Waste management

AAcademyMunicipal Solid Waste Management, or MSW is something that is in the early emplimentation stages of progress in developing countries where waste management is a severe and growing issue.

First and formost, it is very important to educate the people of these towns and villages. Waste is being tossed into strees, rivers, and areas very near to food growing gardens, further contaminating the peoples’ food supply. Animal remains from the markets are left on the groud, with the possibility of spreading dsease. The education of the people in these towns about the importance of sanitation is the first step in implimenting a waste management system; what can be used as compost, recycleables, burnables, reusables/plastics, metals or even items that may be used for trade or sale to distributors, and how it can become a sustainable system.

http://www.intechopen.com/books/integrated-waste-manage-ment-volume-ii/municipal-solid-waste-management-in-develop-ing-countries-future-challenges-and-possible-opportunitie

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http://www.gdrc.org/uem/waste/swm-fogawa1.htm

TTransformation ZoneBecause waste is affecting soil, food, water and health, it is important to develope ways to solve and avoid future issues reagarding contamination.

If a proper landfill was developed (location, ground, private, regulation) then areas would be clear of waste and no longer contam-inating water sources or food supplies. Current grey water could be treated and used as needed, and the future water supply from rivers would remiain clean. *Funding for a landfill - can create jobs. Clean up of such areas and organization of recyclables is a way to pro-vide income to many who sell items to distributors and recycle metal, glass and plastics.




CCommunications NetworkThe integrated sustainable solid waste management (ISSWM) was first developed in mid 1980s, and further developed in 1990s by the Collaborative Working Group on Solid Waste Management in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; then it became a norm. This is a system approach that recognizes three main dimensions including stakeholders, elements, and aspects.

The stakeholders are the people or organizations participating in solid waste management. This includes the waste generators who use the services, the service providers, the formal and informal private sector dealing with solid waste management, and other local or international institutions. Elements comprises the technical components of the waste management system starting from the generation of solid waste then the collection, transfer and transportation of waste to dumpsites or to treatment plant. Treatment ranges from reducing the size of the generat-ed waste to recovery of the waste, in particular the biodegradable com-ponent that comprises more than 60% of the total municipal solid waste generated in urban areas of the developing countries.

http://www.intechopen.com/books/integrated-waste-management-vol-ume-ii/municipal-solid-waste-management-in-developing-coun-tries-future-challenges-and-possible-opportunitie



GGlobal PartnershipIt is clear that the main problem facing the proper management of MSW in many developing countries are the lack of adequate administrative and financial resources. There is no clear/reliable framework for the solid waste sector collection, transpertation, or treatment phase.

Another related common problem is the absent of effective and comprehensive legislative frameworks governing the solid waste sector and the inadequate enforcement mechanisms. There is no “set of rules” persay that has been implimented in these towns, no guidlines and no one to help. Without partnering and help from others, theimplimentation of such a system is difficult. There needs to be a community outside of the traditional one filled with people willing to fund, support and lead programs so they are able to educate others on the system and create a sustainable program that will grow in and around the affected areas.




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Waste management