Appropriate solid waste management system in Quelimane (Mozambique):study and design of a small-scale center for plastic sorting with wastewater treatment
作者机构：Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering(DICA)Politecnico di MilanoVia Golgi 3920133 MilanItaly Laboratory Centre on Appropriate Technologies for Environmental Management in Resource-Limited Countries(CeTAmb LAB)University of BresciaVia BranzeBresciaItaly
出 版 物：《Waste Disposal and Sustainable Energy》 (废弃物处置与可持续能源（英文）)
年 卷 期：2022年第4卷第1期
页 面：49-62页
核心收录：
学科分类：0820[工学-石油与天然气工程] 083002[工学-环境工程] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 08[工学]
基 金：This research was developed based on the project(Europe-Aid/150577/DD/ACT/MZ) funded by the European Union and implemented by the Italian Non-Governmental Organization Celim(Centro Laici Italiani per le Missioni)in partnership with local authorities
主 题：Low-income countries Wastewater treatment Plastic recycling Informal sector Waste collection
摘 要：Appropriate solid waste management(SWM)strategies are necessary to avoid severe environmental and sanitary impacts,especially in low-income *** strategies are most likely to succeed whether implementing actors are supported by scientific *** this paper,the results of a collaboration between local authorities and researchers are presented and discussed that are the assessment of waste generation in the city of Quelimane(Mozambique),integrating existing and field-collected data and the design of a small-scale center for plastic sorting to complement the SWM system of the *** center is expected to receive about 0.3-0.4 t/day of plastic waste(5%-7%of the overall amount of plastic waste daily produced in Quelimane).As long-term sustainability represents a typical issue,simplicity of operation was a leading principle in the design of the center;moreover,the design included a treatment plant(WWTP)for generated wastewater,whose management is usually neglected in such *** others,natural wastewater treatment(constructed wetlands)has been chosen for its ***,the so-conceived WWTP appears as a novelty in the scientific literature associated with small-scale plastic sorting *** system is designed to treat an average flow of 6 m3/day and consisted of a septic tank followed by a subsurface flow constructed ***,the COD(chemical oxygen demand)and TSS(total suspended solids)removal higher than 80%and 90%were estimated,*** on this work,both the center and the WWTP were successfully realized,which are waiting to become *** the authors’opinion,the implemented procedure could become a reference for broader investigations and surveys.
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