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Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Waste Facilities and Solid Waste Management Strategies in Rural and Urban Saskatchewan, Canada

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  • Abhijeet Ghosh

    (Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada)

  • Kelvin Tsun Wai Ng

    (Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada)

Abstract

Saskatchewan has the highest number of landfills per capita in Canada. Given the lower population density and the skewed spatial population distribution, comprehensive analysis of municipal solid waste management systems in Saskatchewan is inherently difficult. Most of the published waste studies however focus on city-level waste management, and there is a lack of literature with respect to the rural areas. In this study, landfills and transfer stations are examined temporally and spatially using Geographic Information System. Landfills and transfer stations from 2017 and 2020 were plotted against census division land area, annual budget, and population density to study temporal changes. Saskatchewan witnessed a 54% reduction in the number of landfills and a 55% increase in number of transfer stations between 2017 and 2020. The replacement of landfills with transfer stations are more noticeable in divisions 8, 9, and 16. Regression analysis is conducted, and landfill closure operation show no obvious correlation to division land area, annual budget, or population density. Rural division 18, representing Northern Saskatchewan, has approximately 45% of the land area in the province and has the lowest population density. The findings suggest different waste management strategies are required for urban and rural areas. The results of this study will help policy makers to better implement solid waste management strategies in urban and rural areas.

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  • Abhijeet Ghosh & Kelvin Tsun Wai Ng, 2021. "Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Waste Facilities and Solid Waste Management Strategies in Rural and Urban Saskatchewan, Canada," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-14, June.
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    1. Amy Richter & Kelvin Tsun Wai Ng & Bahareh Fallah, 2019. "Bibliometric and text mining approaches to evaluate landfill design standards," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 118(3), pages 1027-1049, March.
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