Download or read book Sustainable Plastic Waste in Kigali Rwanda written by Theogene Habakubaho and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Plastic Waste Management in Rwanda written by Jian Xie and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid economic growth and poor environmental management have Rwanda facing growing pollution problems, including solid waste and plastic pollution, among others. For years, Rwanda has sought to tackle plastic waste, and the country has been proactive in pursuing environmental management with ambitious policy measures. Since 2000 when the government of Rwanda introduced its Vision 2020, the nation has progressed in introducing waste management practices that included a structured approach to sustainable waste management. Rwanda's continued efforts include the ambitious adoption of legislative bans on the manufacture, importation, use and sale of polyethylene bags in 2008. The country recently took this effort further, with a ban on the manufacture, importation, use and sale of plastic bags and single-use plastic items. Rwandans embrace these policies through a culture where citizens work together to better their communities through collective actions or Umuganda, a practice (now enshrined in law) that requires residents to support the nation's cleanliness. Combined, these policies have led to the near eradication of polythene bags in Rwanda and an increase in affordable waste collection services for most urban populations, especially in Kigali. The purpose of this report is to review lessons learned from an ex-post analysis of the policies regarding plastic pollution management in Rwanda and provide evidence-based recommendations for policy improvements in the country.

Download or read book Critical Analysis of Domestic Waste Management Regulations in Rwanda written by Muhire Faustin and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2022 in the subject Law - Public Law / Miscellaneous, grade: 80, University of Rwanda (University of Rwanda), course: Law, language: English, abstract: This study was brought in by the searcher after he found that loads of domestic waste are seen in various villages, along the roads, forests, riversides, and many other open spaces in Rwanda. People in Rwanda still dispose of domestic waste in inappropriate places, which constitutes a crucial problem to human health in particular and to environment in general. The researcher wanted to legally explore why the said malpractices still exist, despite the good achievements and ambitions to deal with waste management in Rwanda. The research had five objectives: to examine whether the existing environmental laws are effective enough to protect environment and human health against negative effects of domestic waste in Rwanda (1), assess if the current Rwandan environmental laws establish standards that are efficient in domestic waste management (2), discuss the processes that are currently followed from collection to disposal and examine their effectiveness (3), examine the role played by different institutions involved in domestic waste management and its efficiency (4) and to finally suggest areas of improvement basing on lessons drawn from countries that have advanced legislation governing domestic waste management (5). To respond to the objectives of the study, the researcher used different legal research methods and the following was revealed. The existing Rwandan environmental legal framework does not regulate management of domestic wastes effectively, standards established by Rwandan environmental laws are limited in domestic waste management, and the processes used from collection to disposal of domestic waste management are inadequately regulated. It was also revealed that there is limited role/inefficiency of different institutions intervening in domestic waste management.

Download or read book Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing Countries written by Pariatamby, Agamuthu and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As global waste generation increases at a rapid rate, there is a dire need for waste management practices such as collection, disposal, and recycling to protect from environmental pollution. However, developing countries generate two to three times more waste, resort to open dumps more often than developed countries, and are slower to integrate waste management standards. There is a need for studies that examine the waste generation and practices of countries that share similar economic backgrounds as they strive to implement successful waste management techniques. Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing Countries is an essential reference source that discusses the challenges and strategies of waste management practices and the unique waste issues faced by developing countries that prevent them from achieving the goal of integrated waste management. While highlighting topics including e-waste, transboundary movement, and consumption patterns, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, legislators, waste company managers, environmentalists, students, academicians, and municipal planners seeking current research on the global waste management problem.

Download or read book Exploring Waste Management in Sustainable Development Contexts written by Mohan, Chandra and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective waste management is more crucial than ever in dealing with environmental challenges. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework for addressing these challenges, but their complex interplay with waste management practices requires deeper examination. Exploring Waste Management in Sustainable Development Contexts offers a comprehensive exploration of this intersection, highlighting the urgent need for innovative solutions to transform waste management into a driver of sustainable development. The book delves into the various challenges of waste management, from the types and volume of waste generated to its environmental and health impacts. It sheds light on the inadequacies of current methods and presents sustainable practices that can pave the way for a greener future. By focusing on sustainable approaches to waste management, the book is an inspiration for actionable change and fosters a deeper understanding of waste management's role in achieving the SDGs.

Download or read book Sustainable Management of Urban Plastic Waste Through Circular Economic Approaches written by Alok Prasad Das and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-10-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Management of Urban Plastic Waste Through Circular Economic Approaches covers the technologies and methods essential to overcome single-use plastic processing waste. It describes the biotechnological methods, cutting-edge research, procedures, and applications required to safeguard global sustainable development along with plastic waste management. This book: • Describes technological advances made towards remediation and valorization technologies of plastic pollutants to reduce microplastic pollution. • Focuses on accelerating using single-use plastic waste in value-added products. • Includes examples and case studies of impact and treatment of plastics in the circular economy. • Explains the socio-economic benefits of reducing plastic pollution. This book will be of interest to researchers, scientists, and engineers working on sustainable management of plastic waste, especially in the chemical and environmental engineering and biotechnology sectors.

Download or read book Where Is the Value in the Chain written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where Is the Value in the Chain? Pathways out of Plastic Pollution aims to support policy makers in their efforts to address plastic pollution. By examining the economic and financial implications of plastic management, the report provides key recommendations on how to create a comprehensive approach to addressing plastic pollution and to help policy makers make informed decisions for plastic pollution management. The report brings together new evidence from three analytical undertakings: • Tackling Plastic Pollution: Toward Experience-Based Policy Guidance—A review of existing literature and a summary of findings from the ex post analysis of the effectiveness of plastics policies in 10 countries and states and an evidence-based policy guidance aimed at policy makers and stakeholders involved in design, implementation, and evaluation of policies to manage plastic pollution. • The Plastic Substitution Tradeoff Estimator (the Estimator)—An innovative model that estimates the external costs of 10 plastic products and their alternatives along their entire life cycle, developed and piloted in five countries. The Estimator can be applied in any country to identify what substitution materials, or what combination of them, would perform best in a given scenario and to examine tradeoffs between plastics and alternatives to help establish targets for reduction and substitution. • The Plastic Policy Simulator (PPS)—A country-level, data-driven model for policy analysis to better describe the impacts of different policy instruments and policy packages on individual economic agents and on the plastic value chain at large. The PPS has been developed as a universal model and piloted in Indonesia. Its objective is to support policy makers and others in government, industry, and civil society in search of policy solutions to stem the flow of plastics by bringing an evidence-based approach to policy.

Download or read book Global Waste Management Outlook written by United Nations Publications and published by UN. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UNEP Governing Council of February 2013 requested the United Nations Environment Programme "to develop a global outlook of challenges, trends and policies in relation to waste prevention, minimization and management, taking into account the materials life cycle, subject to the availability of extra-budgetary resources and in consultation with Governments and stakeholders, building on available data, best practices and success stories, taking into account the Global Chemicals Outlook and any other relevant initiatives and taking care not to duplicate existing information, to provide guidance for national policy planning." UNEP's International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC), in collaboration with the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), has taken the lead on this initiative; aiming to develop the Global Waste Management Outlook as a tool to provide an authoritative overview, analysis and recommendations for action of policy instruments and financing models for waste management. The GWMO is the result of two year's work and provides the first comprehensive global overview of the state of waste management around the world in the 21st century.

Download or read book Plastic and Polymer Industry by Region written by Ololade Olatunji and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-27 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the need for a technical guided thought on production, consumption, and waste management of plastic and polymers in the African continent. Issues such as resource availability, processing technologies, plastic policies, and much more are covered in the book. While Africa is made up of several different countries which might be different from each other in many ways, these countries within the African continent have some commonalities such as region, some shared history, resources, and some shared policies through organizations such as the African Union, African Free trade Zone, and ECOWAS. With a population of over a billion, the African continent has become an attractive market for various businesses. Several publications in recent years have pushed for the advancement of the African continent toward increased manufacturing as a road to development. This inevitably includes the plastics and other polymers industry. Careful consideration must be taken to ensure that this growth will focus on more sustainable and greener manufacturing; otherwise, this anticipated growth in the plastics and polymer industry will only spell increased pollution and worsening of the environment.

Download or read book Digital Innovations for a Circular Plastic Economy in Africa written by Muyiwa Oyinlola and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plastic pollution is one of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century that requires innovative and varied solutions. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, this book brings together interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder perspectives exploring challenges and opportunities for utilising digital innovations to manage and accelerate the transition to a circular plastic economy (CPE). This book is organised into three sections bringing together discussion of environmental conditions, operational dimensions and country case studies of digital transformation towards the circular plastic economy. It explores the environment for digitisation in the circular economy, bringing together perspectives from practitioners in academia, innovation, policy, civil society and government agencies. The book also highlights specific country case studies in relation to the development and implementation of different innovative ideas to drive the circular plastic economy across the three sub-Saharan African regions. Finally, the book interrogates the policy dimensions and practitioner perspectives towards a digitally enabled circular plastic economy. Written for a wide range of readers across academia, policy and practice, including researchers, students, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), digital entrepreneurs, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and multilateral agencies, policymakers and public officials, this book offers unique insights into complex, multilayered issues relating to the production and management of plastic waste and highlights how digital innovations can drive the transition to the circular plastic economy in Africa. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Download or read book The Circular Economy written by Ron Legarski and published by SolveForce. This book was released on 2024-09-08 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Circular Economy: Principles, Philosophies, Science, and Modern Applications" offers a comprehensive exploration of the transformative power of the circular economy in reshaping industries, societies, and environmental practices worldwide. In this timely and insightful work, Ron Legarski, an expert in telecommunications, sustainability, and network infrastructure, presents a clear and actionable guide to understanding and implementing circular models across key sectors such as manufacturing, energy, agriculture, and telecommunications. As businesses, governments, and organizations face the urgent need to transition from linear to circular systems, this book provides the philosophical, scientific, and practical foundations needed to drive real change. Readers will gain insights into critical topics, including resource efficiency, waste reduction, closed-loop systems, and the role of emerging technologies such as Industry 4.0, AI, IoT, and smart grids in enabling the circular economy. Through real-world case studies, policy recommendations, and in-depth analysis, "The Circular Economy" bridges the gap between theory and practice, offering readers: A detailed exploration of the philosophical origins and scientific principles behind circular thinking. Insights into the role of standardization, global frameworks, and public-private partnerships in scaling circular practices. Strategies for transforming industries, including telecommunications, energy, construction, and agriculture, to operate within a circular model. An understanding of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of circular systems, including job creation, resource conservation, and climate change mitigation. Whether you are a business leader, policymaker, sustainability advocate, or student, this book serves as both an essential resource and a source of inspiration for building a future rooted in circularity. With a deep commitment to sustainability and innovation, Ron Legarski offers a compelling vision of how we can collectively shape a world where waste is minimized, resources are continually reused, and economic growth thrives without compromising the environment. "The Circular Economy: Principles, Philosophies, Science, and Modern Applications" is more than just a book—it is a roadmap for creating a sustainable, resilient, and prosperous future for industries and societies alike.

Download or read book Urban Slums and Circular Economy Synergies in the Global South written by Seth Asare Okyere and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Recycling Strategy and Challenges Associated with Waste Management Towards Sustaining the World written by Hosam M. Saleh and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-22 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recycling is an act of collecting and processing items that would otherwise be discarded as waste in order to create a new product. Recycled material is being used in an increasing number of today’s products. Waste management is primarily concerned with a wide range of wastes, including industrial, biological, household, municipal, organic, biomedical, and radioactive wastes. Human activity, such as the mining and processing of basic resources, generates waste and poses health problems that can emerge both indirectly and directly. Waste mismanagement is a serious problem on an individual and a governmental level. Nowadays, the waste disposal business is struggling to adapt to globalized consumerism, a system in which things are manufactured on one continent, purchased and used on another, and disposed of on yet another. Therefore, remediation is often subject to a variety of legal criteria, but it can also be based on evaluations of human health and environmental concerns in cases where no statutory standards exist or when standards are advisory. This book discusses recycling strategies and technologies to find solutions to waste management. Chapters address such topics as biodegradable waste, the circular economy, managing industrial and nuclear waste, and much more.

Download or read book Sustainable Plastic Waste Reduction Through Technology written by Pratibha R and published by . This book was released on 2023-03-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable plastic waste reduction through technology refers to the use of innovative technological solutions to reduce the negative impact of plastic waste on the environment. Plastic waste is a major environmental problem as it can take hundreds of years to decompose, polluting our oceans, soil, and air in the meantime. Technological solutions for sustainable plastic waste reduction include various methods such as: Recycling: advanced recycling technologies that convert plastic waste into new products or raw materials to be used in the production of new plastics. Biodegradable plastics: the development of biodegradable plastics that can break down naturally in the environment without causing harm. Plastic alternatives: the development of alternatives to plastic such as plant-based materials or packaging made from biodegradable materials. Waste reduction technologies: the use of technologies such as AI-powered sorting systems, to help identify and separate different types of plastics for more efficient recycling. Education and awareness: technology can also play a role in raising awareness and educating people on the importance of reducing plastic waste and how to properly dispose of it. By using these technologies, we can reduce the amount of plastic waste that ends up in landfills and the environment, helping to preserve our planet for future generations.

Download or read book Sustainable Disposal Methods of Food Wastes in Hospitality Operations written by Singh, Amrik and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-03-06 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food waste has evolved into a global crisis, casting a long shadow over nations and the interconnected fabric of our world. The repercussions of this excess reverberate through environmental and socio-economic landscapes, demanding immediate attention. Globally, the challenge of reducing food waste is acknowledged as a linchpin in achieving a sustainable future. The book Sustainable Disposal Methods of Food Wastes in Hospitality Operations confronts this escalating issue head-on. It contends that the time is ripe for a change in waste disposal practices, advocating for sustainable methods to alleviate environmental strain, combat climate change, and safeguard public health. This book delves into the heart of waste management principles and strategies. Beyond identifying the severity of the issue, the book ventures into uncharted territories, exploring emergent debates surrounding systemic causes and solutions. In a world where information and communication technology empower organizations, a gap persists in translating these advancements into effective waste management initiatives. The book urges a holistic understanding of the issue, drawing attention to the need for collaborative efforts between governments and private industry players to bridge this divide. As it provides a global perspective, the handbook becomes a tool for those seeking to comprehend the intricate web of challenges posed by food waste and navigate towards a sustainable future.

Download or read book Sustainable Strategies and Policy for Plastic Waste Collection and Management in Germany and Canada Lessons for Lagos State Nigeria written by Allen-Taylor Kehinde Oladipupo and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ending Plastic Waste written by Kathryn Willis and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many informal organisations around the world are making a positive impact on the environment and their communities by turning waste into a resource, increasing the social capacity of their community and reducing the amount of pollution in their environment. Ending Plastic Waste: Community Actions Around the World presents a collection of stories, advice and information from experts in the fields of waste management, plastic pollution and environmental finance to give a broad outlook on how 19 programs from 15 different countries are protecting our planet. By sharing these journeys, the authors hope to encourage others to take a community approach to ending plastic waste. Perfect for decision-makers working in environmental and marine fields, industry stakeholders and citizen scientist groups, this book provides guidance on how to successfully implement a new program, what resources are needed and the lessons learned by the people behind these programs in overcoming barriers.