Module 08

Waste Research

Learning Objectives

  1. Learners can articulate the scale and drivers of the challenges in solid waste management
  2. Learners understand the flow of waste from Generation to Recovery
  3. Learners can identify waste management challenges at ETH and/or Zurich
  4. Learners can develop their own research questions using either the PICOT or FINER method

Slides

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Readings

  1. Kasinja, C., & Tilley, E. (2018). Formalization of informal waste pickers’ cooperatives in Blantyre, Malawi: A feasibility assessment. Sustainability, 10(4), 1149.
  2. Ndau, H., & Tilley, E. (2018). Willingness to pay for improved household solid waste collection in Blantyre, Malawi. Economies, 6(4), 54.
  3. Roxburgh, H., Magombo, C., Kaliwo, T., Tilley, E. A., Hampshire, K., Oliver, D. M., & Quilliam, R. S. (2022). Blood flows: mapping journeys of menstrual waste in Blantyre, Malawi. Cities & Health, 6(4), 738-751.
  4. Tilley, E., Chilunga, H., Kwangulero, J., Schöbitz, L., Vijay, S., Heilgendorff, H., & Kalina, M. (2023). “It is unbearable to breathe here”: air quality, open incineration, and misinformation in Blantyre, Malawi. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1242726.
  5. Yesaya, M., Mpanang’ombe, W., & Tilley, E. (2021). The cost of plastics in compost. Frontiers in Sustainability, 2, 753413.

Assignments

Please complete the following assignment by Wednesday, 24th April 2024.

  • Assignment 1: This assignment will be communicated in class