Proper hospital waste management poses important concerns due to the risk capacity of hospital waste to health and the environment. Healthcare management approaches have changed in recent years, ...

Recently, research on waste concentrates on the assessment of the linkages between waste and resource use, climate change, air, and water pollution. Previous work determined that only around 13% of ...

Researchers at the organization predict disposal firms and recyclers will have more than 3.8 billion metric tons of discarded materials to handle in 2050—or 50 percent more than today. Landfill ...

With the increasing population worldwide, waste generation is multiplying uncontrollably. Municipalities find it challenging to manage such wastes for further separation, recycling, transformation and ...

E-waste, encompassing discarded devices with plugs or batteries like phones, TVs, and laptops, excludes waste from electric vehicles. The report projects a substantial increase in e-waste production, ...

Despite economic uncertainties, geopolitical tensions and pandemics, tourism continues to thrive. The World Travel & Tourism Council projects the sector’s global economic contribution will hit a high ...

The Lagos Waste Management Authority has stated that the realities of rapid urbanisation, population growth, changing ...

Once produced, plastics are formed into a range of products that are used for a period of time. Some products, such as packaging, may have a very short use time while other more durable plastic ...

Waste management in Lagos has never been a static undertaking. As one of Africa’s fastest-growing megacities, Lagos continues to experience rapid urbanisation, population growth, changing consumption ...