Urban solid waste characteristics and household appetite for separation at source in Eastern and Southern Africa
Urban solid waste characteristics and household appetite for separation at source in Eastern and Southern Africa
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东部和南部非洲城市固体废物特征和家庭对源头分离的需求
DOI：
10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.02.001
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
B. Mbiba
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作者：
B. Mbiba
尽管过去十年来，人们对非洲城市固体废物综合管理的认识有所提高，并为此做出了更多努力，但城市废物问题依然是一个长期问题。此外，“管道末端”干预措施仍然占主导地位，受到城市管理者的欢迎，而且似乎没有多少人愿意采取政策，争取在全球范围内全面批准减少废物、回收和在源头分离废物，而这些对有效的综合固体废物管理系统至关重要。在回顾文献并辅以实地记录之后，本文考察了布拉瓦约、卢萨卡和蒙巴萨城市家庭参与扩大源头废物分类的意愿。它提供了经验证据，表明家庭愿意参与这些方案，从而突出了决策者在扩大东部和南部非洲城市固体废物回收和废物减少方案时应利用的未开发潜力。这些方案将与新兴低碳经济体很好地结合起来。
Although the past decade has witnessed increased awareness of and efforts to implement integrated solid waste management in African cities, a chronic urban waste problem endures. Further, ‘end of pipe’ interventions remain dominant and popular with city administrators and there seems to be little appetite for policies towards comprehensive globally approved waste reduction, recycling and separation of waste at source that are critical to an effective integrated solid waste management system. Following a review of literature and complemented by field notes, this paper examines the willingness of urban households to participate in expanded at source waste separation in Bulawayo, Lusaka and Mombasa. It presents empirical evidence of household readiness to engage in such programs thus highlighting an untapped potential that policy makers should make use of in expanding urban solid waste recycling and waste reduction programmes in Eastern and Southern Africa. Such programmes would align well with emerging low carbon economies.