scholarly journals A Situational Assessment of Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Solid Waste Generation and Composition in Freetown, Sierra Leone

2012 ◽  
Vol 03 (07) ◽  
pp. 563-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Foday Pinka Sankoh ◽  
Xiangbin Yan ◽  
Alhaji Mohamed Hamza Conteh
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Solid Waste Generation ◽  
Situational Assessment

scholarly journals Attitudes and Household Characteristics Influencing Solid Waste Generation: A Household Garbage Analysis

1989 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald J. Epp ◽  
Paul C. Mauger
Keyword(s):  
Solid Waste ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Environmental Attitude ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Solid Waste Generation ◽  
Food Expenditure ◽  
School Graduation

A survey of household decision-makers and an analysis of their garbage was used to suggest factors affecting the weight of household contributions to municipal solid waste. Iterative regression was used to build a model from the data that is hypothesized to explain garbage weight. Food expenditure, environmental attitude, consumption of soft drinks in plastic bottles, and cats in the household were significant for all households. Self-sufficiency and energy-conscious behavioral scales also affected the subgroup with female householders having an educational level of high school graduation or less.

The impact of socioeconomic factors on municipal solid waste generation in São Paulo, Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor H Argentino de Morais Vieira ◽  
Dácio R Matheus
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Solid Waste Generation ◽  
Per Capita

Social factors have not been sufficiently explored in municipal solid waste management studies. Latin America has produced even fewer studies with this approach; technical and economic investigations have prevailed. We explored the impacts of socioeconomic factors on municipal solid waste generation in Greater Sao Paulo, which includes 39 municipalities. We investigated the relations between municipal solid waste generation and social factors by Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The Student’s t-test (at p ← 0.01) proved significance, and further regression analysis was performed with significant factors. We considered 10 socioeconomic factors: population, rural population, density, life expectancy, education (secondary, high and undergraduate level), income per capita, inequality and human development. A later multicollinearity analysis resulted in the determination of inequality (rp = 0.625) and income per capita (rp = 0.607) as major drivers. The results showed the relevance of considering social aspects in municipal solid waste management and isolated inequality as an important factor in planning. Inequality must be used as a complementary factor to income, rather than being used exclusively. Inequality may explain differences of waste generation between areas with similar incomes because of consumption patterns. Therefore, unequal realities demand unequal measures to avoid exacerbation, for example, pay-as-you-throw policies instead of uniform fees. Unequal realities also highlight the importance of tiering policies beyond the waste sector, such as sustainable consumption.

Solid Waste Generation of Household in Azad Kashmir: Case Study of Mirpur

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waqas mname Ali ◽  
Rashid mname Khalil ◽  
Shujahat mname Ali
Keyword(s):  
Solid Waste ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Solid Waste Generation ◽  
Azad Kashmir
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