South AfricaIndiscriminate dumping may be considered a 'wicked problem', as it is regarded as a complex, intractable, open-ended problem and it includes rights-based and justice issues. An understanding of the dynamics of indiscriminate dumping may assist with improving the management of ...
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Dr. George Manful, a former senior official in Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency, warned that Chinese-led mining operations typically use chemicals such as mercury, cyanide and nitric acid to separate gold particles from sediment before dumping their waste in rivers. These chemicals harm the ...
This study used a quantitative research design for fieldwork observation and structured questionnaires across three residential classes to assess the intensity and determinants of illegal waste dumping. Based on residential class (low, medium, and high), we found that the low-inc...
study can also be useful for studying other illegal trading activities, like other animal trades, with respect to biodiversity conversation, and could serve as a reference for other network-based sustainability challenges, such as human migration, biological invasion, and waste smuggling and dumping.do...
Illegal Solid-Waste Dumping in a Low-Income Neighbourhood in South Africa: Prevalence and PerceptionsIllegal solid-waste dumping (ISWD) is prevalent globally with adverse social and environmental impacts, particularly in poor communities. Understanding the extent, practices and perceptions of ISWD is ...
Moreover, informal settlements in developing nations such as Algeria, Uganda, and South Africa are not immune to the proliferation of illegal waste disposal near access roads and pathways [4,5,6,7]. Illegal dumping occurs for a variety of reasons, but one of the primary causes is population...
India produces a huge amount of waste daily; a considerable quantity is not collected and is left unmanaged. This gives birth to illegal dumping on streets and roadsides. Illegal dumping results from urbanization, increased living standards, lack of resources, and poor management. 3. SWM in ...
Pollution-based crime, a category of environmental crime, is considered to be the act of illegally trading and disposing of hazardous waste [1]. Illegal e-waste dumping or burning falls under the definition of environmental crime (though white collar [2]), in that the waste of electrical and...