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Managing Household Waste in Ireland: Behavioural Parameters and Policy Options
Curtis, John; Lyons, Seán; O'Callaghan-Platt, Abigail - 2009
Ireland has signed up to ambitious targets for diverting municipal solid waste from landfill. These targets are likely … household waste management behaviour in Ireland is scarce, and policymaking could benefit from improved data and market analysis …. In this paper we use data from the EPA and CSO to estimate econometric models of household waste collection in Ireland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277553
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Estimation of power generation from municipal solid wastes: A case Study of Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria
Ibikunle, R. A.; Titiladunayo, I. F.; Akinnuli, B. O.; … - In: Energy Reports 5 (2019), pp. 126-135
In this study, attempt was made to estimate the quantity of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated per annum, the generation rate in kg/capita/day as well as the quantity and the fractions of the waste streams available for energy production. The physical characterization of the waste streams...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651932
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Challenges and perspectives of greenhouse gases emissions from municipal solid waste management in Angola
Maria, Caetano; Góis, José; Leitão, Anabela - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 364-369
Municipal solid waste (MSW) management contributes substantially to climate change. The greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from waste collection and landfill activities have a significant contribution. The carbon footprint is an important environmental indicator to express GHG emissions. Nowadays...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012652120
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Assessing the energy dynamics of Pakistan: Prospects of biomass energy
Irfan, Muhammad; Zhao, Zhen-Yu; Panjwani, Manoj Kumar; … - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020), pp. 80-93
The energy needs of Pakistan have increased many folds in recent years due to improved lifestyle, ever-increasing population, and economic development. Biomass energy has emerged as a promising renewable energy source and has an enormous potential to fulfill the energy requirements of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012652378
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Waste capacity and its environmental impact of a residential district during its life cycle
Sözer, Hatice; Sözen, Hüseyin - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020), pp. 286-296
Buildings generate a significant amount of waste that has considerable impacts on environment and energy flow. This study aims to investigate the waste capacity of the selected district and its effect on the environment within the current waste management policy via Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012652393
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Sustainable development goals data-driven local policy: Focus on SDG 11 and SDG 12
Beccarello, Massimo; Di Foggia, Giacomo - In: Administrative Sciences 12 (2022) 4, pp. 1-11
Municipal solid waste charging schemes can be powerful drivers for local policy efforts in reaching the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. This paper aims to provide empirical evidence on an economic lever to meet SDG 11,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014333116
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Outward FDI and the investment development path of a late-industrialising economy: Evidence from Ireland
Barry, Frank; Görg, Holger; MacDowell, Andrew - 2001
systematically related to its level of economic development. Ireland is an interesting test case because of the importance of inward … important differences between Ireland's outward FDI and the bulk of FDI occurring in the world economy however. Ireland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292630
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School attendance and literacy before the famine: A simple baronial analysis
Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2010
This paper complements a much larger study of school attendance in pre-famine Ireland by FitzGerald (2010). It exploits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292865
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Third-level education, foreign direct investment and economic boom in Ireland
Barry, Frank - 2005
Ireland’s dramatic economic boom of the 1990s has been referred to as “the era of the Celtic Tiger”. In a little over a …-level educational system that had been developed in Ireland over recent decades. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293770
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Fertility in South Dublin a century ago: A first look
Guinnane, Timothy W.; Moehling, Carolyn M.; Ó Gráda, … - 2001
Ireland’s relatively late and feeble fertility transition remains poorly-understood. The leading explanations stress … Ireland to study fertility in Dublin and Belfast. Our larger project aims to use the extensive literature on the fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293779