The Air Quality Management By-Law of the City of Cape Town (2016) aims:To provide for air quality management and reasonable measures to prevent air pollution; to provide for the designation of the air quality officer; to provide for the establishment of local emissions norms and standards, and the promulgation of smoke control zones; to prohibit smoke emissions from dwellings and other premises; t...

This book is intended to assist those who influence public and private sector investments in solid waste collection systems in developing countries. It seeks to address decision-makers, solid waste management engineers, consultants who are engaged in the planning and provision of solid waste management systems, manufacturers (as well as potential manufacturers) of refuse collection vehicles, and s...

The study is primarily intended to serve civil society organizations (CSOs), impacted citizens and communities, state and local governments. While this report has been written with a Czech Republic focus following the original country specific version (Jelinek et al., 2023), the technical references and key issues identified here are internationally applicable.Indeed, many countries rely on the Eu...

Waste management is a significant environmental challenge in Tanzania, especially in rapidly growing cities like Dar es Salaam. Inadequate infrastructure leads to widespread dumping of solid waste, increasing greenhouse gas emissions, particularly from organic waste that decomposes in open dumps.Dar es Salaam's exponential population growth from 83,844 in 1950 to 5,383,728 in 2022 has intensified ...

Open burning is a major driver of air pollution and waste leakage in many parts of Indonesia. In Tabanan Regency, Bali, waste generation reaches 422.61 tons per day, with a leakage rate of 47.83%, and many households especially in rural areas burn waste in tebe (backyards) due to limited services, weak regulations, and cultural norms. In the village of Wongaya Gede alone, more than 50% of househol...

This awareness-raising booklet on Open Waste Burning is aimed at school students and their teachers. It is composed of a story and activities related to it. Read the story and learn about the topics of the open burning of waste and recycling through the related activities. You will be guided by your teacher throughout.  ...

The way that we currently produce and use plastics poses a major risk to people and the planet.The Plastics Pact Network is a globally coordinated response to this world-wide problem. Plastic Pacts have achieved the elimination of over 360,000 tonnes of problematic and unnecessary plastics, which has prevented billions of items entering landfills or filtering into the environment.The network's wor...

This chapter presents the best practices in Solid Waste Disposal site design and operations to improve LFG collection. These best practices are the result of experience in striving to collect LFG efficiently, either as a safety measure or to comply with regulations. This chapter discusses the components of an SWD site necessary to collect LFG and how the lack or inadequate employment of these comp...

Solid waste management (SWM) is an essential and foundational public utility service and right, with clear benefits for public health, sanitation, and livelihoods, and serious consequences when neglected. In African cities, SWM plays a uniquely critical role, given rapid urbanisation, dense informal settlements, and high rates of unemployment. It is both an urgent need and low low-hanging fruit fo...

With sophisticated engines and aftertreatment technology, the effect of a fuel’s chemical and physical characteristics on tailpipe emissions is greatly reduced. For vehicles that comply with the latest emissions standards, most tailpipe air pollutant emissions reach very low levels regardless of the fuel used. For older vehicles, however, fuel type can significantly influence air pollutant emissio...