Sustainable waste management in Africa through CDM projects

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2115-2125

  Couth, R ^a   Trois, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); Sustainable development; Waste hierarchy; Waste management

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CARBON EMISSIONS; CDM PROJECTS; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; COMPOSTING PROJECT; INFORMAL SECTOR; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LANDFILL GAS; MECHANICAL-BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL; WASTE RECYCLING;

BIOGAS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

WASTE INCINERATION;

CARBON;

CARBON EMISSION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; COMPOSTING; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

AFRICA; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; COMPOSTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RECYCLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AFRICA; BIOFUELS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; RECYCLING; SOIL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 84867629300     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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