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Post-COVID-19 waste practices: A case study of selected wards in Dehiwala - Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council, Sri Lanka

Year: 2024

Type: report

Abstract: The working paper present the results of a household survey two years after the initial survey. It therefore is able to capture the impacts of COVID-19 and the general economic crisis in Sri Lanka on waste practices. While lacking municipal budgets have led to increased dissatisfaction among households, waste segregation at source resumed soon after the pandemic and households increasingly took responsibility for waste management.

Source: SERVAL (Université de Lausanne)

Authors: De Silva, Malith, Fernando, Nishara

Language: English

Topic: Municipal Solid Waste Management

Subfield: Waste Management and Disposal

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7023893018

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