The Solid Waste Technical Team of the Faculty of Environmental Engineering at the National Engineering University (ETRS-FIA-UNI) in Peru (South America) has developed a novel methodology for the characterization of household waste, which does not require fieldwork. This participatory methodology trains participants in waste segregation and motivates them to continue with the practice after the study is finished. Along with the characterization study, a survey is applied to find out the changes that the pandemic has had in the generation, storage and segregation of household waste.
Last year we implemented a total of 9 studies in 3 countries (Peru, Honduras and Panama) with nearly 400 participants. As a result we have published an article (Article Generación y segregación de residuos sólidos domiciliarios d...
) and two others are currently in peer reviewed process.Based on the lessons learned from last year, on 2021 we’re making some adjustments in the methodology to get a better grasp on (i) quantitative and perceived changes on solid waste due to the pandemic and (ii) relevant behavior aspects to ensure sustained waste segregation habits.
We now have two more cities on board (from Mexico and Guyana) and we’re looking for more strategic partners.
Please feel free to contact me if you’re interested to be part of this year’s research.
Greetings to all.
Dalia Carbonel
it is interested topics .
here in Jordan we are planning to do some waste characterization can we compare the obtained results with previous studies to compare the variations
Dalia Carbonel Interesting to know this and am sure there will be many changes due to covid 19 as work from home culture has ensured that biodegradable waste within the houses has shooted almost 12-15% in cities and in some places the dry waste has come down drastically almost by more than 18-20% and am sure the medical wastes must have increased drastically during this pandamic
Hi,
Not from Mexico and Guyana; but if you could integrate a middle eastern city (Isfahan, Iran) in your research, then I could help you with required data.
Feel free to contact me if interested.
Kind regards
Ali
Hi. I'm from Uzbekistan. Central Asia. [email protected]. What I can (must) do for integrate my research work?
http://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2021-11/Promoting-Behaviour-Change-for-StrengtheningWasteSegregationatSource-PolicyGuidelines.pdf
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