An Investigation of effective community driven material recovery facility (MRF) in urban waste management – a case study of MRF in Wattala

C.D. Herath, R. Noordeen
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Sri Lanka as a developing country, continues to use the take-make-dispose paradigm of the conventional linear economy. Scarcity of resources and municipal solid waste management problem that linear economies may pinpoint as the underlying cause. By using a Community-driven Material Recovery Facility (CdMRF) as a tool, the Sustainable Circular Economy, a novel developing idea pertinent to the Sri Lankan context, can be a better alternative in this research study's effort to address such difficulties. Waste can be converted into a resource should be a significant fact in this study. Wattala CdMRF is the selected case study. The mixed method used for this study and methodology used are onsite observations, 11 Key Informant Interviews (KII), 35 questionnaire surveys were conducted for the households, commercial enterprises and material collectors by using random sampling method. The key findings of this study demonstrate converting informal material collector occupation into a formalized profession, saving mechanism through resource banking establishment, formalized National Waste Management Committee and Journey of Transformation (JoT) through innovations. The sustainability of the CdMRF is largely dependent on social indicators, with community as the core element of running to achieve Sustainable Circular Economy while enhancing environmental positive externalities.
调查城市废物管理中有效的社区驱动型材料回收设施(MRF)--瓦塔拉 MRF 案例研究
斯里兰卡作为一个发展中国家,继续沿用传统线性经济的 "取-造-弃 "模式。资源稀缺和城市固体废物管理问题可能是线性经济的根本原因。通过使用社区驱动的材料回收设施(CdMRF)作为工具,可持续循环经济这一与斯里兰卡国情相关的新发展理念,可以成为本研究努力解决这些困难的一个更好的替代方案。废物可转化为资源应是本研究的一个重要事实。瓦塔拉 CdMRF 是选定的案例研究。本研究采用的混合方法和方法包括现场观察、11 次关键知情人访谈 (KII)、35 份问卷调查,通过随机抽样方法对家庭、商业企业和材料收集者进行了调查。本研究的主要结果表明,非正式的材料收集者职业已转变为正式职业,通过建立资源库建立了节约机制,正式成立了国家废物管理委员会,并通过创新实现了 "转型之旅"(JoT)。CdMRF 的可持续性在很大程度上取决于社会指标,社区是实现可持续循环经济的核心要素,同时还能增强环境的积极外部效应。
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