Post-COVID-19 waste practices: A case study of selected wards in Dehiwala - Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council, Sri Lanka
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State: Public
Version: Final published version
License: Not specified
Serval ID
serval:BIB_D154697E323A
Type
Report: a report published by a school or other institution, usually numbered within a series.
Publication sub-type
Working paper: Working papers contain results presented by the author. Working papers aim to stimulate discussions between scientists with interested parties, they can also be the basis to publish articles in specialized journals
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Publications
Institution
Title
Post-COVID-19 waste practices: A case study of selected wards in Dehiwala - Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council, Sri Lanka
Institution details
Federation of Sri Lankan Local Government Authorities
Issued date
12/2004
Number
3
Genre
Working Paper SPIRIT project on Transformation of Waste Management in South Asia During & After COVID-19
Language
english
Number of pages
49
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.
Keywords
Waste management, COVID-19, Sri Lanka
Open Access
Yes
Funding(s)
Swiss National Science Foundation / Programmes / IZSTZ0_201368
Create date
08/01/2025 15:55
Last modification date
10/01/2025 7:04
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