A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Health, in fulfilment of the requirements for a Master's Degree in Technology: Environmental Health, Technikon Natal, 2001. / The purpose of this study was twofold. Firstly, the effect of the social dimensions of households on solid waste practice was investigated in order to examine relationships between socio-economic status and current solid waste practices. Current perceptions and solid. waste practices of households with different socio-economic backgrounds were assessed and compared to explain the influence of socio-economic factors in the planning and operation of a solid waste management system in developing urban areas. Secondly, a waste stream assessment was carried out to examine waste generation and composition trends among different social status residential urban areas. The generally poor state of solid waste services in most developing urban areas in South Africa and the chronic absence of data on domestic solid waste practice in the study area prompted this research initiative. A case study in Umtata involving three residential areas with different socio-economic status was used to assess and explain trends in solid waste practice and contributory factors to variations between different households amongst developing communities from a socio-economic perspective. Data were collected by a waste stream assessment survey involving measuring waste generated from the selected households and analysis of its composition. The waste stream assessment was complemented by a descriptive survey questionnaire, administered by means of personal interviews to each householder or resident in randomly selected households situated in the study area. The survey provided baseline information on solid waste practices and showed that local conditions were unique and thus require a local solution to the solid waste problems. The study showed that the understanding of the relations within households is vital for planning appropriate, effective and sustainable solid waste service programmes /systems. Gender relations, age, educational status and income are significant factors to be considered in planning and effectively operating solid waste management plans. / M

This study had two purposes: to determine solid waste management needs of residents and organizations of the San Xavier District Indian reservation near Tucson, Arizona; and to develop a solid waste management plan to be recommended to the San Xavier District Tribal Council. A solid waste generation study compared the daily per capita solid waste generated over one week by 25 Indian households, 15 Adult non-Indian households and 15 Family- Adult non-Indian households on the district. An analysis of variance showed that the differences in daily per capita solid waste generation among the three groups were not statistically significant at the .05 level, and a t-test showed that differences between the Indian residents and the non-Indian residents considered as one group were not statistically significant at the .05 level. The overall daily per capita solid waste generated by all groups, 1.71 lbs/day, was less than half of the national average of 3.5 lbs/day. The Adult non-Indian households had the highest daily per capita solid waste generation (1.96 lbs), while the Indian and the Family-Adult non-Indian households generated a similar amount of solid waste daily per person (1.67 and 1.64 lbs respectively). Four alternative solid waste management proposals were developed: (1) a tribal-operated solid waste management and disposal service serving all residents and most organizations on the San Xavier district and trucking solid wastes off the reservation; (2) the same as Alternative One except that disposal would be in an 8.24 acre landfill to be constructed by the tribe on the district; (3) contracting waste pickup and disposal to an outside waste management company; and (4) the same as Alternative One except that commercial organizations on the district would not be served. Evaluation of the four proposals showed that Alternative One best fulfilled the objectives of the san Xavier District Tribal Council, and that alternative was chosen for recommendation to the San Xavier District Tribal Council. It was also recommended that a recycling proposal by U.S. Recycling Industries be accepted. / Graduation date: 1991

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Undergraduate honors paper--Mount Holyoke College, 2009. Dept. of Anthropology. / Includes CD-ROM of Dec. 17, 2008 "Public comment night". Includes bibliographical references (leaves 178-[179]).

Thesis (M.S.)--California Polytechnic State University, 2009. / Title from PDF title page; viewed on November 5, 2009. Major professor: James Hanson. "Presented to the faculty of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo." "In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree [of] Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering." "September 2009." Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-140). Also available on microfiche.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 273-291).

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-78).

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 39).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 1999. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 259-272).