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    Today’s businesses are facing increased competition and are under pressure to cut costs. They face escalating labour‚ energy or material costs and are concerned about their business’s environmental impact. Robotics is a powerful tool to address these pressures and sharpen their competitive edge. Robotics has come a long way in the last 20 years‚ from its beginning in highly structured environments‚ where native intelligence on the part of the robot was not required. Today‚ once prohibitive costs in

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    Kitchen waste recycling

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    Project Title: Kitchen Waste Recycling Group leader: Content P.3 – 4 Introduction P.5 Background P.6 Data P.7 Literature review P.8 – 11 Method P.12 – 13 Result P.14 Discussion P.15 Conclusion P.16-18 Reflection P.19 Reference P.20 Group Member List P.21 The End Introduction Firstly‚ we should define what kitchen waste is. Kitchen waste refers to the organic waste produced by food and drinks‚

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    The Five Platonic Solids

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    The Five Platonic Solids The five platonic solids are the tetrahedron‚ cube‚ octahedron‚ dodecahedron‚ and a icosahedron. They are named for the greek philosopher Plato. Plato wrote about them in the Timaeus (c.360 B.C.) in which he paired each of the four classical elements earth‚ air‚ water‚ and fire with a regular solid. Earth was paired with the cube‚ air with the octahedron‚ water with the icosahedron‚ and fire with the tetrahedron. The fifth Platonic solid‚ the dodecahedron‚ Plato says that

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    Conservatism In The 1960s

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    Despite the emergence of modern conservatism‚ the 1960s were a very liberal decade. The early years were very optimistic and president Kennedy even lowered taxes. President Johnson admired FDR and modeled his Great Society after the New Deal. One of the most important aspects of the Great Society was the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ which gave African Americans more rights and freedoms by attempting to end discrimination. The rise of modern conservatism appeared in the wake of all the liberal reforms

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    Food Waste

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    into good useTo gain knowledge on how composting eliminates organic wasteTo consider how composting can generate income through p-patch projects‚ since organically grown food is in high demandTo encourage Donations of edible food‚ as this can reduce waste‚ mitigate climate impacts and provide cost savings for individuals and businesses alike | Specific Purpose: | Sending edible food or food scrap to landfills is not healthy or economical. | Central Idea: | Edible food scrap is useful and should

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    Bio-waste

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    Biodegradable Waste Bio-waste is defined as biodegradable garden and park waste‚ food and kitchen waste from households‚ restaurants‚ caterers and retail premises‚ and comparable waste from food processing plants. It does not include forestry or agricultural residues‚ manure‚ sewage sludge‚ or other biodegradable waste such as natural textiles‚ paper or processed wood. It also excludes those by-products of food production that never become waste. Currently the main environmental threat from

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    because it is running by

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    Because It Is Running By Because it is running by is a short story by Jo Lloyd written in 2009. The story is about a boy called Wil‚ he lives with his mother where he helps her run their Bed and Breakfast and their crops. He dropped out of school when he was 16 because his dad died and he had to help out his mother. One summer his mom decides that they need a housekeeper that can help them out a bit so she can get some free time to herself. Her name is Edie‚ at first Wil is not really fond of her

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    Solid C Synthesis

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    and solid C were both extracted from unknown solution by first using chemically active liquid-liquid extract‚ followed by vacuum filtration.  Liquid C and solid C were then purified with the use of simple distillation and recrystallization respectively.  Through the process of recrystallization‚ the percentage purity of solid C was found to be 6.01%.  The melting point range of purified solid C was 117.0 – 119.0C while the boiling point of liquid C was found to be 117C.  The identity of solid C and

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    E-waste

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    Ellis Casey E-waste The way that society moves nowadays is based on the development of technology. We communicate‚ we learn‚ we transport and we entertain ourselves mainly based on electronic devices. As we develop as a society‚ technologic has to develop‚ too. Hence‚ every time we want to renew our electronics‚ we first have to disposal the ones we had before. The problem about ‘renewing’ our televisions‚ mobile phones and computers is that we are creating unnecessary waste to the planet

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    social waste management

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    BEHAVIOR ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: A CASE OF KATHMANDU METROPOLITAN CITY Abstract This paper tries to show the household behavior of Kathmandu residents towards solid waste management. The paper is the outcome of a primary survey of 432 households covering different parts of the city of Kathmandu. The daily per capita waste generation in Kathmandu is 0.29 kg and is lower in the core zone than in the outer and middle zones. This indicates that as there is more open space to throw the waste people

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