Waste generation has increased massively around the world in recent decades, and there are no signs of it slowing down. More than two billion metric tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) are generated worldwide every year, and this figure is expected to increase by roughly 70 percent by 2050....
example, wastewater generation can be understood in terms of the increased economic activity of larger cities, and the deviations from the scaling relationship, indicating relative efficiency, depend on gross domestic product per person and local rainfall. The temporal evolution of these scaling relations...
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Also, this paper found that the factors that affected university students' food waste generation are multidimensional, including individual-level and family-level characteristics, catering features, and regional locations. In this study, eight factors impacted both indicators of plate waste. Specifically,...
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This paper examines the dependence of the healthcare waste (HCW) generation rate on several social-economic and environmental parameters. Correlations were calculated between the quantities of healthcare waste generated (expressed in kg/bed/day) versus economic indices (GDP, healthcare expenditure per...
Waste of electrical and electronic equipment, otherwise known as e-waste, is one of the fastest growing fractions in the worldwide municipal waste stream. ... M Streicher-Porte - IEEE 被引量: 15发表: 2006年 Key drivers of the e-waste recycling system: Assessing and modelling e-waste proces...
For all waste streams other than waste oils and used tyres, projections are based on a general model making use of the relationship between economic and demographic factors and waste productionfor each waste fraction and sector (i.e. household, industrial etc.). The generation of waste is drive...
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management constitutes major environmental, economical, and social problems in the worldwide. Landfill is the most accepted method of solid waste disposal in the world. This chapter includes brief description about waste generation and waste stream to the society/community ...
While being the world's top waste producer, the United States is also one of the worst of any industrialized nation for managing its trash. "The U.S. is the only developed nation whose waste generation outstrips its ability to recycle, underscoring a shortage of political will and investment...