An Integrated Environmental Assessment of MSW Management in a Large City of a Developing Country: Taking the First Steps Towards a Circular Economy Model

An Integrated Environmental Assessment of MSW Management in a Large City of a Developing Country: Taking the First Steps Towards a Circular Economy Model

Most of the municipal solid waste (MSW) in developing countries ends up in landfills. For example, more than 95% of the MSW generated in Latin America is disposed of in some type of landfill. Factors such as high organic compositions, low recycling rates and poor control over the disposal sites grea...

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Main Authors: Gary Ossmar Lara-Topete, Carlos Yebra-Montes, Danielle A. Orozco-Nunnelly, Carlos Eduardo Robles-Rodríguez, Misael Sebastián Gradilla-Hernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
MSW
MBT
life-cycle assessment
developing country
circular ecomomy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.838542/full

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