| Title |
Waste management evolution in the last five decades in developing countries - A review |
| ID_Doc |
20700 |
| Authors |
Maalouf, A; Agamuthu, P |
| Title |
Waste management evolution in the last five decades in developing countries - A review |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
Waste Management & Research, 41, 9 |
| DOI |
10.1177/0734242X231160099 |
| Abstract |
This review provides the history and current paradigms of waste management (WM) practices in developing nations during the last five decades. It explores the evolution of the challenges, complexities, and trends during this period. This paper, for the first time, presents an estimation of the amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in developing nations in the last five decades based on the material flow analysis approach. Overall, the amount of MSW in developing countries has increased from about 0.64 billion Mt in 1970 to 2 billion Mt in 2019. This review demonstrates the importance of finding new WM approaches in developing nations in the context of formulating policies, strategies, and highlights the major trends that re-define WM in developing countries. It also aims to present the holistic changes in technology, economic and environmental feasibility aspects to attain an integrated sustainable WM system in developing countries. Specific focus on open-burning, open-dumping, informal recycling, food waste, plastic pollution, and waste collection with reference to Sustainable Development Goals are explained. Drivers for the way forward including circular economy are investigated. |
| Author Keywords |
Waste management; municipal solid waste; developing nations; developing countries; waste generation; waste trends; circular economy; sustainable development goals |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:000976710100001 |
| WoS Category |
Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences |
| Research Area |
Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| PDF |
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0734242X231160099
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