Waste Management Practices in Developing Countries

• Autore: Godfrey Linda
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Technology: general issues
• Soggetto non controllato: agricultural waste; AHP; ash; barriers; biodegradable waste; biogas generation; biohazardous waste; bottom ash; Brazil; briquettes; carbon footprint; cassava waste; decision support system; developing countries; developing country; disinfection; empirical study; environmental education; environmental pollution; hazardous waste; health sector; healthcare waste; healthcare workers; heavy metals; household recycling behavior; inactivation; India; intentions; kinetic release; market waste; microwave; multi criteria decision analysis (MCDA), organic waste treatment; municipal solid waste; national solid waste policy; nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium; potential mobility; public-private partnership; quantitative survey; reasons; recyclable waste pickers; recycling; recycling behavior; recycling cooperatives; reuse; reverse logistics; scenario ranking; school; scoping review; selective collection; sludge; solid waste management; South Africa; Structural Equation Modeling (SEM); sustainability assessment; sustainable technology; Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB); theory of planned behaviour; trace elements; used cooking oil; waste management; waste to wealth; WHO; youth
• Persona (resp. second.): GodfreyLinda
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides insights into waste management practices in developing countries, and the application of research and innovation in finding appropriate solutions to improved waste management. The chapters have been selected with a focus on organic waste beneficiation, a significant waste stream in developing countries; the role of government and associated policy interventions; citizen behaviour in support of greater waste recycling; and the safe management of hazardous waste, particularly healthcare risk waste.
• Titolo autorizzato: Waste Management Practices in Developing Countries
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557355203321
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