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Journal articles on the topic "Global waste management"

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WATANABE, Ikuo, Masanobu MIYAZAKI, and Masaru TANAKA. "Global Environment Ploblem and Waste Management. Global Warming and Waste Management." Waste Management Research 3, no. 1 (1992): 27–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.3985/wmr.3.27.

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ERMOLAEVA, Julia V. "WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN COVID-19 PERIOD." PRIMO ASPECTU, no. 2(42) (June 29, 2020): 27–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.35211/2500-2635-2020-2-42-27-39.

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The article provides an overview of national reports of global government organizations regarding the specifics of waste management in emergency situations COVID-19. The main problems are identified as the violation of logistics, strict hygiene requirements, changes in the cost of recyclables, an increase in the share of hazardous and disposable wastes. The measures taken by the global community are listed: waste becomes a priority social service, sanitary safety rules are more effectively developed, additional infrastructures for control, transportation, processing of household and hazardous waste are built, and environmental practices of the population are adjusted.
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Ghosh, Purabi R., Derek Fawcett, Shashi B. Sharma, and Gerrard Eddy Jai Poinern. "Progress towards Sustainable Utilisation and Management of Food Wastes in the Global Economy." International Journal of Food Science 2016 (2016): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3563478.

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In recent years, the problem of food waste has attracted considerable interest from food producers, processors, retailers, and consumers alike. Food waste is considered not only a sustainability problem related to food security, but also an economic problem since it directly impacts the profitability of the whole food supply chain. In developed countries, consumers are one of the main contributors to food waste and ultimately pay for all wastes produced throughout the food supply chain. To secure food and reduce food waste, it is essential to have a comprehensive understanding of the various sources of food wastes throughout the food supply chain. The present review examines various reports currently in the literature and quantifies waste levels and examines the trends in wastage for various food sectors such as fruit and vegetable, fisheries, meat and poultry, grain, milk, and dairy. Factors contributing to food waste, effective cost/benefit food waste utilisation methods, sustainability and environment considerations, and public acceptance are identified as hurdles in preventing large-scale food waste processing. Thus, we highlight the need for further research to identify and report food waste so that government regulators and food supply chain stakeholders can actively develop effective waste utilisation practices.
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Noruzman, Ainul Haezah, and Nazirah Mohd Apandi. "Paint Waste Management in Industry." Journal of Advanced Research in Business and Management Studies 20, no. 1 (October 16, 2020): 28–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.37934/arbms.20.1.2833.

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Surface coating, paint and allied products industry is one of the major productions in the world due to the increase of urbanization and rapid development. Paint industry offers a variety of colours and types of paint to serve as needed. However, global production of paint consumption may lead to large volume of waste generated which affects people’s health and creating environmental surroundings such as landfill area, stormwater drainage and natural waterways. Therefore, this paper highlights the application of paint generally in terms of productions, treatment processes and waste management, as well as finding out the necessary steps to be taken to minimise wastes caused by productions. Furthermore, the understanding of these wastes may contribute to reduce the negative environmental impact and provide sustainable development by utilizing and promoting the paint waste as building material.
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Heinzelmann, Elsbeth. "ORION – A Global Approach to Waste Management." CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry 69, no. 6 (June 24, 2015): 365–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2015.365.

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Liu, Qiang, Ke Qiu Li, Hui Zhao, Guang Li, and Fei Yue Fan. "The global challenge of electronic waste management." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 16, no. 3 (March 24, 2009): 248–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-009-0131-7.

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Krishnamoorthy, Yuvaraj, Vijayageetha M, Manikandanesan Sakthivel, and Gokul Sarveswaran. "Emerging public health threat of e-waste management: global and Indian perspective." Reviews on Environmental Health 33, no. 4 (December 19, 2018): 321–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2018-0021.

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Abstract Background Electrical and electronic waste or e-waste is emerging as a major public health threat worldwide because of rapid advances in technology leading to the generation of large amount of wastes and a lack of knowledge in handling of these wastes. Objective The current review discusses the current e-waste problem worldwide, as a public health concern, with a specific focus on India and recommendations to have effective e-waste management. Methods This is a traditional review study. The burden of e-waste, regulations and its impact on health and the environment at the global and country level were identified using various search engines such as PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus and ScienceDirect. Books, case studies, legislation documents, reports, original articles and other documents from international organizations and specific governmental agency websites were retrieved. In total, 33 original articles, reports, case studies and documents were used for this review. Results In 2016, 44.7 million tonnes of e-waste was generated with 2 million tonnes produced in India alone. Out of this, only 20% of the e-waste generated globally was handled properly. The situation is worse in India where more than 90% of the e-waste was handled by informal sector workers. An important problem with the process is that they do not take necessary precautionary measures before handling e-waste. Components which are not suitable for reuse are burnt openly or disposed of through open dumping. Most of the informal sector workers are illiterate making them unaware of the hazardous chemicals that can be released later into the water sources and the environment. Conclusion The current review shows that the e-waste poses a serious global public health threat leading to significant environmental and health risks. Most of the developing countries including India were found to be lagging behind in the implementation of environmentally sound formal recycling processes. Hence, a better life cycle assessment model which have been successfully implemented in other developing countries should be introduced in India.
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Ungureanu, George, Gabriela Ignat, elena Leonte, Carmen Luiza Costuleanu, Nicoleta Stanciu, Ioan Gabriel Sandu, Dan Donosa, and Costica Bejinariu. "Solid Waste Management on Romanian Households." Revista de Chimie 68, no. 12 (January 15, 2018): 2941–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.37358/rc.17.12.6012.

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The problem associated with the household behavior on solid waste disposal site in today�s society is complex because of the large quantity and diverse nature of the wastes. Due increase the population, rapid development, global agricultural development has moved rapidly, limitations of financing, emerging limitations of both energy and raw materials and also add to the complexity of any waste management system, large quantities of wastes are being generated in different forms such as solid, liquid and gases. This research explored factors affecting the level of participation in solid waste segregation and recycling of households in Romania, as well as examining current Romania households waste management practices and their knowledge of waste management. This study investigated the solid waste situation and the organization of solid waste management in both urban and rural settings from the perspective of households. Solid waste management is a key component of public services which needs to serve the urban and rural municipalities in an efficient way in order to maintain a decent standard of public health.
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URANO, Kohei. "Global Environment Ploblem and Waste Management. Global Pollution by Chemicals." Waste Management Research 3, no. 1 (1992): 11–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3985/wmr.3.11.

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Nishioka, Shuzo. "Global Warming Problems and Solid Waste Management. Global Scale Waste Treatment: Reduction of greenhouse gases." Waste Management Research 8, no. 6 (1997): 421–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3985/wmr.8.421.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Global waste management"

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Singh, Jagdeep. "Beyond Waste Management : Challenges to Sustainable Global Physical Resource Management." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-186517.

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Current physical resource management (PRM) was investigated in a global perspective in this thesis, to gain a deeper understanding of its implications in a sustainability perspective. In particular, the main challenges to the current PRM system and the kinds of systemic changes needed for sustainable PRM were examined. In five separate studies, different theoretical and practical challenges to current PRM approaches were analysed. A descriptive literature review, causal loop diagrams and semi-structured interviews were performed to gather qualitative and quantitative inferences. Perspectives from industrial ecology, life cycle thinking, systems thinking and environmental philosophy were then applied to analyse global resource/waste management issues. The analysis resulted in an overview of the global ecological sustainability challenges to current PRM and identification of major challenges to the global waste management system. Causal loop diagrams were used to qualitatively analyse the structure and behaviour of production and consumption systems responsible for unintended environmental consequences of purposive actions to improve material and energy efficiencies. Ways in which resource quality could be maintained throughout the system of production and consumption systems were determined by identifying challenges facing product designers while closing the material loops. A planning framework was devised to operationalise the sustainable development demands in society, including production and consumption systems. A broader systems approach is proposed for future sustainable global PRM, focusing on ensuring societal functions within the human activity system. The approach involves designing and managing anthropogenic stocks of physical resources to reduce inflows of physical resources and outflows of wastes and emissions. Life cycle-based databases linking resource consumption with waste generation are needed for improved global PRM.
I denna avhandling undersöktes fysisk resursanvändning i ett globalt perspektiv, för att få en djupare förståelse av dess konsekvenser i ett hållbarhetsperspektiv. Framför allt undersöktes de största utmaningarna med den aktuella fysiska resurshanteringen och vilka typer av systemförändringar som krävs för en hållbar fysisk resurshantering. I fem studier analyserades olika teoretiska och praktiska utmaningar för den nuvarande fysiska resurshanteringen. Litteraturstudier, kausala loopdiagram och semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes för att samla kvalitativ och kvantitativ information. Perspektiv från industriell ekologi, livscykeltänkande, systemtänkande och miljöfilosofi tillämpades för att analysera globala resurs- och avfallshanteringsfrågor. Analysen resulterade i en översikt av den nuvarande fysiska resurshanteringens globala ekologiska hållbarhetsutmaningar och identifiering av stora utmaningar för den globala avfallshanteringen. Kausala loopdiagram användes för att kvalitativt analysera strukturen och beteendet hos de produktions- och konsumtionssystem som gör att ändamålsenliga åtgärder för att förbättra material- och energieffektivitet får oavsiktliga negativa miljökonsekvenser. Hur resurskvalitet kan upprätthållas i produktions- och konsumtionssystemen som helhet bestämdes genom att identifiera de utmaningar som produktdesigners möter när de sluter kretslopp av material. En planeringsmodell utformades för att operationalisera kraven på hållbar utveckling i samhället, bland annat produktions- och konsumtionssystem. Ett bredare systemtänkande föreslås för en hållbar global fysisk resursförvaltning i framtiden, med fokus på att säkerställa samhällsfunktioner inom det mänskliga aktivitetssystemet. Tillvägagångssättet innebär att utforma och hantera antropogena fysiska resurser i syfte att: minska inflödet av fysiska resurser; och utflödet av avfall och utsläpp. Livscykelbaserade databaser som länkar resursanvändning till avfallsgenerering behövs för att förbättra den globala fysiska resursförvaltningen.

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Mallela, Vamsi Krishna. "E-waste Management by Developing Countries." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021.

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Electronic waste, also called e-waste, are various forms of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) that have ceased to be of value to their users or no longer satisfy their original purpose. E-waste products have exhausted their utility value through either redundancy, replacement, or breakage and include both “white goods” such as refrigerators, washing machines, and microwaves and “brown goods” such as televisions, radios, computers, and cell phones. Given that the technology revolution has exponentially increased the use of new electronic equipment, it has also produced growing volumes of obsolete products; e-waste is one of the fastest-growing waste streams. Although e-waste contains complex combinations of highly toxic substances that pose a danger to health and the environment, many of the products also contain recoverable precious materials, making it a different kind of waste compared with traditional municipal waste. Globally, e-waste constitutes more than 5 percent of all municipal solid waste and is increasing with the rise of sales of electronic products in developing countries. Most of the world’s e-waste is recycled in developing countries, where informal and hazardous setups for the extraction and sale of metals are common. Recycling companies in developed countries face strict environmental regulatory regimes and an increasing cost of waste disposal and thus may find exportation to small traders in developing countries more profitable than recycling in their own countries. There is also a significant illegal transboundary movement of e-waste in the form of donations and charity from rich industrialized nations to developing countries. E-waste profiteers can harvest substantial profits owing to lax environmental laws, corrupt officials, and poorly paid workers, and there is an urgent need to develop policies and strategies to dispose of and recycle e-waste safely to achieve a sustainable future.
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Laha, Somjita. "(In) formality in e-waste movement & management in the global economy." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/in-formality-in-ewaste-movement-and-management-in-the-global-economy(fa1b9572-53d3-4f0a-bb13-e594c828a41a).html.

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This thesis unpacks the dynamic nature and architecture of the global e-waste (electronic and electrical waste) recycling network. It analyses the functions of formal (guided by regulatory apparatus) and informal sectors (usually outside the regulatory orbit) involved in waste production and processing and their structural inter-linkages to situate the process and practise of informality in e-waste in the realm of formal capitalist economy. Additionally, it investigates the impact of regulatory interventions on the waste network and the actors therein. It focuses on the spatiality of waste treatment where the narrative of the physical material starts in the formal sector of electronics manufacturing and consumption and travels along quasi-legal channels of e-scrap trade and traffic to reach the informal sector (often in developing countries) for its end-of-life management. Till date, the systemic interconnections between formality and informality in waste processing operations have not been analysed in the waste scholarship. Despite critically reviewing the widespread presence and preponderance of informality with its definite characteristics, the literature has largely disregarded its relationship with formality and the broader lexicon of production and exchange. This research addresses this important omission in the literature and examines the drivers of informality and myriad formal-informal associations in e-waste transfer and treatment in the changing contours of the global economy. The following research question guides the structure and argument of this thesis. Main Research Question: What drives informality in e-waste movement and management?The research follows the trajectory of the international waste stream and examines how these path(way)s are embedded in the socio-economic processes of formality and informality. It uses the qualitative field work conducted in Netherlands, Belgium and India (Delhi) in 2011 and 2012. The fieldwork covers all the stakeholders engaged directly or indirectly in the e-waste network starting with the manufacturers, consumers to the traders, collectors, dismantlers, recyclers and second-hand sellers in both formal and informal sectors as well as the state and NGOs. The production, distribution and consumption of electronics, its waste and the recovered elements are not disjoint despite their apparent dispersion across geographical and political borders. Rather it is a functionally and organizationally inter-connected network characterised by a continuum of formal-informal material transfer, socio-economic transactions and financial arrangements between different players performing diverse functions. The analytical foundation of this study is laid by the Global Production Network (GPN) approach which follows the spatial e-waste flow in the post-consumption stage and locates the role and position of the various actors engaged in the process. It deconstructs the inter-connections between the formal and the informal actors by drawing on the rich formality-informality discourse. It uses the Global Value Chain (GVC) framework to specifically interrogate the vertical and horizontal governance patterns and power imbalances between the different players and additionally employs the idea of informal social networks from the industrial clusters literature to understand the ties of family, kinship and community between them. The study also engages with the diverse (re)valuations of e-waste and the (re)creation of secondary products that are used for further consumption and production. The value generated, circulated and captured in the waste recycling stream by the participating actors is understood using the Marxian exposition of circuits of capital. The e-waste network is institutionally embedded in particular geographical settings, socio-cultural milieus and regulatory framework leading to spatially differential comprehensions and treatment of e-waste. The roles of the regulatory and civic initiatives in conditioning and configuring this network are scrutinised to deliberate on the different paradigms of its management. The research illustrates that the fluidity between formality and informality in waste processing is crucial in (re)fashioning and (re)constructing waste for further use. It suggests that commodity production, consumption, waste generation and treatment are conjoined internationally in which value is created and circulated across sectoral and geographical boundaries. In effect, it reflects on the politics and practices of waste production and management and questions the design and enforcement of state policies towards eco-friendly processing of e-waste.
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Quinn, Shannon E. "Extended Producer Responsibility: Examining Global Policy Options." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1306498569.

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Liebmann, Andrew. "ICT Waste Handling : Regional and Global End-of-Life Treatment Scenarios for ICT Equipment." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-170736.

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Electronic waste is the fastest growing waste stream today and information and communications technology (ICT) equipment make up a significant portion of all the electronics put on market. Due to the valuable, rare, and toxic material content of ICT equipment, their disposal requires proper treatment to ensure materials are recovered and harm to the surrounding environment and nearby residents is avoided. As a tool used to identify the impacts resulting from a product, life cycle assessment (LCA) requires details around the processes performed during each stage of a product’s life. LCA studies on ICT waste often assume that discarded equipment is fully recycled under formal conditions. This study investigates current ICT waste treatment practices and proposes a more reasonable end-of-life treatment scenario for use in future LCA work. The volume of ICT waste generated in each country is estimated according to reported mobile phone subscription counts, and treatment flows are investigated for the countries identified as generating the most waste in each region. National results are then aggregated to estimate regional and global end-of-life treatment scenarios. The research indicates that developed countries properly recycle the majority of the ICT waste that is collected and treated domestically; the United States is an exception as a majority of ICT waste generated there is discarded to landfills. Developing countries tend to recycle a majority of electronic waste in informal sectors where a lack of technology and limited enforcement of regulations result in harmful waste processing activities. Waste is also exported from developed countries for treatment in developing countries. The proposed global end-of-life treatment scenario is 19% of ICT waste is recycled under formal conditions, 64% is recycled using informal methods, and the remaining 17% is discarded in landfills. Due to a lack of uncertainty, there is a clear need for more research regarding the treatment of ICT waste, especially in regards to B2B waste and export flows. A sensitivity analysis to determine the overall impact these results may have when applied to an LCA study is recommended.
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Kummer, Katharina. "The Basel Convention and related international legal rules : towards a comprehensive global regulatory system for the management of hazardous wastes?" Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309610.

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El, Radaf Veronica. "Sustainable Recycling Systems: A Global Responsibility." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-28200.

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In the world today, thousands of humans in developing countries live in metropolises anddepend on garbage for their livelihoods. In Cairo, waste has been taken care of by aChristian minority group called the ‘Zabaleen’.This Bachelor thesis was conducted in Cairo and financed by a Minor Field Studyscholarship in August-October 2012. It focuses on Egyptian citizens’ attitudes towards asustainable recycling system and their attitudes towards the traditional garbage collector‘Zabaleen’. I used focus groups as the main source for collecting data and the technique ofshowing photographs to create a dialog among the participants. The focus groups have led to dynamic and useful discussions that this study is based upon. In conclusion, onecommon attitude that was met in the study indicates the frustration of how dirty the streetsof Cairo are. People all said they wanted a clean Egypt but they felt that no one from thegovernment wanted to put their finger on the solution to this problem.
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Kobor, Hans P. "Closed loop supply chain waste reduction through predictive modelling and process analysis." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/122573.

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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2019, In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2019, In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT
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Verizon distributes Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) such as set top boxes, broadband routers, and WiFi extenders to Fios customers via a variety of paths; for example: direct ship to customer (either for self-install or for later installation by a field technician), delivery via field technicians, or retail store pickup (primarily for self-install). Each method has its own benefits and shortcomings due to impacts on metrics such as inventory levels, shipping costs, on-time delivery, and system complexity. Although the majority of shipments are successfully activated in the customer's home, a non-trivial percentage results in unused returns or inventory shrinkage. These undesirable results represent a significant amount of wasted resources. This thesis is focused on identifying and realizing cost savings in the Fios supply chain through reduction in waste associated with unsuccessful shipments.
In order to effectively analyze the closed-loop supply chain, accurate and reliable process mapping is critical. Interviews with key stakeholders, together with order and shipment data analysis yielded a complete picture of the ecosystem's processes and infrastructure. Process mining techniques augmented this understanding, using event log data to identify and map equipment and information flows across the supply chain. All together this analysis is used to identify order cancellations as a key source of waste. To limit waste, it is necessary to conduct analysis both internal to Verizon's processes and externally, to determine if there are customer trends leading to order termination. Process mining was used for the internal analysis and, while it helped identify singular cases in which process abnormalities were associated with undesirable outcomes, its current form proved unsuited for root cause analysis.
Internal analysis did, however, illuminate opportunities for improvement in radio-frequency identification (RFID) usage and protocols across the supply chain. Current systems can result in poor visibility of equipment as it moves within some segments of the supply chain. The actual monetary impact is difficult to determine but likely to increase as the importance of RFID increases. External analysis is conducted through predictive modelling. Using a variety of data sources, a model with over 80% sensitivity and a low false positive rate is achieved. Operationalizing this model through real time incorporation with sales was explored but found to be overly complex. Instead, the random forest model yielded policy changes guided by the features with the highest importance. A pilot is currently in development to test the efficacy of suggested changes, as the model implies significant savings opportunity.
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M.B.A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management
S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Gobel, Amy Rose. "Reducing reagent waste through process improvement and preventive maintenance." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111273.

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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2017.
Thesis: S.M. in Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2017.
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Quest Diagnostics has committed to reducing operating expenses by $1.3B between 2012 and 2017. A portion of the cost-saving initiative focuses on reagents - expensive liquids that are combined with patient samples to detect compounds of interest. This project aims to reduce reagent waste for high-volume diagnostic tests run on an instrument platform that generates a relatively high amount of reagent waste. Waste, in this context, means any reagent that does not generate unique patient results. Therefore critical components of the quality system, such as quality control and calibration tests, are designated waste even though they are a necessary expenditure. Quality control (QC) samples and mechanical errors accounted for 5.2% and 4.4%, respectively, of all reagent usage prior to the start of the project. Mechanical errors occur when the diagnostic testing platform encounters something unexpected, such as debris or a reading that indicates insufficient sample volume, which interrupts sample processing. The instrument jettisons this test and attempts to repeat the assay. Initial discussions with laboratory representatives revealed differing interpretations of quality control requirements. All sites using the platform of interest were then surveyed to gauge the extent of variation. All sites met quality control requirements but several exceeded them. The most pertinent variations are listed below. 1. Frequency: Several sites ran control samples more often than established in Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) requirements, increasing total QC usage by over 70%. 2. Container size: The choice of container determines the amount of "dead volume", material that the instrument cannot access and must be discarded. Some sites used containers with 12.8 times the dead volume required in the smallest option. 3. Reuse policy: Some labs reuse containers of quality control materials across multiple batches. Reusing QC material further reduces the amount of dead volume discarded, but using new QC materials eliminates the possibility of evaporation between batches. An interdisciplinary team of experts tasked with maintaining the SOPs has reviewed these results and will clarify the appropriate SOP interpretation to unify practices across laboratories. In order to understand mechanical errors, I observed routine maintenance at four sites and found that business units did not consistently share best practices. Collaborating with vendor representatives and operators, I launched an Autonomous Maintenance (AM) pilot program in order to develop training materials capturing institutional knowledge and to test additional maintenance procedures. The AM activities generated 29 training documents, which were added to a national database of competency training materials. All operators certified to operate the testing platform will be required to review and pass comprehension quizzes on the training materials. As the Marlborough site continues to develop improvements to the maintenance procedures, these changes will be shared with the vendor and incorporated into training documents.
by Amy Rose Gobel.
M.B.A.
S.M. in Engineering Systems
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Sevigné, Itoiz Eva. "Potential savings of resources and greenhouse gas emissions from waste management: a case study of Spain in a global economy." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/284057.

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Nuestras sociedades necesitan soluciones para reducir el consumo de recursos, así como de gases de efecto invernadero (GHG en inglés). La identificación de los residuos como un recurso valioso puede ayudar a reducir el consumo de recursos y en consecuencia las emisiones de GHG. Por lo tanto, el enfoque ha sido originalmente puesto en la recuperación y el reciclaje. Sin embargo, los gestores de residuos y los investigadores han destacado la reciente importancia de los residuos comercializados en mercados globales. Esta perspectiva global podría afectar los ahorros de emisiones de GHG atribuidas al reciclaje. Por lo tanto, el objetivo de esta tesis es en primer lugar calcular y evaluar las emisiones de GHG de la gestión en España de los residuos sólidos municipales (MSW, en inglés). En segundo lugar un enfoque especial se pone en las emisiones de GHG del reciclaje teniendo en cuenta el mercado y el comercio internacional, especialmente para los residuos de papel, aluminio y plástico. Una nueva herramienta llamada CO2ZW ®, el análisis de ciclo de vida consecuencial (CLCA en inglés) y el análisis del flujo de materiales (MFA en inglés) se aplicaron para las evaluaciones de GHG y de recursos. La aplicación de la CO2ZW ® para evaluar la gestión de los MSW confirmó que existe un alto potencial para la mitigación del cambio climático en España a través del aumento de la recuperación material junto con la reducción de la eliminación de los vertederos. La aplicación del MFA demostró que existe una considerable acumulación de productos de papel, aluminio y plástico que en los próximos años se convertirá en residuos pero el incremento de la oferta de residuo probablemente será exportado. Por otra parte, bajo el supuesto de que el reciclaje evita la producción de materia prima, se determinó también que el reciclaje evita emisiones de GHG. Sin embargo, los residuos pueden ser reciclados en España o en el extranjero, y el reciclaje puede sustituir la producción mundial o la española. Las emisiones de GHG varían en cada caso. Las producciones mundiales más competitivas de pulpa virgen, aluminio primario y plástico virgen fueron identificadas como los escenarios base bajo el CLCA. Las producciones nacionales españoles fueron evaluados como escenarios alternativos. Los resultados mostraron que los procesos más competitivos generan más emisiones de GHG, ya que son más ineficientes y a menudo se encuentran en países con alto contenido de carbón en su mix eléctrico Por lo tanto, si estos procesos se evitan mediante el reciclaje, más emisiones de GHG son mitigados que si se evitan los procesos españoles. Además, el aumento de la exportación de residuos disminuye los beneficios de GHG en todos los escenarios evaluados con excepción de la exportación de chatarra de aluminio. Los resultados no sólo pueden ayudar a los investigadores para evaluar las emisiones de GHG de la gestión de residuos, pero también pueden ser utilizados por los productores, gestores de residuos y los políticos de residuos para evaluar y proponer la mejor estrategia para reducir el consumo de recursos junto con las emisiones de GHG.
Our societies need solutions to reduce resource consumption as well as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Identifying waste as a valuable resource can help reduce resource consumption and consequently GHG emissions. Therefore, focus has originally been placed on recovery and recycling. However, waste managers and researchers have recently highlighted the importance of wastes traded in global markets. This global perspective could affect the savings of GHG emissions attributed to recycling. Thus, the goal of this thesis is firstly to calculate and evaluate the GHG emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) management in Spain. Secondly a special focus is put on the GHG emissions of recycling considering the market and the international trade, specifically for waste paper, aluminium old scrap and plastic waste. A new tool called CO2ZW®, consequential life cycle assessment (CLCA) and material flow analysis (MFA) were applied for the GHG and resource assessments. The application of the CO2ZW® to evaluate the MSW management confirmed that there is a high potential for climate change mitigation in Spain through the increase of material recovery along with reducing disposal to landfills. The application of MFA showed that there is a considerable accumulation of paper, aluminium and plastics products which in coming years will become waste but the increase in waste supply will probably be exported. Moreover, under the assumption that recycling avoids raw material production, it was also determined that recycling avoids GHG emissions. However, waste can be recycled in Spain or abroad, and recycling can substituted global or Spanish raw material production. The GHG emissions varied in each case. The most competitive global productions of virgin pulp, primary aluminium and virgin plastic were identified as the base scenarios under CLCA. The Spanish national productions were assessed as alternative scenarios. Results showed that the most competitive processes generate more GHG emissions as they are more inefficient and they are often located in countries with high hard coal content in their electricity mixes. Therefore, if these processes are avoided by recycling, more GHG emissions are mitigated than if the Spanish processes are avoided. In addition, increasing the export of waste decreases the GHG benefits for all scenarios evaluated except for the aluminium old scrap export. The results not only help researchers to evaluate the GHG emissions from waste management but also can be used by producers, waste managers and waste politicians to evaluate and propose the best strategy to reduce the resource consumption and the GHG emissions.
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Ross, S. Adrian. Global waste survey: Final report. [London?]: Coastal Management Center on behalf of the International Maritime Organization, 1995.

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Kademani, B. S. Scientometric analysis of radioactive waste management publications: A global perspective. Mumbai: Scientific Information Resource Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 2012.

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Moyers, Bill. Global dumping ground: The international traffic in hazardous waste. Washington: Seven Locks Press, 1990.

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Gay, Kathlyn. Global garbage: Exporting trash and toxic waste. New York: F. Watts, 1992.

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Moyers, Bill D. Global dumping ground: The international traffic in hazardous waste. Washington: Seven Locks Press, 1990.

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plc, Waste Recycling Group. Merger with Yorkshire Environmental Global Waste Management: Interim results for the six months ended 30 June 1998 : profit forecast. Norwich: Waste Recycling Group, 1998.

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Maggie, Black. The last taboo: Opening the door on the global sanitation crisis. London: Earthscan, 2008.

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Ben, Fawcett, ed. The last taboo: Opening the door on the global sanitation crisis. London: Earthscan, 2008.

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Mandy, Jetter, ed. The Global consumer: Best buys to help the Third World. London: Gollancz Paperbacks, 1991.

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Air & Waste Management Association. Visual air quality, aerosols, and global radiation balance: Proceedings of a specialty conference sponsored by the Air & Waste Management Association and the American Geophysical Union, September 9-12, 1997, Bartlett, NH. Pittsburgh, PA: The Association, 1997.

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Thorneloe, Susan A., Morton A. Barlaz, Rebecca Peer, L. C. Huff, Lee Davis, and Joe Mangino. "Waste Management." In Atmospheric Methane: Sources, Sinks, and Role in Global Change, 362–98. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84605-2_16.

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Nikzad, Hamidullah. "Solid Waste Management in Kabul." In Circular Economy: Global Perspective, 43–65. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1052-6_3.

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Tshomo, Ugyen, Chhimi Dorji, and Yogeeta Dahal. "Integrated Waste Management in Bhutan." In Circular Economy: Global Perspective, 67–86. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1052-6_4.

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Neksumi, Musa, Mohd Zishan, Banerjee Sushmita, and Uzma Manzoor. "The Global Menace of Hazardous Waste: Challenges and Management." In Handbook of Solid Waste Management, 1–29. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7525-9_112-1.

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Li, Jinhui, and Qingbin Song. "Metal Sustainability from Global E-waste Management." In Metal Sustainability, 109–33. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119009115.ch5.

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Ransom, Pamela. "Solid Waste Management in Urban Development." In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, 1–10. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4041-1.

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Kandakatla, Prashanth, Ved Prakash Ranjan, and Sudha Goel. "Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): Global Trends." In Advances in Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, 101–10. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57076-1_5.

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Chansomphou, Vatthanamixay. "Solid Waste Management in Lao PDR: A Pathway Toward the Circular Economy." In Circular Economy: Global Perspective, 149–56. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1052-6_8.

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Celebi, Uğur Buğra, Fuat Tolga Akanlar, and Nurten Vardar. "Multimedia Pollutant Sources and Their Effects on the Environment and Waste Management Practice in Turkish Shipyards." In Global Warming, 579–90. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1017-2_39.

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Tangwanichagapong, Siwaporn, Mohanakrishnan Logan, and Chettiyappan Visvanathan. "Circular Economy for Sustainable Resource Management: The Case of Packaging Waste Sector in Thailand." In Circular Economy: Global Perspective, 353–87. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1052-6_19.

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Conference papers on the topic "Global waste management"

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Mazhandu, Zvanaka S., and Edison Muzenda. "Global Plastic Waste Pollution Challenges and Management." In 2019 7th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/irsec48032.2019.9078268.

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Ouda, Omar K. M., and Syed A. Raza. "Waste-to-energy: Solution for Municipal Solid Waste challenges- global perspective." In 2014 International Symposium on Technology Management and Emerging Technologies (ISTMET). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/istmet.2014.6936517.

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Alqattaf, Ameera. "Plastic Waste Management: Global Facts, Challenges and Solutions." In 2020 Second International Sustainability and Resilience Conference: Technology and Innovation in Building Designs. IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ieeeconf51154.2020.9319989.

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Ramesh, Maneesha V., K. V. Nibi, Anupama Kurup, Renjith Mohan, A. Aiswarya, A. Arsha, and P. R. Sarang. "Water quality monitoring and waste management using IoT." In 2017 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ghtc.2017.8239311.

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Amante, E. R., A. Kanzawa, A. B. De Castilhos, L. Ensslin, and M. Muraki. "Management systems for processing of food industry waste." In Innovation in Technology Management. The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97. IEEE, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/picmet.1997.623584.

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Munteanu, Răzvan Aurelian. "Innovative Solutions for Local Public Administration in the Process of the Waste Collection." In International Conference Innovative Business Management & Global Entrepreneurship. LUMEN Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/lumproc/ibmage2020/11.

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Sustainable development has always been one of the most important policies implemented by the European Union, mentioned in different treaties over time. In 2015, European Union is setting 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) with 169 targets within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developement. European Union is preseting the SDG 11 Goal aim ”to renew and plan cities and other human settlements in a way that they offer opportunities for all, with access to servicies, energy, housing, transportation, green public spaces, while improving resource use and reducing environmental impacts”. The EU is monitoring the progress towards SDGs for all member states through different indicators, like the recycling rate of municipal waste for SDG 11. In 2018, Romania has the recyling rate of municipal waste of only 11,11%, far away from the average of EU of 47,4%. The local public administrations have an important role in increasing the recyling rate, by providing the best services for the citizens and, in the same time, by reducing the costs of these services. In this matter, the paper presents an innovative solution regarding the waste collection in the largest District from Bucharest, Romania. The underground waste collection platforms represent and alternative for the classic platforms and the innovation comes from the smart component that they integrate, represented by the filling sensors that communicate directly to the sanitation operator. The monitoring system has direct effect by incresing the efficiency of the waste collections process, as follows: reduces the waste collection cost by 50%; improves the services provided for the citizens; predicts waste generation patterns based on data; refines waste collection processes over time; optimizes routing and navigation etc.
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Ojo-Omoniyi, Olusola Abayomi. "105: SUSTAINABLE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: ISOLATION OF CELLULOLYTIC MICROORGANISMS FROM SOLID WASTE DUMPSITES IN LAGOS, SOUTHWEST NIGERIA." In Global Forum on Research and Innovation for Health 2015. British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-forum2015abstracts.105.

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Udoakah, Ye-Obong N., and Uduak S. Akpan. "A sustainable approach to Municipal Solid Waste management in Southern Nigeria." In 2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). IEEE, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ghtc.2013.6713704.

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Platon, Victor, Simona Frone, Andreea Constantinescu, and Sorina Jurist. "Challenges in Adequate Management of Hazardous Medical Waste to Reduce Impact of the COVID-19 Epidemic in Romania." In International Conference Innovative Business Management & Global Entrepreneurship. LUMEN Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/lumproc/ibmage2020/16.

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The paper analyses some important challenges faced by the sector of hazardous medical waste (HMW) management in Romania, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the beginning section, there is a brief presentation of the characteristics and evolution of the epidemic in Romania as compared to the EU and other states, showing the resurgence of cases in the summer of 2020 and the fact that the rate of incidence is high. There is a growing concern on the large additional quantities of hazardous medical waste generated in the context of the pandemic, since according to the recommendations of international health organizations, the proper management of the infectious medical waste is critical for the disease control and for avoiding increased environmental pollution. However, since in the next section there are analysed the main current characteristics and issues of the hazardous medical waste management in Romania (the types of medical waste; legal provisions; the amounts generated, the disposal, processing and treatment facilities, the costs incurred) it may be stated that the COVID-19 pandemic only reinforces the challenges for the management of the already growing amounts of hazardous medical waste having occurred in Romania (from a quantity of 8,900 tons in 2012, rising to 13,031 tons in 2018). Several scenarios of the likely increase in the amount of hazardous medical waste in a short time due to COVID-19 are provided, most probable scenarios B (+50%) and C (+75%) requiring investment in the capacity of hazardous medical waste management, with total values of between 14.67 million € and 18.00 mil. €. In the concluding remarks, to highlight the development and innovation opportunities in dealing with the challenges, the paper proposes a series of measures, investment and mechanisms for the adequate management of the HMW in Romania.
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McCombie, Charles, Neil Chapman, and Thomas H. Isaacs. "Global Developments in Multinational Initiatives at the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle." In ASME 2009 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2009-16294.

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Interest in expanding nuclear power globally continues to grow and various studies are underway to examine all issues associated with much expanded nuclear programmes. The most open questions today are related to the security and non-proliferation implications and to the disposal of radioactive wastes. The security and proliferation concerns have been almost entirely focussed on enrichment technology at the front-end of the nuclear fuel cycle and on reprocessing. Although these are the highest risk areas, it is also important that the potential security problems associated with waste management (in particular with the storage and disposal of spent fuel and radioactive wastes) are not neglected. Furthermore, the costs of national geological repositories imply that, for new or small nuclear programmes, such facilities can be implemented only in the far future, if at all. The international community should continue to strengthen its efforts to highlight the risks and to facilitate solutions that reduce the threats of nuclear materials being distributed widely across the globe. In practice, this challenge has been taken up by a number of organisations that are developing initiatives that can alleviate the potential global security and proliferation problems by promoting multinational approaches to the fuel cycle. This paper addresses those initiatives that are concerned with the storage and final disposal of radioactive wastes and spent nuclear fuel.
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Reports on the topic "Global waste management"

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Conlon, Katie. Waste Management in the Global South: an Inquiry on the Patterns of Plastic and Waste Material Flows in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.7480.

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Brooks, Amy, Jenna Jambeck, and Eliana Mozo-Reyes. Plastic Waste Management and Leakage in Latin America and the Caribbean. Inter-American Development Bank, November 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002873.

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As of 2017, 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic had been produced worldwide. Since about 40% is used in things that are thrown away relatively quickly (packaging and single use items), 6.4 billion metric tons had already become discarded materials needing to be managed. Only 9% of these discarded materials were recycled globally. The annual estimate of plastic entering our oceans globally is 5 to 13 million metric tons (MMT) per year. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has an extensive populated coast, 119,000 km of coastline and over 205 million people living within 50 km of that coastline. Waste management infrastructure is still under development in many countries. Economic growth without fully developed infrastructure can lead to increased plastic leakage. This report focuses on municipal solid waste as a source of plastic input into the environment in LAC. The reports estimates that total plastic waste available to enter the ocean in LAC in 2020 was 3.7 MMT . Under business-as-usual projections, the report anticipates that the regional quantity available to enter the oceans in 2030 will be 4.1 MMT and 4.4 MMT in 2050.
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Saavedra, José Jorge, and Gerard Alleng. Sustainable Islands: Defining a Sustainable Development Framework Tailored to the Needs of Islands. Inter-American Development Bank, December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002902.

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Like other Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Caribbean island economies have intrinsic characteristics that make them vulnerable to external shocks. The recent pandemic highlights the structural problems of small island economies. Due to their remote location and small size, islands lack economies of scale and rely on global supply chains, which are currently disrupted. Islands depend either on service-based economic activities like tourism, which are being affected during the current crisis, or on a single commodity, which makes them extremely vulnerable. Islands must rethink their approach to development, adopting one of sustainable development. The Sustainable Islands Platform aims to create a new approach that targets the needs of Caribbean islands and prescribes circular economy-inspired interventions in key areas such as sanitation, waste management, agriculture, fisheries, tourism, energy, transportation, and health. Traditional approaches have not proven successful in solving developing problems on SIDS. Therefore, a new concept that considers islands in a new way should be considered.
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Inter-American Development Bank Sustainability Report 2020: Global Reporting Initiative Annex. Inter-American Development Bank, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003100.

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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sets global standards for sustainability reporting, relying on best practices for reporting on a range of economic, environmental, and social impacts. This is the IDBs fifth GRI annex, prepared as a supplement to the IDB Sustainability Report. The annex reports on both corporate and operational topics using standardized indicators. The following material topics are included in the annex: active ownership, anticorruption and ethics, biodiversity, climate resilience, employment and labor relations, energy, engagement and coordination, feedback mechanisms, financial inclusion, gender equality and diversity, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, health and safety, human rights, indirect economic impacts, market presence, material use, monitoring and evaluation, responsible portfolio, supply chain management, training and education, waste, and water.
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