Cost effective waste management through composting in Africa

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2518-2525

  Couth, R ^a   Trois, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Clean development mechanism (CDM); Composting; Greenhouse gas; Mechanical biological treatment (MBT)

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; COMPOST MATERIALS; COMPOSTED MATERIALS; COST EFFECTIVE; GHG EMISSION; GROWING MEDIA; IN-VESSEL COMPOSTING; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITIES; MECHANICAL-BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; SUB-SAHARAN; URBAN AREAS; URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPOSTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

WASTE TREATMENT;

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; COMPOSTING; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

AFRICA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; COMPOSTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LANDFILL; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; RECYCLING; TIME FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84870249854     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.05.042     Document Type: Article

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