Analysis of collection systems for sorted household waste in Spain

Gallardo, Antonio; Bovea, Marı́a D.; Ortega-Colomer, Francisco Javier; Prades, M.

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2012.04.006

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“…Using data from the previous studies (Gallardo et al 2010(Gallardo et al , 2012, complete information about waste generation and composition was obtained for 135 towns distributed by autonomous communities as can be seen in Fig. 2a .…”

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“…In both cases, a questionnaire was created and sent by email and ordinary mail to the selected town councils, which were asked to fill it out with their own waste generation and composition data and send it back. In Gallardo et al ( 2010 ), all the councils of Spanish cities with a population of over 50,000 were selected to send the questionnaire, and in Gallardo et al ( 2012 ), the number of municipalities considered to send the survey was proportional to the sample size estimated for the study in each autonomous community. These questionnaires collected information of each town about the following variables:…”

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“…Generation and composition of MSW were obtained from the previous studies cited (Gallardo et al 2010(Gallardo et al , 2012 and are presented in Table 4 . In both cases, it was difficult to obtain data about the composition of the MSW because many towns did not know the overall composition due to the high degree of fractioning of the collection systems and due to the fact that different enterprises are in charge of handling each of the fractions.…”

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“…For example, in 2011, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Food published three different studies entitled "Study on waste management models on islands" (Jofra et al 2011a ), "Study on waste management models in isolated rural areas" (Jofra et al 2011b ), and "Opportunities for promoting a recycling society in universities and other educational environments: the case of paper recovery and recycling" (ASPAPEL 2011 ), but as far as it is known, no attempt has been made to characterize MSW in a more widespread way. The only attempt made to date was by Gallardo et al ( 2010Gallardo et al ( ; 2012, who in previous studies had examined the collection systems used in Spanish towns with more than 50,000 inhabitants. Those studies obtained but did not analyze the MSW generation and composition data for these towns.…”

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“…Hence, the database used by Gallardo et al ( 2010Gallardo et al ( ; 2012 was completed, adding information about some independent variables for towns with more than 5000 inhabitants that had not been previously collected. This information was obtained directly from official studies published by the different regional Institutes of Statistics.…”

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Analysis of collection systems for sorted household waste in Spain

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Factors determining waste generation in Spanish towns and cities

Factors determining waste generation in Spanish towns and cities

Climate Change Impact on Urban Cities in Bangladesh: Waste Management and Pollution Control Challenges

Drivers to Sustainable PSWs Management: A Review

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