Municipal waste management and Waste-to-Energy (WtE) potentials in New Zealand are
discussed. The existing main waste management strategy of New Zealand is to reduce …

Abstract The state of New South Wales (NSW) accommodates the largest population in
Australia and is responsible for more than one-third of all waste generated in the country. An …

As part of an on-going programme to consider the current waste management and pollution
prevention framework in New Zealand, the Ministry for the Environment, in collaboration with …

Reduce The first priority within the waste management hierarchy is to reduce by as much as
possible the amount of material that enters the recycling or the solid waste stream and the …

Waste generation and resource shortages have long been recognized as two of the greatest
challenges human society is facing. In the early 1970s, the Club of Rome, a group of …

An intense waste management (WM) planning activity is currently undergoing in England to
build the infrastructure necessary to treat residual wastes, increase recycling levels and the …

Waste management policy is fast becoming a major social and political issue around the
globe. However, little work to date has been carried out on the ways in which local …

Even though landfilling of waste is the least favourable option in the waste management
hierarchy, the majority of municipal solid waste (MSW) in many countries is still landfilled …

The growing stream of municipal solid waste (MSW) requires a sustainable waste
management strategy. At the same time, addressing climate change and security of energy …

Waste management activities contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions approximately
by 4%. In particular the disposal of waste in landfills generates methane that has high global …