Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2017
Journal / Book Title
Waste Management & Research
Abstract
In this study, United States, China, India, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Egypt, Brazil, Italy, Germany, Taiwan, Australia, Canada and Mexico were selected to represent the global community. This enabled an overview of solid waste management worldwide and between developed and developing countries. These are countries that feature most in the International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management (ICSW) over the past 20 years. A total of 1452 articles directly on solid waste management and technology were reviewed and credited to their original country of research. Results show significant solid waste research potentials globally, with the United States leading by 373 articles, followed by India with 230 articles. The rest of the countries are ranked in the order of: UK > Taiwan > Brazil > Nigeria > Italy > Japan > China > Canada > Germany >Mexico > Egypt > Australia. Global capacity in solid waste management options is in the order of: Waste characterisation-management > waste biotech/composting > waste to landfill > waste recovery/reduction > waste in construction > waste recycling > waste treatment–reuse–storage > waste to energy > waste dumping > waste education/public participation/policy. It is observed that the solid waste research potential is not a measure of solid waste management capacity. The results show more significant research impacts on solid waste management in developed countries than in developing countries where economy, technology and society factors are not strong. This article is targeted to motivate similar study in each country, using solid waste research articles from other streamed databases to measure research impacts on solid waste management.
DOI
10.1177/0734242X17715099
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Nwachukwu, Michael A.; Ronald, Mersky; and Feng, Huan, "Global Capacity, Potentials and Trends of Solid Waste Research and Management" (2017). Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 319.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/earth-environ-studies-facpubs/319
Published Citation
Nwachukwu, M. A., Ronald, M., & Feng, H. (2017). Global capacity, potentials and trends of solid waste research and management. Waste Management & Research, 35(9), 923-934.