Economic feasibility of household waste minimisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Economic feasibility of household waste minimisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh

This article examines the economic viability of waste minimization through reuse and recycling in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. To achieve the objective of the study, this study carries out the cost-benefit analysis (CBA). The cost-benefit ratio (BCR) of waste minimization is 1.23 which reveals tha...

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Main Authors: Rafia, Afroz, Tudin, Rabaah
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysi 2017
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spelling iium-581242017-11-03T02:13:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/58124/ Economic feasibility of household waste minimisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh Rafia, Afroz Tudin, Rabaah H Social Sciences (General) This article examines the economic viability of waste minimization through reuse and recycling in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. To achieve the objective of the study, this study carries out the cost-benefit analysis (CBA). The cost-benefit ratio (BCR) of waste minimization is 1.23 which reveals that waste minimization is economically justified and capable of generating. This study shows that minimization of solid waste in the city of Dhaka is not only a social or environmental imperious, an economically feasible mitigation and, therefore, can be a good alternate to conventional options for solid waste management, reducing the amount of waste transported to and unloaded and recovering valuable materials. Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysi 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58124/6/58124.pdf Rafia, Afroz and Tudin, Rabaah (2017) Economic feasibility of household waste minimisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In: Global Conference on Business and Economics Research (GCBER) 2017, 14th-15th August 2017, Serdang, Selangor. http://www.econ.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/20170816181428022-rafia_afroz.pdf.pdf
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Rafia, Afroz
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Economic feasibility of household waste minimisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh
description This article examines the economic viability of waste minimization through reuse and recycling in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. To achieve the objective of the study, this study carries out the cost-benefit analysis (CBA). The cost-benefit ratio (BCR) of waste minimization is 1.23 which reveals that waste minimization is economically justified and capable of generating. This study shows that minimization of solid waste in the city of Dhaka is not only a social or environmental imperious, an economically feasible mitigation and, therefore, can be a good alternate to conventional options for solid waste management, reducing the amount of waste transported to and unloaded and recovering valuable materials.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Rafia, Afroz
Tudin, Rabaah
author_facet Rafia, Afroz
Tudin, Rabaah
author_sort Rafia, Afroz
title Economic feasibility of household waste minimisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_short Economic feasibility of household waste minimisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_full Economic feasibility of household waste minimisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_fullStr Economic feasibility of household waste minimisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Economic feasibility of household waste minimisation in Dhaka, Bangladesh
title_sort economic feasibility of household waste minimisation in dhaka, bangladesh
publisher Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysi
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/58124/
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