The paradox of solid waste management: A regulatory discourse from Sub-Saharan Africa

F Muheirwe, W Kombe, JM Kihila - Habitat International, 2022 - Elsevier
Solid waste management remains a challenge globally attributed to several factors including
inadequacies and ineffectiveness of policies. Presumably, good policies should translate to …

Setting priorities to achieve Sustainable Development Goals through appropriate waste management systems in Uganda

P Castellani, N Ferronato, V Torretta - Environmental Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Developing countries suffer poor solid waste management (SWM) systems. and setting
priorities to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is urgent. The current research …

Sustainable solid waste management Measures in Tanzania: an exploratory descriptive case study among vendors at Majengo market in Dodoma City

K Nyampundu, WJS Mwegoha, WC Millanzi - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Solid waste management is both an urban and rural problem because every
person is considered a producer of wastes. It has been noted to be a global universal issue …

Optimization of waste collection and disposal in Kampala city

JR Kinobe, T Bosona, G Gebresenbet, CB Niwagaba… - Habitat International, 2015 - Elsevier
Waste collection and transportation is an important municipal service that involves high
expenditures if not handled efficiently. This has hindered waste management in many Sub …

Managing plastic waste in East Africa: Niche innovations in plastic production and solid waste

L Oyake-Ombis, BJM van Vliet, APJ Mol - Habitat International, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper assesses the uptake of environmental innovation practices to cope with plastic
waste in Kenyan urban centres at the interface of solid waste management and plastic …

Systematic analysis of PPP research in construction journals: from 2009 to 2019

YC Zhang, WZ Luo, M Shan, DW Pan… - Engineering, construction …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The aims of this study are to conduct a systematic review of public–private
partnership (PPP) studies published from 2009 to 2019, to compare the results with Ke et …

A stochastic frontier analysis of the efficiency of municipal solid waste collection services in China

X Fan, B Yu, Z Chu, X Chu, W Huang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Governments in many developing countries, such as China, are investing a lot of human,
financial and material resources to ensure that as much of municipal solid waste (MSW) as …

State capital mobilization under soft budget constraints: Uneven growth and spatiality of China's public-private partnerships

M Wu, GCS Lin - Habitat International, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examines the uneven growth and spatiality of the practicing of public-private
partnerships (PPPs) in China where capital mobilization had until recently been …

Public–private partnership in solid waste management sector in the West Bank of Palestine

D Saadeh, IA Al-Khatib, S Kontogianni - Environmental monitoring and …, 2019 - Springer
Palestine, being a developing country, faces lots of obstacles and deficiencies in the existing
solid waste management (SWM) field. In wake of these circumstances, it seems hard for the …

Analysis of solid waste management systems in Alberta and British Columbia using provincial comparison

N Bruce, AZ Asha, KTW Ng - Canadian Journal of Civil …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
In this paper, waste management in Alberta (AB) and British Columbia (BC) from 1996 to
2010 are examined with respect to generation characteristics and management efficiency …