What is it about?
Reliable data on solid waste management in developing countries is difficult to come by. We have through participatory processes equipped relevant stakeholders of the system to collect reliable data for informed decision making.
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Why is it important?
We have provided decision-makers and researchers with comprehensive baseline data and a materials flow diagram to enable them prioritize interventions for system improvement.
Perspectives
This article shows that cooperation and collaboration between researchers and city managers can result in positive outcomes that can go a long way to support low- and lower-middle income develop locally responsive interventions to improve upon their complex and numerous solid waste management challenges.
Dr Kwaku Oduro-Appiah
University of Cape Coast
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This page is a summary of: Assessment of the municipal solid waste management system in Accra, Ghana: A ‘Wasteaware’ benchmark indicator approach, Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, September 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0734242x17727066.
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