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Municipal Solid Waste Management: Presentation on Challenges and Discussion of Potential Solutions
Dr. Nimmi Damodaran
Stratus Consulting Inc. February 23, 2014
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Waste Collection and Transport • Littering
• Accessibility to households and community disposal sites
• Poor or no collection route design
• Vehicle type and maintenance
• Fuel availability and costs
• Distance required travel to disposal site
• Tracking performance of collection team
• Capital and operating costs
• Lack of information on best practices
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Organic Diversion • Access to large organic waste
generators
• Quality of feedstock
• Quality of compost
• Market for compost
• Access to grid or gas end users
• Market for energy
• Odor and vector control
• Low awareness
• Capital and operating costs
• Lack of information on best practices
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Recycling • Informal sector
• Selection of materials to recycle
• Transportation of recyclables to market
• Markets or local use for recyclables
• Capital and operating costs
• Lack of information on best practices
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Waste to Energy • Moisture content of waste
• Guaranteeing quantity of waste
• Developing specifications for contracts
• Hazardous air pollutants
• Access to grid or electricity end users
• Capital and operating costs
• Lack of information on best practices
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Dumpsites and Landfills • Air emissions
• Leachate and groundwater contamination
• Health and safety
• Odor and vector control
• Space limitations at old sites
• Land availability for new sites
• Technical and economic feasibility of converting to sanitary landfills
• Developing specifications for contracts
• Access to grid or gas end users for landfill gas projects
• Capital and operating costs
• Lack of information on best practices
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