Bibliometric Analysis of Municipal Solid Waste Management Research: Global and South African Trends

Municipal solid waste management has become one of the most important environmental management issues around the world. In this study, a bibliometric analysis of the literature related to municipal solid waste management from a global and South African perspective was performed using the software, V...

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-08, Vol.14 (16), p.10229
Main Authors: Ndou, Vhuthu, Rampedi, Isaac Tebogo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliometrics
Climate change
COVID-19
Developing countries
Emissions
Energy technology
Environmental management
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Keywords
Landfill
Landfills
LDCs
Municipal landfills
Municipal solid waste
Municipal waste management
Public health
Recycling
Solid waste management
Solid wastes
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Trends
Urban areas
Urbanization
Waste disposal sites
Waste management
Waste to energy
Waste treatment
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Summary:Municipal solid waste management has become one of the most important environmental management issues around the world. In this study, a bibliometric analysis of the literature related to municipal solid waste management from a global and South African perspective was performed using the software, VOSviewer. Relevant scientific literature was sourced from the Scopus database. Results showed that, globally, articles based on this topic started during the 1968–1969 period, whereas in South Africa such articles only appeared in 1996. The keyword analysis showed that most studies were related to waste-to-energy technologies, waste treatment, and other management aspects. Globally, emerging keywords representing new research areas were COVID 19-related waste streams, life-cycle assessments, and the role of municipal solid waste management in the circular economy. In contrast, South Africa’s prominent keywords were municipal solid waste, developing country, landfills, waste treatment, waste-to-energy technologies, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and others. Based on these results, and possible solutions to reduce the amounts of MSW generation rates, recommendations are made to bring South African research on par with international trends.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su141610229