Benchmarking municipal solid waste transition through governance, recovery performance, and household segregation readiness

Asynchronous transition in municipal solid waste management in mainland China: Cross-regional benchmarking, data uncertainty, and policy priorities.

Mainland China has rapidly expanded its municipal solid waste (MSW) management (MSWM) system, but the extent to which source management, statistical measurement, and treatment infrastructure have progressed synchronously remains unclear. This study benchmarks mainland China against nine developed regions with harmonize...

Revolutionizing plastic waste management in Pakistan: Challenges in policy implementation and future directions

Harnessing Renewable Energy from Municipal Solid Waste: Challenges and Opportunities in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Rapid urbanization in Saudi Arabia has significantly increased municipal solid waste (MSW) generation, intensified environmental pressures and complicated sustainable waste management. Despite ongoing national initiatives aligned with Vision 2030, systematic integration of waste-to-energy (WtE) approaches remains limit...

Source-separation infrastructure and the reduction of residual household waste: Evidence from Iceland's 2023 waste reform.

This study evaluates whether Iceland's 2023 waste-management reform, which combined Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) financing with mandatory four-bin kerbside collection, reduced targeted household waste remaining in the general bin. Using a decade-long dataset (2014-2025) derived from systematic waste character...

Institutional Perspectives on Improving Solid Waste Management in Amman: A Governance Challenge

Rapid urbanization in developing countries intensifies solid waste management (SWM) challenges and demands integrated sustainability approaches. This study examines institutional actors’ perceptions of SWM governance and waste-to-construction-material conversion in Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), Jordan. We conducted...

Redesigning Community-Based Waste Management Systems Using Behavioral Insights for Sustainable Rural Waste Management

Waste management remains a major challenge in rural areas of developing countries, including Indonesia, due to limited system capacity and low household participation in source separation. This study aims to redesign the waste management system in Cepogo Village by integrating behavioral insights, ecosystem analysis, a...