乌干达发展中国家城市的固体废物管理:材料流动分析和可持续实践,以减少全球变暖潜力
Pietro Castellani1, Navarro Ferronato1, Jacopo Barbieri2
1Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Lombardia, Italy.
概括
在乌干达古鲁实施有效的固体废物管理 (SWM) 可以显著减少露天倾倒和焚烧. 一个医院的医院.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 废物管理 废物管理
- 城市规划 城市规划
背景情况:
- 低收入城市面临固体废物管理 (SWM) 的挑战,导致露天倾倒和焚烧.
- 乌干达的Gulu因缺乏足够的财政资源而扎于城市固体废物 (MSW) 管理.
- 非正规的废物流导致城市发展中的环境和健康问题.
研究的目的:
- 分析乌干达古鲁的SWM系统,包括非正式的废物流.
- 评估圣玛丽拉科尔医院SWM系统的有效性.
- 确定可复制的可持续实践,以减轻SWM的全球变暖潜力.
主要方法:
- 在Gulu进行了固体废物的物流分析.
- 描述了废物成分,并评估了医院的SWM系统.
- 评估了医院SWM计划的财务和管理能力.
主要成果:
- 医院的SWM系统展示了财务和管理能力,为Gulu提供了一个模型.
- 医院的可持续实践可以复制,以减少SWM对环境的影响.
- 到2030年适当的MSW处置可以避免每年 (2030-2050) 大约17000公的CO2-eq排放.
结论:
- 复制医院的SWM模型可以促进 Gulu 的回收和可持续废物利用.
- 有效的SWM策略对于减轻低中等收入城市的全球变暖潜力至关重要.
- 该研究为废物管理规划人员提供了关于开发城市适当技术的宝贵见解.
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