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Assessing the performance of a waste management system towards a circular economy in the Global South: The case of Marrakech (Morocco)

Campitelli, Alessio ; Aryoug, Oumaima ; Ouazzani, Naaila ; Bockreis, Anke ; Schebek, Liselotte (2023)
Assessing the performance of a waste management system towards a circular economy in the Global South: The case of Marrakech (Morocco).
In: Waste Management, 2023, 166
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00024052
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Type of entry: Secondary publication
Title: Assessing the performance of a waste management system towards a circular economy in the Global South: The case of Marrakech (Morocco)
Language: English
Date: 2023
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Year of primary publication: 2023
Publisher: Elsevier
Journal or Publication Title: Waste Management
Volume of the journal: 166
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00024052
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Origin: Secondary publication service
Abstract:

Waste management is essential for the safety and wellbeing of any society; it also helps to tackle global problems, such as climate change and resource scarcity. To support the evolution of waste management systems (WMSs) towards a circular economy (CE), assessment methods are applied. This paper shows, using the case of Marrakech (Morocco), how a novel holistic approach called WMS development stage concept (WMS-DSC) is applied to assess WMSs and determine measures promoting a CE. The approach enables a simplified derivation of measures that are useful to municipal decision makers and consists of five stages; stage 1 is equal to a WMS lacking essential WM elements and stage 5 describes a functioning CE. The approach was specifically designed to be transferable to other Global South cities through the categorization into these universal stages.

The results from the WMS-DSC show that components related to energy recovery and waste recycling are classified in stage 1. For the latter, a slight development towards stage 2 can be assumed due to the planned activities in Marrakech. The components “collection and transport” and “prevention and reuse” are mainly in stage 2. Nevertheless, the components “governance”, “sector and market” and “waste disposal” are assigned to stages 2 and 3 with a stronger trend towards stage 4. The results show that in Marrakech and Morocco, CE is still in its infancy, and with this current state, it is hard to achieve. However, 33 measures were determined to improve the WMS of Marrakech and promote a CE.

Uncontrolled Keywords: Benchmark, Africa, Governance, Optimization, Municipal solid waste, Morocco
Status: Publisher's Version
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-240521
Classification DDC: 300 Social sciences > 360 Social problems , social services, insurance
600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering and machine engineering
Divisions: 13 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Sciences > Institute IWAR > Material Flow Management and Resource Economy
Date Deposited: 23 May 2023 09:53
Last Modified: 21 Jun 2023 11:34
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/24052
PPN: 508934788
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