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Waste Management in Low Income and Emerging Countries

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The Role of Ecological Chemistry in Pollution Research and Sustainable Development

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Waste management situation in low income and emerging countries is mostly on a poor level, yet. The major reasons for the little progress during the last decades are significant demands in technical knowledge and political commitment, what generally outcomes in a crucial under financing of waste management activities. To achieve significant improvements it is essential to develop effective, reasonable technical solutions and to balance them with the financial means. Technical measures should aim on optimizing both environmental and economic benefits. Most recent developments proved that additional revenues may be obtained most likely from advanced recycling activities, from appropriate waste treatment techniques like MBT and from CDM. Useful measures in those three fields of waste management will be addressed in this paper.

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  1. Technical University of Braunschweig, Department of Waste Management, Braunschweig, Germany

    Klaus Fricke & Florian Kölsch

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  1. Institute of Ecological Chemistry and Waste Analysis, Braunschweig University of Technology, Braunschweig, Germany

    Ali Müfit Bahadir

  2. Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova

    Gheorghe Duca

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Fricke, K., Kölsch, F. (2009). Waste Management in Low Income and Emerging Countries. In: Bahadir, A.M., Duca, G. (eds) The Role of Ecological Chemistry in Pollution Research and Sustainable Development. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2903-4_25

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