World Bank

Towards Circular Cities: Technical Deep Dive on Solid Waste Management for Middle-Income Countries in Sofia, Bulgaria

Solid waste management (SWM) is a global challenge that is strongly linked to climate change, urban sustainability, and public health. In particular, municipal solid waste has become one of the most ...
World Bank

Clean Cities, Bright Futures: Accelerating Investment and Reforms in Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries

Between 2003 and 2024, World Bank support has helped to significantly improve solid waste management in low- and middle-income countries. This has been achieved through holistic financing approaches ...
Nature

Advanced predictive modeling of municipal solid waste management using robust machine learning

The rapid urbanization and technological advancements witnessed over recent decades have fundamentally reshaped the landscape of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) 1. As cities expand, the volume ...
Nature

Machine learning-based prediction of heating values in municipal solid waste

In this research, our objective was to utilize different machine learning techniques, such as XGBoost, Extra Trees, CatBoost, and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR), to model the heating values of ...