ENV345H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Municipal Solid Waste, Sub-Saharan Africa, Developing Country
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Week 11: article analysis of characteristics, activities, and exposure to vermin of human landfill scavengers in a developing nation (ernest & olurominiyi) Municipal solid waste (msw) refers to discarded materials as: household garbage, commercial and institutional waste, construction and demolition debris, street sweepings, and abandoned vehicles. Proper management of municipal solid waste requires a holistic or integrated approach that includes identifying and obtaining information bout and from all stakeholders. Scavengers are an important stakeholder group ignored by local municipalities. Massive urban migration often exceeds the infrastructure capacity of the city to provide municipal services such as msw. Scavenging definition: activity involved in the collection and disposal of culturally-defined waste materials whether the activity is carried out directly for subsistence (food, clothing and artifacts), for exchange, for sale or for wages. Scavengers can be disaggregated into several distinct groups: Municipality authorities often perceive scavenging as backyard, unhygienic, and not compatible modern msw management system.