走向可持续的固体废物管理系统:马拉维北部的实证证据
Tommy Wakana Kamanga1, Moses Mn Chitete2, Bernard Cg Kamanga3
1Department of Public Health, University of Livingstonia, Mzuzu, Malawi.
Environmental health insights
|June 3, 2024
概括
姆祖祖市 姆祖祖市
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 城市规划 城市规划
- 公共管理 公共管理
背景情况:
- 姆祖祖市固体废物管理系统的低效率导致废物积累.
- 环境挑战需要对目前的废物管理实践进行评估.
研究的目的:
- 评估Mzuzu市现有的固体废物管理系统的有效性.
- 确定可持续废物管理的障碍,并提出解决方案.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种混合方法的方法.
- 随机抽样调查了Mzuzu市5个地区的400名受访者.
- 通过调查和潜在的采访收集数据,以收集全面的回应.
主要成果:
- 公共部门和私营部门都缺乏对可持续废物管理的充分承诺.
- 发现的关键障碍包括对回收利用好处的知识有限,基础设施不足和预算限制.
- 目前的做法不足以应对日益严重的固体废物问题.
结论:
- 提出政府主导的运动,以改变公众对减少废物和回收利用的态度.
- 为制定环保废物管理政策,建议建立公私伙伴关系 (PPP).
- 加强教育和培训对于过渡到循环经济废物管理实践至关重要.
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