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Job change and self-control of waste pickers: Evidence from a field experiment in the Philippines
(Business Perspectives, 2018-06-15)
Environmental policies may have a negative side effect on employment, often in a specific industry in the short run. Workers in regulated industries can be affected by losses in job-specific human capital. The informal ...
Feasibility of biomass briquette production from municipal waste streams by integrating the informal sector in the Philippines
(Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), 2017-02-24)
A technical and socio-economic feasibility study of biomass briquette production was performed in Iloilo City, Philippines, by integrating a registered group of the informal sector. The study has shown that the simulated ...
Quality analyses of biomass briquettes produced using a jack-driven briquetting machine
(Center for Promoting Ideas (CPI), 2017-03)
The study relates to a compact briquetting machine developed in the Philippines that can compress and produce cylindrical briquettes having a hole at the center using biomass and urban wastes with the aid of a hydraulic ...
Briquette production by the informal sector: The case of UCLA in Iloilo City, Philippines
(2017-05-18)
The construction and operation of a sanitary landfill (SLF) in the Philippines presents concerns on the regulation of the activities of the informal sector in the area. In anticipation of these directives, an association ...
Recycling potentials of biomass wastes into briquettes: The case of UCLA in Iloilo City, Philippines
(Hilaris, 2018)
The study relates to the recycling potentials of utilizing biomass wastes obtained from the municipal waste streams by converting them into high quality briquettes. Using a developed compact briquetting machine, the waste ...
Technical performance of developed appropriate technologies: Its utilization as an approach for sustainable Philippine agricultural mechanization
(Association of Agricultural Technology in Southeast Asia (AATSEA), 2022-07)
The study related to the technical performance of the different appropriate technologies developed in Iloilo City, Philippines to introduce the agriculture sector machinery and equipment access and solutions towards ...
Results of a value adding test to produce alternative fuels and raw materials (AFR) for industrial purposes and for household energy supply with appropriate technology
(2009-10)
The application of “Waste-to-Energy” is hardly practiced in developing countries. However, a utilization as “Alternative Fuels and Raw materials” (AFR), for instance in cement kilns or for household energy supply (e.g. for ...
Testing of briquette production for household use by informal waste workers at the Calajunan dumpsite in Iloilo City, Philippines
(2011)
Three recommended mixtures for briquette production were tested by eight identified informal waste workers within a 10-day briquette production test at the Calajunan dumpsite in Iloilo City, Philippines. The test revealed ...
How to promote a job change of dumpsite waste pickers? Evidence from a field experiment in the Philippines
(2014-05)
Switching a waste disposal policy from open dumping to sanitary landfilling requires a job change of waste pickers. We conducted a field experiment at Iloilo in the Philippines which offers dumpsite waste pickers a new job ...
Biomass waste utilization: An approach for solid waste reduction
(2009-11)
Three approaches have been devised by Central Philippine University (CPU) in utilizing the enormous biomass waste generation in Western Visayas region of the Philippines. These approaches are direct combustion, gasification ...