Municipal solid waste in Brazil: A review

Alfaia, Raquel Greice de Souza Marotta; Costa, Alyne Moraes; Campos, Juacyara Carbonelli

doi:10.1177/0734242x17735375

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“…As for the exposure variables, almost half of the households reported burning their waste in the open (48.60%). This phenomenon is also found in major cities in other developing countries such as Brazil (Alfaia, Costa, &Campos, 2017), Sri Lanka (Karunarathne, 2015), the Democratic Republic of Congo (Din, G.Y., & Cohen, 2016), Ghana (Oduro-Appiah et al, 2017), Lao PDR (Babel & Vilaysouk, 2016),and India (Ramaswami, Baidwan, & Nagpure, 2016). This practice of burning waste is done usually to avoid rubbish from accumulating in residential area.…”

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Open Burning of Household Solid Waste and Child Respiratory Health: Evidence From Indonesia

Irianti¹,

Prasetyoputra

2019

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ABSTRAKPembakaran sampah rumah tangga yang tidak terkendali menciptakan banyak polutan berbahaya. Menurut Riskesdas 2013, satu dari dua rumah tangga Indonesia dilaporkan membakar sampah mereka di tempat terbuka. Oleh karena itu, analisis ini bertujuan untuk menguji hubungan antara pembakaran terbuka limbah padat rumah tangga dan pengalaman ISPA pada anak-anak di Indonesia dari sumber data yang sama. Kami memasang model regresi logistik sederhana dan multivariabel untuk menguji hubungan antara paparan pembakaran terbuka limbah padat rumah tangga dan pengalaman ISPA pada anak di bawah 5 tahun dari data Riskesdas 2013. Hasil analisis menunjukkan hubungan yang signifikan antara pembakaran terbuka limbah rumah tangga dan pengalaman ISPA pada anak-anak Indonesia. Secara khusus, kami menemukan proporsi yang lebih tinggi dari pembakaran terbuka di area ini terkait dengan risiko ISPA yang lebih tinggi. Hubungan ini tetap signifikan secara statistik setelah variabel penjelas lainnya dimasukkan. Namun, kami tidak menemukan hubungan yang signifikan antara pembakaran terbuka di tingkat rumah tangga. Temuan ini mengindikasikan bahwa anak-anak juga dapat terkena polusi udara luar ruangan selain dari polusi udara dalam ruangan yang berasal dari penggunaan bahan bakar memasak yang tidak aman. Dengan temuan ini, kami merekomendasikan semua pemangku kepentingan termasuk masyarakat untuk mengatasi praktik umum pembakaran sampah secara terbuka.Kata kunci: Riskesdas 2013, pembakaran sampah terbuka, pencemaran udara, ISPA ABSTRACTUncontrolled burning of household solid waste creates many harmful pollutants. The Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) 2013 found that one in two Indonesian households burned their solid waste in the open. Therefore, the study is aimed at examining the relationship between open burning of household solid waste and experience of ARI among under-5 children in Indonesia using the same source of data.We fitted simple and multivariable logistic regression models to the 2013 Riskesdas to examine the association between exposure to open burning of household solid waste and ARI experience among U-5 children.The results showed a significant association between open burning of household waste and ARI experience among Indonesian children. Specifically, we found a higher proportion of open burning in the area is associated with a higher risk of ARI. This relationship remains statistically significant after the other covariates were included. We did not observe, however, a significant association between open burning at the household level.These findings imply that children may also be exposed to outdoor air pollution besides from indoor air pollution emanating from the use of unsafe cooking fuel. Given these findings, we urge all stakeholders including the community to tackle the prevalent practice of open burning.

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Open Burning of Household Solid Waste and Child Respiratory Health: Evidence From Indonesia

Irianti¹,

Prasetyoputra

2019

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“…Brazil currently ranks fourth in terms of municipal solid waste generation. The most common types of waste that are present in Brazil include organic matter, which includes food waste, followed by plastic, and then paper materials (Alfaia and Campos 2017). Mexico is among the top countries that experience municipal solid waste.…”

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Insights into the applications of waste materials in the oil and gas industry: state of the art review, availability, cost analysis, and classification

Al-Hameedi

Alkinani

Albazzaz

et al. 2020

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol

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This study investigates different types of waste materials and their applicability in the oil and gas industry as well as analyzing various applications of these waste materials in the petroleum industry. This study also explores the availability of these waste materials by performing a statistical analysis in a good number of countries worldwide. The statistical study was performed starting with a study on which countries generate waste the most overall, followed by examining multiple countries and investigating their top three most available waste. The results showed that the USA is the leading country in terms of municipal solid waste generation of 258 million metric tons, followed by China that generates around 220.4 million metric tons and then India that generates 168.4 million metric tons of municipal solid waste. The regions that generate the most food waste are North America and Oceania, providing the availability of food waste in those regions. Most of the palm tree wastes are available in the Middle East and some parts of the USA, while green waste can be found in the USA, China, and the UK. Sawdust wastes are mostly available in Europe and North America, while hay waste is abundant in the USA. Waste materials were also examined for various petroleum industry applications. Food wastes were found to be effective in drilling and completion fluids. Various food waste products were utilized to alter the drilling fluid properties such as potato peels and mandarin peels. Food wastes were also effective in altering the pH of the drilling fluids. Some plant-based wastes such as date trees were effective treatments used to stop lost circulation. Based on biodegradability and toxicity basis, waste materials were also classified into four main categories, which are eco-friendly, biodegradable, non-biodegradable, and toxic using color category classification. In summary, waste materials have the potential to be used in the petroleum industry, and they might as well be a good alternative for the future. As an example, the drilling fluid average cost approximately one-tenth of the total cost of the drilling operation, which is considered a tangible cost. By using waste materials as drilling fluid additives, the cost of the drilling fluid can be minimized. Further investigation and research should be carried out to get a better understanding of the importance of waste materials, and how they can be exploited for future applications in the oil and gas industry.

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“…Minimizing the environmental impacts associated with generation of solid waste is a worldwide need [1]. Over one billion tons of waste are produced globally and this volume is expected to increase to 2.2 billion tons by 2025 [2].…”

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Coagulation/flocculation as a pretreatment of landfill leachate for minimizing fouling in membrane processes

Alfaia¹,

Nascimento²,

Bila³

et al. 2019

Desalination and Water Treatment

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a b s t r a c tSeveral works in the literature indicate that the combination of physical-chemical treatment (coagulation/flocculation) and membrane separation process can be a promising alternative for landfill leachate treatment. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the fouling potential in membranes after pretreatment of raw leachate by coagulation/flocculation process. Samples of stabilized leachate from Gericinó controlled landfill (Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil) were used. FeCl 3 and Al 2 (SO 4 ) 3 were applied as coagulating agents. The pH and coagulant dosage were evaluated. Modified fouling index (MFI) and silt density index (SDI) were used to estimate the formation of deposits in the nanofiltration (NF) or reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for leachate treatment. SDI was not significantly reduced despite the great removal of suspended matter by the pretreatment. The MFI of leachate pretreated with FeCl 3 was 100 times lower than the MFI of leachate pretreated with Al 2 (SO 4 ) 3 and about 10,000 times lower than the raw leachate. This can be attributed to the influence that the organic matter exerts on the MFI. Therefore, the results showed coagulation/flocculation would be a good pretreatment for NF or RO treatment of landfill leachate.

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Municipal solid waste in Brazil: A review

Cited by 174 publications

References 61 publications

Open Burning of Household Solid Waste and Child Respiratory Health: Evidence From Indonesia

Open Burning of Household Solid Waste and Child Respiratory Health: Evidence From Indonesia

Insights into the applications of waste materials in the oil and gas industry: state of the art review, availability, cost analysis, and classification

Coagulation/flocculation as a pretreatment of landfill leachate for minimizing fouling in membrane processes

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