scholarly journals Developing a Sustainability Assessment Model to Analyze China’s Municipal Solid Waste Management Enhancement Strategy

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1116-1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Li ◽  
Vilas Nitivattananon ◽  
Peng Li
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management

scholarly journals Development of an Ex-Ante Sustainability Assessment Methodology for Municipal Solid Waste Management Innovations

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Wang ◽  
Stephanie Maier ◽  
Rafael Horn ◽  
Robert Holländer ◽  
Ralf Aschemann
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Negative Impacts

Various municipal solid waste management (MSWM) innovations have emerged in developing countries in face of the challenges posed by increasing waste generation and poor MSWM practice. We present a methodology to assess the potential sustainability impact of MSWM innovations in a holistic manner. The Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis (LCSA) framework and the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs) facilitated the methodology development. The result of applying the methodology to the case of waste bank (WB) in Bandung City shows that WB potentially generates the greatest sustainability impact in the resource recovery phase and the smallest impact in the collection and final disposal phase. All negative impacts could arise in the economic dimension. Surprisingly, WB as a national strategy to achieve 3Rs would not effectively solve Bandung City’s landfill problem. Almost all SDGs would benefit from the WB program under the assumed conditions. This methodology will facilitate the decision-making in MSWM by (1) comparing available innovations to find the optimal solution, (2) identifying the hot spots and taking measures to combat the negative impacts, (3) providing the basis for monitoring the implementation process and the ex-post performance assessment.

scholarly journals Performance Assessment Model for Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems: Development and Implementation

Environments ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hatem AlHumid ◽  
Husnain Haider ◽  
Saleem AlSaleem ◽  
Majed Alinizzi ◽  
Md. Shafiquzaman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Different Levels

Most of the municipalities in the Gulf region are facing performance-related issues in their municipal solid waste management (MSWM) systems. They lack a deliberate inter-municipality benchmarking processes. Instead of identifying the performance gaps for their key components (e.g., personnel productivity, operational reliability, etc.) and adopt proactive measures, the municipalities primarily rely on an efficient emergency response. A novel hierarchical modeling framework, based on deductive reasoning, is developed for the performance assessment of MSWM systems. Fuzzy rule-based modeling using Simulink-MATLAB was used for performance inferencing at different levels, i.e., component, sub-components, etc. The model is capable of handling the inherent uncertainties due to limited data and an imprecise knowledge base. The model’s outcomes can exclusively assist the managers working at different levels of organizational hierarchy for effective decision-making. Performance of the key components assists the senior management in assessing the overall compliance level of performance objectives. Subsequently, operations management can home in the sub-components to acquire useful information for intra-municipality performance management. Meanwhile, individual indicators are useful for inter-municipality benchmarking. The model has been implemented on two municipalities operating in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia. The results demonstrate the model’s pragmatism for continuous performance improvement of MSWM systems in the country and elsewhere.

scholarly journals GIS Application for Estimating the Current Status of Municipal Solid Waste Management System: Case Study of Chandigarh City, India

Our Nature ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Khajuria ◽  
T. Matsui ◽  
T. Machimura
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Gis Application ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Transport Path

The population growth in many urban cities and its urban activities in developing countries have resulted in an increased generation rate of municipal solid waste(MSW), an important issue. In the process of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) system in which, collection activities contributed the most of total cost that is paid for MSW collection activities by city’s citizen; and transport activities are required 60-70% of total cost that is the total expenditures spent on the transport, transfer, disposal and treatment of MSW by city authorities. Hence optimization of routing system, systematization of collection, transport and transfer activities is the important components for an effective MSWM system. This article describes the current problems and the improvement of the management activities in a city of Chandigarh. An integrated MSWM assessment model is proposed and used as a decision support tool for daily efficient operations such as collection/ transport path management, load balancing within vehicles, fuel consumption management by using GIS application. In addition, a simple optimal routing model is proposed to achieve the minimum cost/distance/time efficient collection and transport path for MSWM.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/on.v9i1.5729

scholarly journals Performance Assessment Model for Municipal Solid Waste Management systems: Development and Implementation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hatem Abdulaziz AlHumid ◽  
Husnain Haider ◽  
Saleem S. AlSaleem ◽  
Majed Alinizzi ◽  
Md. Shafiquzamman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Different Levels

Most of the municipalities in the Gulf region are facing performance related issues in their municipal solid waste management (MSWM) systems. They lack to possess a deliberate inter-municipality benchmarking processes. Instead of identifying the performance gaps for their key components (e.g., personnel productivity, operational reliability, etc.) and adopt proactive measures, the municipalities primarily rely on an efficient emergency response. A novel hierarchical modeling framework, based on deductive reasoning, is developed for performance assessment of MSWM systems. Fuzzy rule based modeling using Simulink-MATLAB was used for performance inferencing at different levels, i.e., component, sub-components, etc. The model is capable of handling the inherent uncertainties due to limited data and imprecise knowledge base. The model’s outcomes can exclusively assist the managers working at different levels of organizational hierarchy for effective decision-making. Performance of the key component, assists the senior management to assess the overall compliance level of performance objectives. Subsequently, operation management can hone in the sub-components to acquire useful information for intra-municipality performance management. While, individual indicators are useful for inter-municipality benchmarking. The model has been implemented on two municipalities operating in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia. The results demonstrate the model’s pragmatism for continuous performance improvement of MSWM systems in the country and elsewhere.

scholarly journals Assessment of Public–Private Partnership in Municipal Solid Waste Management in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vin Spoann ◽  
Takeshi Fujiwara ◽  
Bandith Seng ◽  
Chanthy Lay ◽  
Mongtoeun Yim
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Phnom Penh ◽  
Private Partnership

The overall responsibility for waste management in Phnom Penh Capital (PPC) has rested with the municipal authorities and contracted waste collection companies. Providing waste collection services is a major challenge for Phnom Penh due to the increasing waste volume and the deficiency of the system under public–private partnership. In response to continuing population growth and urbanization, sustainable management is necessary. This study reviewed the details of the processes and examined the performance of the private sector and local government authorities (LGAs). The study used sustainability assessment, according to a success and efficiency factor method. This assessment method was developed to support solid waste management in developing countries. Multiple sustainability domains were evaluated: institutional, legislative, technical, environmental and health aspects as well as social, economic, financial and critical aspects. The results indicate that the long-term contract design attempts for partnership may actually result in a worsening of the situation by facilitating new ways of concentration, inefficiency and political interest. The limited institutional capacity of the public sectors is a consequence of the inefficient decentralization of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) policies. Public–private partnerships can be neither effective nor sustainable if LGAs and CINTRI co. Ltd. waste collection company do not build proper incentives into their management of the two sectors. Revisiting the legal framework, establishing a facilitating agency that will assist in the design and the nurturing of partnerships, competitive tendering, and transparency and financial accountability are essential elements for PPP on the provision of waste services in PPC.

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF BUCHAREST METROPOLITAN AREA

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioan Ianos ◽  
Daniela Zamfir ◽  
Valentina Stoica ◽  
Loreta Cercleux ◽  
Andrei Schvab ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management
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