Waste Tyre Management in Gauteng, South Africa: Government, Industry and Community Perceptions

Muzenda, Edison; Popa, Christina

doi:10.7763/ijesd.2015.v6.609

Cited by 7 publications

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“…Improving the education and awareness around proper recycling practices can help reduce contamination in recycling streams and increase the overall effectiveness of recycling efforts (Miranda & Blanco, 2010;Muzenda, 2013). By providing clear and consistent messaging about what can be recycled and how to properly prepare materials, we can reduce confusion and encourage more individuals to participate in paper recycling programs.…”

Section: B Confusion About What Can Be Recycledmentioning

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Overcoming Barriers to Paper Recycling: A Review of Challenges and Solutions

Çiçekler

Tutuş

2023

ICSIS

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This study addresses the barriers that hinder paper recycling and explores potential solutions to overcome these challenges. The barriers discussed include a lack of recycling infrastructure, inadequate education and outreach, cultural attitudes towards waste, and a lack of economic incentives. To address these barriers, governments and organizations can implement solutions such as expanding recycling infrastructure, improving education and outreach, addressing cultural attitudes through targeted messaging, and providing economic incentives. Successful implementations of these solutions in other locations or industries are also highlighted. The study emphasizes the importance of addressing these barriers to increase paper recycling rates and reduce the environmental and economic costs of low recycling rates.

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Section: B Confusion About What Can Be Recycledmentioning

confidence: 99%

Overcoming Barriers to Paper Recycling: A Review of Challenges and Solutions

Çiçekler

Tutuş

2023

ICSIS

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“…As a result, some organisations continue to stockpile their e-waste because they don't know how to dispose it (Gaidajis, Angelakoglou and Aktsoglou, 2010;Perkins et al, 2014). This lack of awareness or waste information contributes to the illicit practice of disposing of e-waste in landfills or open places by South African organisations (Lundgren, 2012:12;Muzenda, 2013;Veit and Bernardes, 2015:6).…”

Section: The Impacts Of E-waste Generation and Inappropriate Disposal...mentioning

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Exploring E-waste Management Practices in South African Organisations

Moyo¹,

Lubbe²,

Ohei³

2023

RWE

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The previous studies have delineated the weakness and drawbacks of e-waste practices in various organisations. However, these studies failed to address major issues relating to effective e-waste management, hence the high rate of obsolescence of electronic equipment continues to grow becoming the fastest growing waste stream in the world. Organisations are paying little attention to the environmental aspects, and there is limited research surrounding e-waste in South African organisations. The primary motivation of the study was to determine the current e-waste practices in the South African organisations to contribute to sustainable e-waste management. The sample was drawn from ten South African organisations from the viewpoint of Information Technology (IT) professionals and managers through semi-structured interviews. The findings of the study revealed that there is a lack of environmental awareness programme in South African organisations, research is not conducted during the procurement process and there is no procurement strategy, limited budget is provided to purchase electronic equipment, hardware’s and software’s are not upgraded to extend the life span of electronic equipment, and data is not managed appropriately, there is lack of recycling capacity, obsolete electronic is not properly disposed of, and there is non-conformance to environmental legislations due to lack of enforcement. The study recommends an increased environmental awareness programme in South African organisations, research to be conducted prior purchasing, develop procurement strategy, provide sufficient budget and purchase environmentally friendly electronic equipment that are less harmful to the environment. The hardware’s and software’s should be upgraded to extend the life span of electronic equipment, and recycling of e-waste should be conducted to reduce and manage e-waste. To some extent, obsolete electronic equipment should be returned to the supplier to ensure safe disposal, and effort should be made to ensure regulatory compliance with the environmental legislations.

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“…A more in-depth comparison of the data presented in the study (Figs. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] shows that waste management options in the developed countries have changed towards more efficient waste management scenarios during recent decades, i.e., exploiting more energy and materials from waste stream while introducing less pollution into the environment. For example, landfilling of MSW in the USA reduced by 40% between 1960 and 2013, while recycling, composting, and energy recovery treatments experienced a significant growth during the same period.…”

Section: Of the World Data On Msw Generation And Managementmentioning

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“…''Source reduction and reuse'' aims at achieving waste minimization and thus, reducing the amount of waste entering the waste stream [7]. This option is an essential prerequisite for any waste management strategies as well.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%