Wastes are items we don’t need and discard. They can be as small as a small toothbrush‚ or as big as a school bus. It has been a major environmental issue everywhere since the industrial revolution. Humans rely so much on material things‚ and most of them end up as waste. 2 forms of wastes - Solid: any waste that is NOT liquid - Liquid: wash water from homes‚ industry cleaning liquids 3 types of wastes - Hazardous: potentially threaten public health or the environment (fire extinguishers
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A TERM PAPER ON THE HISTORY OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN NIGERIA AND ONDO STATE BY ALE‚ A.B (AEE/09/8837) SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR EWUOLA AEE 835 COURSE LECTURER JUNE‚ 2010 Introduction The history of a particular subject‚ people‚ profession or any phenomenon provides a record of events which took place in the past to enable us to appreciate the status‚ strengths and weaknesses of the events which took place in the past. This serves as a guide to others so as not to fall into
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Dean _______________ Date ii ACKNOWLEDGMENT The author would like to express his heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to the people who have contributed in one way or another‚ to the success of this instructional manual. They are: Ricarte C. Nuñez‚ Ph. D.‚ Research Adviser and Dean‚ Western Institute of Technology‚ La Paz‚ Iloilo City‚ who has patiently provided the author with guidance‚ assistance
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Natural Resources 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2.2 RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES 2.2.1 Natural resources and associated problems 2.2.2 Non-renewable resources 2.2.3 Renewable resources a. Forest Resources: Use and over-exploitation‚ deforestation‚ case studies. Timber extraction‚ mining‚ dams and their effects on forests and tribal people b. Water Resources: Use and over-utilisation of surface and ground water‚ floods‚ drought‚ conflicts over water‚ dams – benefits and problems. c. Mineral Resources: Use
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Mechanics of Solids [3 1 0 4] CIE 101 / 102 First Year B.E. Degree Mechanics of Solids PART- I Mechanics of Rigid Bodies PART- II Mechanics of Deformable Bodies COURSE CONTENT IN BRIEF PART I Mechanics of Rigid Bodies 1. Resultant of concurrent and non-concurrent coplanar forces. 2. Equilibrium of concurrent and non-concurrent coplanar forces. 3. Centroid of plane areas 4. Moment of Inertia of plane areas 5. Kinetics: Newton’s second law‚ D’Alembert’s principle‚ Work- Energy‚ and
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A REVIEW OF LAND ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN NIGERIA. BY:- MARTINS T. ADENIPEKUN DEPT. OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT‚ LAGOS STATE POLYTECHNIC‚IKORODU‚ LAGOS. martinsadenipekun@yahoo.com‚ 08023167702‚ 08036317528. ABSTRACT Administration of land is as ancient as the creation of man. In Nigeria‚ the socio-economic and political factors had overtime brought about different administrative reforms put in place to foster developments. Certain patterns of land administration had emerged in Nigeria before
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Food Waste? Too valuable to waste! According to statistics from the Environmental Protection Department‚ in Hong Kong‚ solid waste generated daily weighs around 17000 tones‚ of which around 30% is organic matter (2700 tones) which is roughly equal to 120 double-deck buses in size. Compared this to the US where‚ revealed by the Environmental Protection Agency‚ only 12% of waste stream was scrap of food in 2005. Extra care in disposal is required for these putrescible wastes‚ otherwise nuisance
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concept in the Toyota Production System (TPS) and is one of the three types of waste (Muda‚ Mura‚ Muri) that it identifies. Mura signifies wastes due to unevenness and muri signifies wastes due to overburden. Waste as defined by Toyota’s president‚ Fujio Cho‚ is “anything other than the minimum amount of equipment‚ materials‚ parts and workers which are absolutely essential to production”. The seven types of wastes identified are 1. Overproduction – Waste due to producing before customer requires or more
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biomedical waste. Improper disposal of wastes often leads to spread of diseases and contamination of water bodies and soil. The impact of these wastes cannot be ignored and managing them has become a major problem. The objective and scope of this research project: In this project we have tried to gain an insight on the term waste management. The objective of the project was to seek an overview of waste management in large cities especially in supermarkets and predominantly the waste disposal system
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with a total population of 52 607. The farmer group is comprised of 2 452. It has a total land area of 9‚ 731 hectares and a total agricultural area of 7‚ 217.1940 hectares. Also‚it has a total residential area of 506.6034 hectares‚ total industrial area of 320.3150‚ total commercial area of 198.8437 hectares and total institutional area of 1 356.0780 hectares. Magalang is also known for being an agricultural town in Pampanga. There are variety of crops being planted: palay (rice)‚ yellow corn‚ green
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