has been chosen as the best solid waste management concept that can be applied to the study sites. Based on the results as well, the main criteria to be considered include the environmental aspects, social aspects, and technical aspects with each weighing value of 0.534, 0.186, and 0.147, respectively. <strong>Conclution, significans and impact study: </strong> The sub-criteria with the highest priorities to be considered in making the decision are the soil pollution (due to produced leachate), air pollution (potentially in the form of stench and gas emissions), the transmission of disease vectors, public participation, and the operational convenience.

scholarly journals A STUDY ON THE GENERATION AND COMPOSITION OF SOLID WASTES IN CHO MOI DISTRICT, AN GIANG PROVINCE, VIETNAM

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (22) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Thanh Giao Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Solid Wastes ◽  
Efficient Treatment ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Domestic Solid Waste

The study was conducted to investigate the current situation of generation and composition of domestic solid waste in Cho Moi town, Cho Moi district, An Giang province, Vietnam. The current status of generation and composition of solid waste was evaluated through the placement of garbage bags in households in rural and urban areas. Current management status was assessed by direct interviews with the households. The research results showed that the solid waste generated in the rural and urban areas of the whole town was about 8.5 tons/day, the collection rate was only 60.5% of the total solid wastes generated. The average amount of waste generated in rural areas was 0.31 kg/person/day and in urban areas was 0.44 kg/person/day. In the composition of classified domestic solid wastes, the organic composition in rural areas was slightly higher (82.3%) than that in urban areas (80.6%). The proportion of nylon in urban areas (10.1%) was higher than that in rural areas (6.78%). The remaining compositions had a low percentage, ranging from 0.04-7%. The interview results showed that only 70% of the respondents agreed to place their garbage in the waste bins for the collection while 30% of the respondents chose to burn or directly release the wastes into the environments. The behaviours of the respondents showed that people's awareness of the importance of domestic solid waste management was not high. Domestic solid waste management still faces many difficulties because the Cho Moi district does not have an infrastructure to ensure efficient treatment of domestic solid waste. Raising the community’s awareness and investment in solid waste management are urgently needed to keep a clean environment.

Solid Waste Management- A New Theoretical Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Arul K ◽  
Jayaraman K
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Solid Wastes ◽  
Industrial Wastes ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
The People ◽  
The Individual

Solid waste management is the prime one to be considered for the better standard of living of the people. The plastics, metals, hospital wastes, industrial wastes and other wastes affect the soil and leading to solid waste management. The degenerative effect of solid waste management affects the environment and unleashes unwanted pathogens causing untold miseries to the human population. The inhabitants of the cities and towns generate more solid wastes when compared to the counter parts in the rural areas due to the consumption life and non-availability of space for vitiating the solid wastes in a safe manner. The individual responsibility of safe disposal of household wastes is shifted to the local bodies and the financial and the technical resource crunch affect the business.

scholarly journals Methodology to Investigate Indigenous Solid Waste Systems and Practices in the Rural Areas Surrounding Maseru (Kingdom of Lesotho)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 5355
Author(s):  
Mpinane Flory Senekane ◽  
Agnes Makhene ◽  
Suzan Oelofse
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Latex Gloves ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
Field Workers

Solid waste management (SWM) is the greatest challenge facing environmental protection and human wellbeing in the rural communities of Maseru (Kingsom of Lesotho). A lack of formal waste management (WM) systems in rural areas of Maseru have resulted in different indigenous systems and practices of SWM. Direct observation and descriptive designs will be employed. This is a mixed methods study of qualitative, quantitative and, non-experimental. We obtained data sets from existing official census and statistics of Maseru. We sampled 693 participants from total population of 6917. We received ethical clearance from Research Ethics committee of Health Sciences at the University of Johannesburg, we recruited six field workers. We have preventive equipment (sanitizers, masks, and sterile latex gloves) for COVID-19 infections in place; we have specific design on caps, masks and bags that will identify field workers as they collect data. We will train field workers, administer questionnaires, interview, and observe participants. STATKON will analyse data. The research will share the results with the Ministry of Environment and the community in Lesotho. The results will also be used to educate the rural communities on improved WM. Where weaknesses are identified, mitigation measures can be evaluated and implemented to rectify the negative aspects and improve the systems and practices. The rural communities face challenges such as waste collection services and sanitation facilities and this fact points out that there is a gap in SWM, which favours the existence of indigenous systems and practice of SWM.

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