Recycling — an environmentally friendly and income generating activity towards sustainable solid waste management. Case study — Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania

Traditionally solid waste management has evolved as mainly the removal of municipal wastes by hauling them out of the city boundaries and dumping them ‘there’. This is in conformity with the ‘out of sight out of mind’ philosophy. However, with the ever increasing tonnage of refuse due to the expansion of urban centers, which implies increased collection, transportation and disposal costs, recycling is currently accepted as a sustainable approach to solid waste management. This paper reports on the findings of a study, conducted in the city of Dar es Salaam between the years 1993 and 1995, on the scavenging activities and recycling trends of some selected items in Dar es Salaam. Apart from the discussions on existing solid waste generation rates (2000 tonnes/day), composition (60% being organic/or vegetable matter) and their management in Dar es Salaam, the paper also presents data obtained through a survey of Vingunguti dump site and other waste collection centers. It was established that there are currently about 600 solid waste scavengers in Dar es Salaam, approximately 109 of whom operate at Vingunguti dump site and others at 14 different collection centers. Many of them opted for scavenging due to unemployment. The study findings indicate that their average monthly income exceeded the official minimum wage (at the time of study) enabling them to support their families. This demonstrates the potential of recycling to generate gainful employment with implied lower crime rates among the unemployed. Recycling activities in the city were observed to be not only a critical source of raw materials for small-scale industries, in the absence of which they would cease to operate, but also a widely accepted environmentally friendly technology for solid waste management. Out of 294 tonnes of studied waste materials (paper, metal, plastic, glass and textiles) only 4 tonnes are recovered and recycled. The remaining 290 tonnes/day of recyclable material are left to pollute the environment or are collected and transported for final disposal and, therefore, unnecessarily contribute to the shortening of the life span of the dump site. Finally, the paper gives some recommendations for improved recycling activity so as to make it an important means of reducing the overall volume of waste materials to be transported and deposited in the dump site and at the same time provide a potential opportunity for employment for unskilled workers.     

Waste Management in Guangdong Cities: The Waste Management Literacy and Waste Reduction Preferences of Domestic Waste Generators

A questionnaire survey was conducted in 2002 on 1365 households in two prefectural-level cities in the Pearl River Delta, Jiangmen and Zhongshan. Three groups of issues are covered in this paper: 1) waste management literacy, concerns, and public participation; 2) waste recycling practices and the potential for waste avoidance; and 3) public environmental literacy. This study confirms findings from previous surveys and provides new information on important issues such as imposing monetary charges on waste and environmental activities, littering, source separation programs (SSPs), and public participation and expectations in local waste management. Saving up recyclable materials for redemption in waste depots is commonly practiced in mainland China regardless of the level of development of a city, although at the household level, high-income families tend to place less value on the revenues to be gained from redemption than lower income groups do. Data from the previous and the present studies indicate that such voluntary but largely economically driven waste recovery behavior diverts at least 10% of the household waste from the waste stream. Although uncompensated SSP is less appealing in the two cities than compensated SSP, it was found that when the median per capita income of a city reaches RMB2000 per month, a high participation rate for uncompensated waste recovery is more likely to occur. Education and income levels are the chief factors affecting littering behavior and the potential for waste avoidance. Contrary to general belief, the local Chinese community is active in microwaste management. The concern, however, is over the inability of the grassroots bureaucracy to deal with rising expectations for waste collection services and neighborhood cleanliness.     

废聚苯乙烯的化学回收方法

废聚乙烯（ＰＳ）转化为燃料油和化学品的化学回收方法,分为废ＰＳ单独裂解及废ＰＳ与其它废塑料混合裂解两种方式,分别阐述了两种回收方式的研究成果和工艺现状,并就存在的问题进行了讨论。     

Recycling inorganic domestic solid wastes: results from a pilot study in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania

Solid waste recycling and recovery approach can be a sustainable and effective waste management system in many growing cities of the least developed countries. In the course of achieving proper solid waste management, a lot of efforts in these countries have, however, been focused more on collection and disposal and ignored waste recycling which can result into income generation, employment creation and reduction of the waste quantities that will finally require disposal in the existing municipal landfills or disposal sites. This paper reports the findings of a study on solid waste recycling in a selected semi-planned settlement in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania. The objective of the study was to describe the existing solid waste management in the study area with a view to identifying the waste generation rates, types of the wastes and determine the amount of waste from the settlement that can be recycled for the purpose of income generation and reduction of the total amount of waste to be disposed of. Findings from this study revealed that waste generation rate in the study area was 0.36 kg per person per day, and that out of the 14 600 kg of recyclable waste generated per year, 8030 kg or 55% can be recycled and generate a per capita income of Tsh 834 000 for waste recyclists which is more than twice the official minimum annual wage (Tsh 360 000) in Tanzania at the time of the study. The study also revealed that effective waste recycling in the study area would result in the reduction of the total waste that need to be transported for final disposal by 11%.     

渗滤液中污染物的粒度分布及其应用

渗滤液是一种难于处理的废水.论述了渗滤液中污染物的粒度分布.指出了不同粒度污染物中胶体态组分富含难降解有机物和重金属,其性质稳定,含量较高,对渗滤液的处理工艺选择和去除效果影响重大.最后对渗滤液的资源化进行了初步探讨.     

用废镍铝合金粉制备镍催化剂

研究了以废镍铝合金粉（废镍渣）为原料、H2SO4为浸出剂、尿素为沉淀剂制备镍催化剂的方法;考察了Ni浸出条件对其浸出率的影响,并通过催化加氢实验对镍催化剂的活性进行了评价。Ni的浸出条件：w（H2SO4）25％、酸浸时间3h、n（废镍渣）：n（H2SO4）=1．0：1．4。在该条件下,Ni的浸出率为92．85％。Ni的回收率在90％以上。催化加氢实验结果表明,在温度120～125℃、压力大于或等于1．2MPa、催化剂用量1％（质量分数）的条件下,可将异丙叉丙酮经一步液相催化加氢反应制备成甲基异丁基甲醇（MBC）,异丙叉丙酮转化率为100％,MIBC的收率达99．3％。     

硫化锑矿渣中精细硫磺的回收及其工业化

通过对从硫化锑矿渣中回收硫的实验研究,找出了正交试验的最佳条件：浸取剂I^＊与矿渣的液固比为10：1（mL／g）;加热时间15min,浸取加热温度150℃;分离时加热温度130-140℃;急冷温度0℃此时精细硫磺的回收率为96．60％,浸取剂的回收率为92．36％,硫磺的粒度为5．01 μm．硫磺的纯度为98．00％。据此提出了生产精细硫的工艺过程。并为工业化提供了思路。     

废聚丙烯塑料的回收利用技术

介绍了废聚丙烯塑料能源化的方法(焚烧、无氧及有氧条件下的热分解)与资源化回收利用技术(简单再利用、改性再生利用),并对国内外相关方面的研究和应用情况进行了报道。     

基于工艺过程分析的废旧塑料再生利用污染源研究

在分析废旧塑料再生利用工艺过程的基础上,确定了废塑料综合利用工艺的产污节点,并通过物流平衡和水平衡计算,得出了总的产排污量,为环境保护措施提供重要依据,以实现保护环境和资源合理再生利用。     

再生资源回收行业经营现状及政策建议

在充分调研的基础上,分析阐述了再生资源回收行业新税收政策实施一年来,对再生资源回收行业产生的巨大影响。为促进行业健康发展,提出了完善再生资源回收行业税收政策的建议。