scholarly journals MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN ROMANIA IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EU. A STAKEHOLDERS’ PERSPECTIVE

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 850-876
Author(s):  
Carmen Nastase ◽  
Carmen Emilia Chașovschi ◽  
Mihaela State ◽  
Adrian-Liviu Scutariu
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Recycling Rate ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
The Eu

The European waste policy is focused on reducing the negative impact of waste, eliminating the unhealthy use of resources, and on better waste management. The aim of this paper is to analyse Romania’s waste management practices in the EU context. The research methodology is based on a quantitative and qualitative analysis. The descriptive data analysis reveals significant differences among EU countries in terms of the municipal waste generated and the recycling rate. The municipal waste generated registers decrease, whereas there are significant increases in terms of the recycling rates in the EU countries. The qualitative research is based on the analysis of structured interviews among stakeholders, relevant for the waste management in Romania. The information obtained based on interviews was processed using NVivo and the main findings are focused on recommendations for improving the waste management system. We have identified a lack of adequate public support in the waste field due to insufficient awareness programs, lack of operator’s obligation for separate waste sanitation, people's discouragement to separate their household waste, and lack of bins to separate collection. The correction of identified weaknesses could lead to an improved waste management system, feasible only through an active involvement of stakeholders

scholarly journals Waste management in the Irkutsk Region, Siberia, Russia: Environmental assessment of current practice focusing on landfilling

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 389-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vlada Starostina ◽  
Anders Damgaard ◽  
Helmut Rechberger ◽  
Thomas H Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Leachate Collection ◽  
Degradation Rates ◽  
Biogenic Carbon

The municipal waste management system of the region of Irkutsk is described and a life cycle assessment (LCA) performed to assess the environmental performance of the system. Annually about 500 000 tons of waste are managed. The waste originates from three sources: household waste (27%), commercial waste (23%) and office & institutional waste (44%). Other waste of unknown composition constitutes 6%. Only 3% of the waste is recycled; 97% of the municipal waste is disposed of at the old Alexandrovsky landfill. The environmental impact from the current system is dominated by the landfill, which has no gas or leachate collection system. The global warming contribution is due to the emission of methane of the order of 420 000 tons CO2-equivalents per year. Collection and transport of the waste are insignificant compared with impacts from the landfill. As the old landfill runs out of capacity in a few years, the LCA modelling showed that introduction of a new and modern landfill with gas and leachate collection could improve the performance of the waste management system significantly. Collection of landfill gas and utilization for 30 years for electricity production (gas turbine) would reduce the global warming completely and result in a net saving of 100 000 CO2-equivalents per year due to storage of biogenic carbon in the landfill beyond 100 years. Considering other first-order degradation rates for the landfilled organic matter did not overtly affect the results, while assumptions about the top cover oxidation of methane significantly affected the results. This shows the importance of controlling the gas escape from the landfill.

Theoretical Basis and Research Frame Designing of Strategic Environmental Assessment for Municipal Waste Management System in China

2013 ◽  
Vol 663 ◽  
pp. 970-976
Author(s):  
Jian Ling Xu ◽  
Lian Jin Hong
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Management System ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Strategic Environmental Assessment ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Municipal Waste Management

It is important to study theoretical and practical significance on strategic environmental assessment of municipal waste management system. This paper analyzes the research situation of strategic environmental assessment in China and put forward the theoretical basis of strategic environmental assessment on municipal waste management system, including strategic theory, low-carbon theory, cyclic economy theory and sustainable development theory. In the theoretical views, strategic environmental assessment of municipal waste management policies, plans and programs system can be studied for a better and More sustainable management mode of household waste. At the same time, the article gives a research frame of strategic environmental assessment on municipal waste management system in China.

scholarly journals Study of Influence of Social-Economic Development of Territory on the Quality of Service for Population on Municipal Waste Collection and Disposal

2019 ◽  
pp. 176-187
Author(s):  
Olga Khandogina ◽  
Natalia Mushchynska
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Public Data

The problem of coverage of the population by services of waste removal in the cross section of regions and the connection of this indicator with economic and social aspects of human activity has been considered. The regions are compared, the dynamics of changes of the index by years is analyzed. The dependence of coverage of services on the number of employees in the field of waste management and on the level of financing of the sphere of waste management is analyzed. These figures are found to vary significantly and there is no correlation between the number of employees or the amount of waste management system financing and the increase in the level of service provision in the region. The reasons, of the imperfections of the household waste system collection and removal are identified. The importance of correctly determining the level of waste collection services coverage for the proper waste collection subsystem organization is characterized. The study of correlation between indices of human development in the countries of the world and the index of coverage of the population by services for removal of household waste is conducted. It is found that there is a direct correlation between the indicators for individual countries. Based on the obtained model, the validity of the indicator for the regions of Ukraine is analyzed. It is determined that the values of the population coverage of waste collection for the regions do not fit into the model obtained. Assumptions have been made about the inaccuracy of public data on waste collection services in the regions of Ukraine. Waste management system in the regions of Ukraine, in particular with regard to waste collection, is currently characterized by the imbalance of development and insufficient accuracy of the indicators, and needs concerted action and measures to optimize it to ensure proper collection of municipal waste at the regional level, as well as to create an effective information and analytical system to monitor the state of the household waste management system. It is concluded that the improvement of the waste collection system should be one of the highest priorities at the local level to reduce the risk of negative impact on human life and health, the environment, etc.

scholarly journals Household Waste Management System Using IoT and Machine Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 1950-1959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonali Dubey ◽  
Pushpa Singh ◽  
Piyush Yadav ◽  
Krishna Kant Singh
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Household Waste Management

scholarly journals Pengelolaan Sampah Berbasis Masyarakat di Kampung Rawajati Jakarta Selatan

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Catur Puspawati ◽  
Besral Besral
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Management System ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
P Value ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Waste Management System

Kampung Rawajati di Jakarta yang menerapkan sistem pengelolaan sampah berbasis masyarakat merupakan alternatif upaya mengatasi sampah rumah tangga. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui pengaruh sistem tersebut terhadap penurunan berat sampah rumah tangga. Dengan desain studi potong lintang, penelitian ini dilakukan pada sampel 175 ibu rumah tangga yang dipilih secara acak. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa pengelolaan sampah berbasis masyarakat dapat menurunkan berat sampah sebesar 28,3%. Analisis regresi linier ganda memperlihatkan bahwa kegiatan pengelolaan yang berpengaruh terhadap penurunan berat sampah adalah kegiatan reuse, daur ulang, dan pembuatan kompos (nilai-p < 0,05). Pembuatan kompos merupakan variabel yang berkontribusi terhadap penurunan berat sampah 657,3 gram setelah dikontrol variabel perancu. Penurunan berat sampah ditemukan lebih besar pada rumah tangga yang mendapat pelatihan. Tidak ada perbedaan penurunan berat sampah menurut jumlah anggota keluarga, penghasilan rumah tangga, dan pengetahuan ibu. Disarankan agar Pemerintah DKI Jakarta dapat melakukan replikasi model pengelolaan sampah berbasis masyarakat kepada wilayah lainnya, dengan memberikan pelatihan pengelolaan sampah kepada masyarakat.Kata kunci : Pengelolaan sampah berbasis masyarakat, berat sampah, pengolahan dan minimasi sampahAbstractKampung Rawajati in Jakarta applies community-based solid waste management system as an alternative way to overcome household waste problem. The objective of the research is to assess the effect of community-based solid waste management on reduction of household waste weight. This study has crosssectional study design and was conducted on 175 housewife as respondent who were selected randomly. The data was collected by interview using structured questionnaire and weighing of household waste. The result shows that the community-based solid waste management can reduce 28.3% of household waste weight (weight before: 1.845 gram/house/day and after: 1.324 gram/house/day). Multiple linear regression analysis shows that variables affecting thereduction of solid waste including re-using activity, recycling, and composting (p-value <0.05). Composting represents the biggest effect to reduction (657.26 gram) after controlled by potential confounders. The reduction was higher among household with waste training and number of trained household member. It was found that number of family member, family income, and mother knowledge are not significant. It was recommended to the Government of DKI Jakarta to replicate this community-based waste management system to other regions by providing training facilities on solid waste management.Keywords: Community-based on solid waste management, waste weight, processing and minimizing of solid waste

scholarly journals The Cost-estimation of Mechanical Pre-treatment Lines of Municipal Solid Waste in Latvia

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dace Āriņa ◽  
Kaspars Kļavenieks ◽  
Juris Burlakovs
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Cost Estimation ◽  
Management System ◽  
Cost Evaluation ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
Treatment Equipment ◽  
Pre Treatment

Abstract Production of refuse derived fuel from municipal solid waste in future shall play a strategic role in an integrated waste management system. The amount of landfilled biodegradable materials thus will be diminished according to provisions of the 1999 Waste Landfill Directive. The aim of this article is to evaluate cost effectiveness based on cost evaluation of the different complication of the waste pre-treatment equipment complectation and based on regenerable waste quantities in Latvia. The comparison of cost estimates is done in 3 scenarios considering potential waste quantities in Latvia: Scenario I - planned annual waste quantity is 20 kT; Scenario II - 40 kT and Scenario III - 160 kT. An increase in amount of waste and processing capacity means the decrease in costs of mechanical pre-treatment of 1 ton of waste. Thus, costs of mechanical sorting line under different scenarios with capacities of 10 t h-1, 20 t h-1 and 80 t h-1 are EUR 32 per t, EUR 24 per t and EUR 15 per t, respectively. Most feasible cost for a set of mechanical pre-treatment equipment for the capacity of 10 t h-1 is EUR 32 per t by using rotating drum screener with the following manual sorting. Mechanical pre-treatment equipment of unsorted municipal waste is economically nonbeneficial, when the use of fine (biologically degradable) fraction is not possible. As the sorting of biodegradable kitchen waste is not developed under the current waste management system in Latvia, the lines for mechanical pre-treatment of household waste would be better to install in landfills.

Enterprise waste management practices: implementing a waste management system

2021 ◽  
pp. 94-98
Author(s):  
T.S. Sakhapova ◽  
K.O. Baranova ◽  
M.I. Khusnutdinov ◽  
V.A. Tikhonov
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Machine Building ◽  
Hazard Class ◽  
Waste Management System ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Waste Management Practices

Protecting the occupational environment is a top priority in manufacturing of any kind of products and provision of various types of services. Environmental protection plays a significant role in the mining industry, as increasing extraction of minerals involves growing amounts of waste and environmental pollution. In 2019 alone, industrial waste generation in the Russian Federation peaked at 7.75 billion tonnes. AZOTTECH LLC is currently handling industrial waste associated with the production and use of chemicals for drilling and blasting operations, scrap from machine-building plants, etc. The article reports on the volumes of industrial waste of each hazard class for 2019-2020 and provides a forecast of the volumes for 2021. The reduction in volumes has been achieved through the implementation of a waste management system. In addition, the paper presents statistics on the reduction in the disposal costs, calculated according to the tariffs of each region where the company's subsidiaries are located. An analysis of the factors reducing the volume and cost of waste management has been performed. Upon implementation of the waste management structure, the costs decreased by 2.5 times, and the amount of waste was reduced by two times.

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