Waste Management Models for Urban Slums based on Community Participation leading to reduction in GHG emissions
Poverty becomes a central issue in city life and service delivery especially in context to urban slums. Many urban services are closely intertwined with poverty on several levels, including the way service is delivered to different socio-economic classes and its relationship with the informal sector. Gaps in urban waste management impacts low-income communities proportionally more than others, leading to public health issue and poor quality of life. Therefore, there is a need for waste management models for low-income and slum areas, incentivizing diversion of valuable waste streams from the landfill, and recognizing the value of informal waste workers.Waste also leads to increase in GHG emissions including emissions from landfill waste, emissions from treatment and combustion. When a product goes to waste, the energy and resources it took to produce also goes to waste. Effective waste management techniques of refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle can substantially reduce GHG emissions
