In Monteverde, Costa Rica, solid waste management (SWM) suffered from low recycling and organics recovery rates, causing environmental problems, and non-recovered waste disposal was costly. To help ASADA address these problems, we developed a conceptual solid waste transfer center (SWTC) design for Monteverde and made SWM system recommendations. Using observations, interviews, surveys, and archival data we identified solid waste recovery rates and suggested potential solutions, to improve the SWM system, that were effectively incorporated in a SWTC.

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Creator

• Onder, Elcin S.
• Cleaver-Stigum, Imogen
• Reddick, Adrian R.
• Swett, Shelvey S.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031320-002722

Keyword

• Technology and Environment

Advisor

• San Martin, William
• Peet, R. Creighton

Year

• 2020

Center

• Monteverde, Costa Rica Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• ASADA

Date created

• 2020-03-13

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright