Municipal solid waste management in some countries of the world

Abstract

The aim of the study is both an analysis of existing basic solutions and innovations in the field of municipal solid waste management and new developments by domestic authors. The main research method was environmental monitoring in the impact zone of municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. In the process of monitoring, the properties of the soils of the landfill bases were studied by testing them and further laboratory studies of lithological and mineral compositions, moisture and density, filtration and other characteristics. As a result, the following were established: the dependence of soil water permeability on particle size distribution, lithological, organ mineral compositions and the degree of their heterogeneity; maximum minimum-required thickness of screening soils at the base of MSW landfills in the Middle Urals. The established dependences of the engineering and geological characteristics of soils make it possible to use them as natural impervious screens, which can be successfully applied in other regions under similar conditions. Among the constructive solutions in the field of municipal solid waste management, the developments of domestic scientists, which were tested in the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Sverdlovsk regions, are considered. Some of them relate to environmental protection in the area affected by landfills, while others are aimed at optimizing the operation of such landfills. The optimization technology consists in combining the operation and reconstruction cycles of municipal solid waste landfills within their land allotment. It allows involving previously unused materials into circulation and obtaining insulating material from “old-year” waste.

Multi-agent evolutionary game analysis on the implementation of municipal solid waste classification policy

“…Research on trash separation, recycling, and treatment is currently widespread both domestically and internationally, but it primarily focuses on two levels: examining efficient waste separation management strategies and behavioral aspects impacting waste separation. At the level of waste separation management policy, Guman et al (2020) studied the current issues in the area of household waste treatment in certain countries across the world and proposed some solutions to the problems. In the book <Effective Front-End Strategies to Reduce Waste on Construction Projects>, Rundle's research proposes implementing a coordinated construction waste management system through regulations to reduce construction waste and promote recovery, reuse and recycling (Rundle et al, FIGURE The main process of municipal domestic waste recycling and related game subjects.…”