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Solid Waste Management
A community needs assessment is a relatively straightforward procedure that begins with pre-planning, planning, and organization. The most difficult aspect of the needs assessment is communication. The needs assessment depends on communicating with various organizations, and could entail dealing with bureaucratic barriers. It may be necessary to establish partnerships with organizations that can assist the needs assessment, such as grassroots groups, NGOs, and universities (Sharma, Lanum & Suarez-Balcazar, 2000). Thus, it is important to identify relevant stakeholders during the early phases of the needs assessment. Any existing infrastructure, institutions, and organizations can be assessed and discussed in meetings with the primary stakeholders. During the needs assessment, an evaluation of organizational cultures as well as social and cultural values and norms is also helpful. Research on best practices related to the target community can also help develop the most effective needs assessment. Finally, it is crucial to identify the specific goals and objectives (Sharma et al., 2000)....
At the needs assessment stage, a sort of business plan can evolve. This plan will be effective for presenting and proposing solutions once the needs assessment has been conducted.
In the case of waste management in a developing nation's urban core, existing resources and services need to be evaluated in terms of their effectiveness and the value of their materials. Human and other resources also need to be weighed. This way, the needs assessment can also take into account the financial variables that might impinge upon the development of the program. Therefore, the steps in the needs assessment are as follows: communication; coordination; research; and strategic plan development.
2. Involving the community in the needs assessment process would entail raising awareness about the importance of source reduction, recycling, and composting in the community (EPA, 2012). As the WWF (n.d.) points out, "Changing lifestyles, the increasing use of disposable materials and…
References
EPA (2012). Municipal solid waste. Retrieved online: http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/index.htm
NAAEE (2010). Guidelines for the preparation and professional development of environmental educators. Retrieved online: http://resources.spaces3.com/e42d12db-f327-46ca-94c2-647060d23e74.pdf
Sharma, A., Lanum, M. & Suarez-Balcazar, Y. (2000). A community needs assessment guide. Center for Urban Research and Learning. Retrieved online: http://www.luc.edu/curl/pdfs/A_Community_Needs_Assessment_Guide_.pdf
WWF (n.d.). Municipal solid waste factsheet. Retrieved online: http://www.wwfpak.org/factsheets_mswf.php
Treatment Options Solid Waste is generally described as: • Trash (for instance dairy boxes and even coffee grounds) • Reject (for instance metallic scrap, wall panel, and even empty storage containers) • Sludges coming from waste materials treatment facilities, drinking water supply clarification facilities, or air pollution control establishments (for instance scrubber slags) • Manufacturing waste products (for instance manufacturing process contaminated waters and non-waste-water sludges as well as solids) • Other dumped supplies, such
Solid Waste In todays capitalistic and consumer driven society enormous amounts of solid waste are produced. For many the moment they deposit the solid waste in its container, that is the moment they forget about it, but that waste has to end up somewhere. Just where this waste will end up and how it will be dealt with is a mystery to many. This public ignorance of the process for
Post-closure care includes ground water and gas monitoring, leachate collection and treatment, gas recovery and management, and final cover maintenance (Lee, at 35-39). The financial assurance provisions provides a public policy to assure proper funding when a landfill is developed, so that routine maintenance and any necessary remediation work can continue for at least 30 years, even if the owner or operator is no longer in business or financially solvent
The waste group contains 3 items: WAS1 -- Storing of Recyclable Household Waste and Non-recyclable Waste WAS2 -- Building Location Waste Management WAS3 -- Composting Issue Measurement Criteria Points Awarded Household Recycling facilities Either Either Where the following recycling 1.8 services are given: • 3 internal storage bins for recyclable waste with -- min total capacity of 60 ltr -- no individual bin smaller than 15 ltr -- all of the bins in a devoted position that is accessible to disabled people 1.8 or or Where full recycling
" (from World environmental news, Internet edition) Besides developing flexible legislation that will distribute the functions of recycling between manufacturers and municipal services there has to be a definite and developed program that would specialize on the optimal and the most exhaust utilization of electronic waste, reduction of e-waste landfills and incineration. Recycling program should not be limited to the recycling of CRT monitors, as their owners are more likely to
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