Assessment of Healthcare Solid Waste Composition, Generation and its Management: the case of Two Hospitals of Shashemene Town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia by Gudeta Elie, Daniel Fitamo, Semere Gebreaegawi

“…The study establishes that the little attention is given to medical waste management which primarily proceeds from a lack of due implementation of the national healthcare wastes management guideline/directive at the healthcare facility level. …”
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Assessment of Healthcare Solid Waste Composition, Generation and its Management: the case of Two Hospitals of Shashemene Town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia by Gudeta Elie, Daniel Fitamo, Semere Gebreaegawi

“…The study establishes that the little attention is given to medical waste management which primarily proceeds from a lack of due implementation of the national healthcare wastes management guideline/directive at the healthcare facility level. …”
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Managing the leachate at the regional landfill in Kikinda by Marković Sanja, Milanović Jelena

“…Several municipalities in Serbia began with the organization of the regional waste management system and within that frame, the construction of regional landfills which meet European standards in terms of environmental protection. …”
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Waste valuing from urban wood management through design. Ideas from the case of Sãn Paulo by Cyntia Malaguti de Sousa

“…Nevertheless, pruning and removal of fallen trees, demand a waste management system, not easy to deal with, especially in big tropical cities, such as São Paulo, in Brazil. …”
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From resource circularity policies to the zero-waste strategy by Adolfo F. L. Baratta

“…Over the last twenty years, waste management policies were aimed to mitigate environmental impacts; but in most cases the results of these policies had been the downcycling. …”
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Waste and the neoliberal work of blame: Reading politics from Cape Town’s informal landscapes by Angela D. Storey

“…This article examines how local experiences with waste management reinforce resident understandings of squatted sites as political and material landscapes, emphasizing the structural and spatial foundations of persistent exclusion. …”
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Soil Arsenic in Miami-Dade County by Yuncong Li, Ashley Smyth, Jonathan Crane, Christopher Teaf, Guangliang Liu

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Characterization and utilization of trichoderma sp. for efficient management of oil palm empty fruit bunch waste in plantations by N. Nurmiati, P. Periadnadi, K. Kartiwan, T.W. Edelwis

“…By exploring cellulolytic and ligninolytic capabilities, the results contributed to the development of more efficient and sustainable strategies for organic waste management and bioconversion. In general, this study represented a significant milestone in the quest for sustainable waste management solutions in agriculture, offering a promising pathway towards mitigating environmental impact and promoting the long-term sustainability of oil palm cultivation.…”
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Improvement of soil health and crop production through utilization of organic wastes: A sustainable approach by R.Y. Hiranmai, Ajay Neeraj, Parul Vats

“…Conclusion: Using waste management techniques and converting biowaste into manure for enhancing agricultural productivity provides sustainable agriculture practices in addition to pollution reduction. …”
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Reducing personal protective equipment waste in the emergency department of a large regional hospital: codesign informed by system science by Mike Forrester, Rebecca Patrick, Steven Allender, Jaithri Ananthapavan, Urvi Thanekar, Hasini Gunasiri, Minoo Naebe, Maryam Naebe

“…Participants identified five key drivers of single-use PPE waste: (1) centralised state-level procurement processes limited hospital control over reusable or single-use PPE purchasing decisions; (2) lack of clarity of minimum PPE requirements for different clinical scenarios; (3) clinical capacity for cohorting infectious patients in ED; (4) waste management processes not capitalising on recyclable material; and (5) barriers to staff using optimal waste handling processes creating excessive ‘contaminated clinical waste.’ …”
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Acquiring Funds from NFEP&WM by Religious Entities for Pro-environmental Activities by Artur Michalski

“…Over the last 30 years, the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFEP&WM) has been the main source of funding investments and other pro-ecological activities in Poland in the following areas: protection and sustainable management of water resources, support for projects in the scope of low-emission and resource-efficient economy, including innovation; waste management; earth surface protection, geology and mining; atmosphere protection, including improving air quality; biodiversity protection, environmental monitoring, counteracting environmental threats, ecological education, expertise and scientific and research works. …”
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Development of the Agricultural Biogas Market in Poland – Production Volume, Feedstocks, Activities and Behaviours of Farmers by Arkadiusz Piwowar

“…The essence of the problems concerns mainly sustainable waste management in agricultural production. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the volume of agricultural biogas production in Poland and the structure of consumption of raw materials used for production of agricultural biogas. …”
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The Current State-of-the-Art of the Processes Involved in the Chemical Recycling of Textile Waste by Urbain Nshokano Ndagano, Laura Cahill, Ciara Smullen, Jennifer Gaughran, Susan M. Kelleher

“…The textile industry’s rapid growth and reliance on synthetic fibres have generated significant environmental pollution, highlighting the urgent need for sustainable waste management practices. Chemical recycling offers a promising pathway to reduce textile waste by converting used fibres into valuable raw materials, yet technical challenges remain due to the complex compositions of textile waste, such as dyes, additives, and blended fabrics.…”
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Crucial role of pre-treatment in plastic photoreforming for precision upcycling by Xiandi Zhang, Wenhan Zu, Lawrence Yoon Suk Lee

“…By identifying key factors affecting reaction dynamics, we aim to establish optimized frameworks for plastic photoreforming and enhance sustainable waste management, highlighting opportunities for improvement and innovation.…”
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THE PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF LEACHATE COLECTED FROM PIATRA NEAMT LANDFILL by MIHAI-COSMIN BELCIU, ALEXANDRA-DANA CHIȚIMUȘ, VALENTIN NEDEFF, NARCIS BÂRSAN, RUSU DRAGOȘ

“…Mathematical models applied on landfill products create an environmental background in which concerns waste management in Romania. …”
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Klasifikasi Citra Sampah Menggunakan Support Vector Machine dengan Ekstraksi Fitur Gray Level Co-Occurrence Matrix dan Color Moments by Iffa Zainan Nisa, Sukmawati Nur Endah, Priyo Sidik Sasongko, Retno Kusumaningrum, Khadijah Khadijah, Rismiyati Rismiyati

“…Waste management involved several steps in handling waste, the first one being waste sorting. …”
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Hubungan Faktor Lingkungan dengan Kejadian Diare Balita di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Kambang Kecamatan Lengayang Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan Tahun 2013 by Fitra Dini, Rizanda Machmud, Roslaili Rasyid

“…There is a significant relationship between waste management with the incidence of diarrhea in children under five with p=0.043 and OR=3.3.In conclusion, there were significant relationship between environmental factors.…”
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EVALUATION OF METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCE ON BENZENE ACCIDENTAL POLLUTION. CASE STUDY: BACAU CITY 2008 by DOINA CAPSA, VALENTIN NEDEFF, NARCIS BARSAN, EMILIAN MOSNEGUTU, DANA CHITIMUS

“… Air quality depends on the type and size of industrial activities, traffic intensity, municipal and industrial waste management etc. In addition, air quality in urban areas depends by the green areas management, population density, climatic conditions and geographic. …”
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Understanding Multiple Ecosystem Services of Urban Agriculture Across Scales by Jiangxiao Qiu, Hui Zhao

“…We found a general agreement that urban agriculture could deliver: (1) food production; (2) microclimate and air quality regulation; (3) stormwater retention; (4) waste management and nutrient recycling; (5) biodiversity conservation; (6) climate regulation and mitigation; (7) energy conservation; and (8) social-cultural values. …”
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Antibiotic Susceptibility of Bacteria isolated from Estuarine Environment, Turtle Sanctuary and High-Density Industrial Zone in Davao City, Philippines by Aya-ay Adorico M., San Juan Maria Eva C., Badong Venchie C., Baslot Maria Theresa C., Duarte Rachel C., Anonuevo Loreniel E., Fernandez Valerie L.

“…These findings provide baseline data for government guidelines on waste management and highlight the need for effective water treatment to combat antibiotic-resistant infections.…”
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