POLICY STATEMENT PURPOSE OF THE EMFULENI MUNICIPAL INTERGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT IS THEREFORE TO: Ensure the provision of waste management services within the municipality is aligned with all the relevant legislative and policy regimes at both national and provincial spheres of government, thus meeting the obligation schedule 5B of the constitution of south Africa (ACT 108 OF 1996), section 24 of the bill of rights and the national environment management: waste Act 59 of 2008; Provide the necessary guidance to decision makes regarding preferred waste management options and practices in line with the waste management hierarchy. Outlines how the waste management services providers should exercise care to avoid injury or risk of harm to themselves and others, and the environment. Ensure that the private and commercial waste management services are provided in accordance with all the relevant regulatory requirements. Create an enabling environment for waste minimisation, reuse, recycle, and conversion to energy in the municipality through incentives including direct or ...
Each waste stream shall be treated as a potential health hazard. Excessive exposure to these waste streams must be reduced to the lowest possible level by using appropriate
Waste management is important from social, economic and environmental perspectives. It helps reduce the use of raw materials and energy, and is a great way of controlling air, water and land pollution. Vancouver citizens sort out
should know how important waste management is to you and me also who recycles, what
The adverse degradation of the environment as a result of human activities such as the disposal of waste to the environment in an unsustainable manner. About 70% of waste (controlled waste) is land filled in Scotland .The need to develop more robust waste management techniques to ensure that waste disposal to the environment is carried in such a way that it does not endanger human health and the environment. Land fill contributes substantially to the rising greenhouse gas which cause global warming. European Union Council, after series of public consultation with relevant stakeholders, set up a legislation known as the EU Waste Framework directive (75/442/EEC) in 1975 .It was amended in 1991 and 2008.It aims at reducing waste to landfill by employing friendly environmental alternatives like diverting the waste for recycling ,composting and energy recovery. The directive main objective is to met the set target of reduction to 75%,50% and 30% for these target years of 2010,2013,2020 respectively, of the quantity of municipal Solid Waste(MSW) landfilled in 1995(baseline), considering the EU 4 -year extension for some member states like the UK.In order to achieved this objective, Scotland is categorised into 11 Waste Strategy Area Groups(WSAG) by adopting the guidance stated in the National Waste Strategy. Each WSAG were required to produce a waste area plan for the local council in their group in accordance with Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) to develop a national waste plan. This paper gives a vivid comparison between two chosen WSAG namely; Glasgow and Clyde Valley and Western Isles Area waste plans (AWPs).
A garbage crisis is at hand. As a nation, we have begun to worry that the growing mounds of wastes will only continue to increase as the means of disposal become further restricted. Government agencies and public officials are urgently trying to find a solution. The waste dilemma has become the centerpiece of the politics of garbage.
Waste Management, Inc. remains the industry leader in collecting and burying trash, currently holding 273 landfills capable of holding 4.8 billion tons of trash. Additionally, they hold 91 recycling facilities, and 17 waste-to-energy facilities. However, 75% of its profits currently come from collecting waste for landfills, which is worrying because customers are now reducing waste, with major corporate customers attempting to go completely waste free. Furthermore, customers now want their waste recycled, and advocacy groups are petitioning against current landfill practices. In addition to their evolving external environment, they also host an internal environment that seems unable to swallow the changes to their customer base. Their infrastructure
Household wastes management is a major challenge in urban areas throughout the world. Without an efficient and effective household wastes management system, the waste generated from household will bring the negative impact on the environment and human health. So, the waste generation, the availability of resources, and the environmental conditions must be understand in developing an appropriate household wastes management system. Household wastes can be defined as a solid waste that comprises of rubbish and garbage, as such cans, bottles, clothing, food packaging, newspapers, and etc. that originates from private homes or apartments. As a many complaints about the lack of cleanliness, the federal government decided in the mid-1990s that waste management would be managed by private companies which are shown in Table 1.0 that divided into four zones.
In a bid to reduce cost, an organization needs to take into considered several ways of waste elimination:
Adopt the “3-R” (reduce, reuse and recycle) philosophy for all types of wastes to prevent pollution and dispose off “inevitable” wastes, particularly electronic waste, in line with regulatory requirements or industry best practice
• Organize and conduct information, education and communication ( IEC ) activities on integrated Solid Waste Management Program such as recycling, Re-use, composting, sanitation, proper collection and disposal of solid.
When it comes to waste, many environmental problems are associated with open dumps; however, in today's modern landfill design and operation the goal is to control, manage and eliminate environmental impacts. By growth and use of new technology and taking correct managerial steps these pollutants and issues can be used as an advantage to our cause. Promoting and operating safe and efficient MSW landfills have been the focus of the solid waste management industry and its trade association, the National Solid Wastes Management Association. The importance of this issue is the reason for the industry to continue to explore new designs and operations to protect human health and the environment.
Delving further, we realize that ‘Waste management’ essentially means “the collection, transport, recovery and disposal of waste, including the supervision of such operations and aftercare of disposal sites”. However the latest concepts are of ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle of waste’ over and above waste disposal.
Toxics Action Center, 2012 (n.p.): The Problems With Waste. Toxics Action Center. Retrieved from: http://www.toxicsaction.org/problems-and-solutions/waste
Efficient waste managing approaches help with reducing and avoiding unpleasant impact on the environment and human health, while allowing financial development and progress in the quality of people’s life. People do not even imagine what is the size and capacity of their activities and the impact they produce on the environment. Garbage is an important ecological problem. It is seems amazing that approximately all of the citizens of the world identify rubbish as a major environmental problem and yet these people still litter. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (2008), an American produces 250 million tons of garbage per year (para.2). There are different circumstances that are based on the society, environmental conditions, occupation and size of each of the different family. As Richmond (2010) stated, if no administration organizations has the responsibility or resources to concentrate their efforts on the waste disposal, then the responsibility to do that is on ...
Proper handling, treatment, and disposal of waste by type reduces costs and reduces risk to public health. The most appropriate way of identifying the categories of health-care waste is by sorting the waste into color-coded plastic bags or containers. Segregation should always be the responsibility of the waste producer or the establishment itself, The waste should be as close as possible to where it is generated, and should be contained in storage areas and during transport. This process or practice should be and must be applied throughout the