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by | May 20, 2013

A Case Study in Financing and Incentive Schemes for Municipal Waste Management

A Study about Financing and Incentive Schemes for Municipal Waste Management

Introduction: Local authorities in Belgium have 2 ways of financing their municipal waste management: via the ‘household waste tax’ or ‘environmental tax’, and via payments for waste bags, or containers or the frequency of waste collection. The household waste tax and the environmental tax are fixed amounts which every household has to pay each year. The payments on the other hand, are made, for instance, each time a grey waste bag is bought. They therefore constitute a variable household levy.

case study on Municipal Waste Management

In the Province of Flemish Brabant the payments for residual waste bags (‘grey bags’) are higher than in the rest of Flanders. This has a positive influence on the amount of municipal waste set out, and on the efforts made by householders in sorting their waste. The expensive grey bag system is an example of a pay-as-you-throw scheme. Keep reading…

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by | May 20, 2013

A Study on Incentive for Biodiversity Conservation in Mombasa City: Income Generating Activities

Study about Incentive for Biodiversity Conservation in Mombasa City: Income Generating Activities

Mombasa is Kenya’s second largest city, located on the South Eastern coast of the country, along the Indian Ocean and has approximately 939,370 people (KNBS, 2009 Census). The population is growing rapidly, thus, exerting a lot of pressure on the existing natural environment. As a result, the city has a history of disasters related to climate extremes including floods, which cause serious damage nearly every year and, often, loss of life. The majority of the population does not have formal education and is therefore not in formal employment.

Case Study on Biodiversity Conservation

This leads to dependence on natural resources as a source of livelihood, which obviously impacts negatively on the city‟s biodiversity leading to loss of natural capital.This study aims at analyzing the possibility of reversing this trend, through alternative income generation activities, as exemplified elsewhere. The case study approach will be used in this analysis. Can alternative income generation activities be an incentive for nature and biodiversity conservation in Mombasa city? This is the question that this analysis seeks to answer. Keep reading

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by | May 18, 2013

A Case Study of Water Management in Guelph, Ontario

A Study about Water Management in Guelph, Ontario

Executive Summary: This report provides an overview of the current state of water quantity issues related to urban growth in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Region of Ontario (GGH). The GGH region is currently one of the fastest growing regions in North America. Growth in the GGH region thus far has largely been characterized by resource intensive urban sprawl. The Province of Ontario passed legislation for a regional growth management plan, the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, in 2006 (referred to herein as the Growth Plan) in an attempt to reorient the nature of development across the region. To some extent, the Growth Plancombines the contradictory goals of environmental conservation and growth management.

Case Study on Water Management

Some municipalities designated to grow within the plan‘s 20 year timeframe, especially those reliant on groundwater, are considering large scale water infrastructure projects such as pipelines to the Great Lakes system, or expansion of existing infrastructure to meet future demand. While the Growth Plan states that construction or expansion of water and wastewater systems is to be precluded by water demand management and considered in the context of the Great Lakes Basin Agreements, it is too early to determine whether these agreements, or the Growth Plan, will be sufficient to prevent unnecessary water infrastructure projects that could be avoided through aggressive water conservation and efficiency planning. keep reading…

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by | May 17, 2013

A Study on Deforestation Challenge to Green Growth in Brazil

A Study about Deforestation Challenge to Green Growth in Brazil

Introduction:~ Understanding Brazil’s green growth and emissions story requires a second look. Brazil’s energy matrix is approximately 46% renewable, so when one compares the share ofgreenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from energy in Brazil to that of most OECD countries, Brazil is doing relatively well (IPEA 2010, 133). However, looking at energy alone misses the core GHG story in Brazil: The principal drivers of GHG emissions in the country are not energy production or heavy industry, but rather deforestation and agriculture.

Case Study on Deforestation Challenge

Deforestation is responsible for about 55% of Brazil’s GHG emissions, and agriculture for another 25% (McKinsey & Company 2009, 7). In fact, the two areas of emissions are intimately linked: deforestation is principally a problem of agriculture. Cattle ranching and soybean and sugar cane farming are the major industries contributing to Brazil’s emergence today as an agricultural and agroenergy superpower – and are directly and indirectly responsible for deforestation in Brazil’s largest forests. Keep reading..

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by | May 17, 2013

Case Study on Pro-Poor Water and Wastewater Management in Small Towns

Study about Pro-Poor Water and Wastewater Management in Small Towns

Kusuma Bangsa is part of Pemecutan Kaja Village, West Denpasar District, which is one of the most densely populated areas of Denpasar. Most of the residents come from elsewhere in Bali or from East Java and Lombok Island, and have lived in the area for more than five years, generally leasing rooms or houses on a monthly or annual basis. Many householders earn their livelihood as street sellers, small entrepreneurs and construction workers, or they have homebased businesses. Most of the women stay home to care for children and the house. Monthly family incomes range from IDR500,000

Case Study on Wastewater Management

About 80 per cent of rented rooms or houses in Kusuma Bangsa have small bathrooms and toilets without proper septic tanks. Before implementation of the project, wastewater was discharged to a nearby stream. During floods, rising backwater from the stream pushed wastewater and rubbish into houses. The area experienced a high rate of diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases, especially among children aged below five years, due to a lack of proper sanitation facilities and frequent flooding. Health costs and transport to health centres were a burden for the children’s mothers. Keep reading…

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by | May 17, 2013

How Pro-Poor are Participatory Watershed Management ?

A Study about Pro-Poor are Participatory Watershed Management

Summary: In recent years Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) and Joint Forest Management (JFM) projects have been promoted with a view to improve service provision in the agricultural sector. Improved service provision it is presumed would enhance access of resource poor households to watershed services such as irrigation and Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs). This report draws on a survey and case study evidence from 28 watershed management groups in Haryana to argue that participatory watershed management projects need not necessarily safeguard the interests of poorer rural households.

Case Study on Watershed Management

We demonstrate that given a particular institutional contract as in Haryana, irrigation service provision by contractors proved to be more effective than provision by a community organization (HRMS) in ensuring that water allocation, collection of Irrigation Service Fees (ISF) and routine  maintenance of irrigation infrastructure wasundertaken. Our analysis of benefit distribution eveals that wealthier landholding households benefited more from management of irrigation and forest resources when compared to relatively poorer households. Keep reading..

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by | May 17, 2013

A Case Study on Waste Prevention

A Study about Achieving Success With Waste Prevention

The Avondale Condominium Development was a project of Tridel. The construction firm responsible for project management was Deltera Inc. Highrise Drywall was sub-contracted through a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) to supply, install and tape the gypsum wallboard as well as manage all their site wastes. Prior to the study, drywall was disposed of in a mixed-construction wastes bin, where it eventually was landfilled in Michigan, U.S.A., 400 kms away.

Case Study on Waste Prevention

During the study, drywall off-cuts were source separated and recycled for a reduced tipping fee at New West Gypsum, 50 kms away and remanufactured into new drywall by BPB, a drywall supplier to Tridel. In this instance, due to the CBA, Deltera was charged a unit rate common to all projects in this area and the cost of waste management was embedded in this unit price. As a result, any cost reductions achieved through recycling off-cuts, as opposed to landfilling, would directly benefit the contractor, not the project manager. Keep reading…

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by | May 17, 2013

Case Study in Food Waste Prevention: Intel Corporation Cafe

Study about Food Waste Prevention: Intel Corporation Cafe

Summary:~ Food service staff attwo Intel business dining facilities in Hills boro,Oregon (operated by Bon Appetit Management Company)tracked all preconsumer food waste on a daily basis for one year using computerized food waste tracking systems and software . The goal was to prevent and minimize food waste by raising staff awareness,focusing behavior, and providing information to diagnose the causes of waste. The initiative was launched in April 2009 and this report summarizes data collected through April 2010.

Case Study on Food Waste Prevention

Challenge:~ Intel’s employee cafés Jones Farm 5 and Ronler Acres 3 serve approximately 12,000 meals per week and offer a diverse, high‐ quality menu to meet the expectations of employees and visitor. Despite focusing on food waste control over many years,these two cafés were producing over 2,900 lbs of pre‐ consumer food waste per week (primarily from overproduction, spoilage, expiration and trim waste) at the start of the tracking initiative. keep reading….

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by | May 17, 2013

Case Study in Implementing Social Norms and Environmental Management Approaches

Study about Implementing Social Norms and Environmental Management Approaches

Introduction:~ Four or fewer. What does this phrase have to do with a 29.2 percent decrease in heavy drinking at The University of Arizona (UA)? Plenty, it seems, based on a four- year project at the UA that uses a blend of social norms and environmental management approaches. This guide is designed to describe just how the UA has achieved such promising results over the last four years. The UA is a public land grant research university with 34,000 students. Like most large university and college campuses across the country.

 

The UCase Study on Environmental Management ApproachesA has struggled with the negative consequences of heavy drinking in residence halls, at off-campus parties, and at campus events. “Binge drinking,” defined in the college population as the consumption of five or more drinks at a sitting in the last two weeks, has been a growing concern as the UA has moved closer to its vision of creating and maintaining a healthy learning community. The UA’s “binge drinking” rate of 43 percent in 1995 was on par with the “binge drinking” rates reported nationally – 44 percent, 39 percent and 40 percent. keep reading…

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by | May 16, 2013

A Case Study in Waste Management

The concept of waste management continues to gain traction within the foodservice industry. That’s probably due to the fact that better management of food waste can positively impact a business in multiple ways.Namely by lowering operating costs and lessening the facility’s impact on the environment.

For its two corporate dining facilities in Hillsboro, Ore., Intel worked with its contract feeder – Bon Appetit Management Company – to change its food preparation, menu development, and waste management processes in an effort to reduce their pre-consumer waste; largely caused by overproduction, spoilage, exceeding expiration dates, and excess trimmings. The result was a 47 percent reduction of food waste by weight as well as a 13.2 percent reduction in food costs per meal.

Trying to encourage other businesses to follow a similar path, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is highlighting Intel as a case study as part of a special report. Click here to read more…

A Case Study in Waste Management

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