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    Electronic Waste

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    Electronic Waste” Nowadays people use lots of electronic devices in our daily lives. Also‚ they need more comfortable and more developed electronic device to accomplish their businesses. According to customer’s need‚ the electronic companies have been developing their goods. So people have often changed their electronic device they do not need those items though. Therefore‚ it produces lots of electronic waste such as computer‚ mp3‚ printers‚ and etc. Owing to growing the electronic waste‚ disposal

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    Food waste

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    conditions in the focused community‚ the City of Vancouver‚ is the overwhelming amount of food waste being sent to landfill. If the food waste were composted instead‚ not only does it reduce the space quantity waste going to the landfill‚ the organic matters are also reused. This paper discusses food waste management in the City of Vancouver and determines the most feasible method to handle the food waste rather than contributing more to the landfills. By interviewing professionals in the industry

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    Waste Generation

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    WASTE GENERATION ‘Waste’ is a very general word‚ used to include anything that is no longer needed for use and is thrown away uncared. It has created and added a new problem to the environmental pollution. Pollution also creates serious problems for human health. There is remarkable growth in energy generation‚ fertilizers‚ pesticides‚ chemicals‚ production of coal etc. All these and much more is expected to increase in the years to come. For this‚ we need to understand different sources of

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    Waste Management

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    E-WASTE IN INDIA RESEARCH UNIT (LARRDIS) RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI JUNE‚ 2011 CONTENTS Page Nos. Preface Chapter 1— Introduction 1.1 Introduction 1.2 What is e-waste 1.2.1 Composition of e-waste 1.2.2 E-waste generation in India 1.3 Electronic waste in the global context 1.4 Growth of electrical and electronic industry in India 1.4.1 A brief history 1.4.2 Computer & computer components segment 1.4.3 The consumer electronics (television) segment 1.4.4 The telecommunications segment

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    Waste Management

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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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    Waste Management

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    Waste Management Waste management is crucial to the health care and hospital industry and is necessary in ensuring a sustainable future. Waste management and waste minimisation practices serve to protect and enhance public health‚ minimise the environmental implications of disposing of health care waste and where possible ensure that waste is reduced‚ reused and recycled. There are various waste streams generated within healthcare and hospital facilities‚ below are three types of waste

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    Waste Treatment

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    This PwC Report documents the key proceedings during the seminar It is for internal usage of iNDEXTb and other Government of Gujarat agencies and departments only. July 2012 Detailed Report: Integrated Waste Management– Emerging Trends‚ Challenges and Way Forward Seminar on Integrated Waste Management: Challenges and Way Forward Table of Contents 1. Summary and Way Forward ...................................................................................................................

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    E Waste

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    with more disposable income in littering the urban scope with the digital detritus of the digital age called E-waste. E-waste is a generic term encompassing various forms of electrical and electronic equipment that may be old‚ might have reached end-of-life and most importantly cease to be of any value to their present owners and it has been identified as one of the fastest growing waste steams. The electrical and electronic goods are broadly classified under three major heads; ’White goods’

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    Waste Disposal

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    WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT One of the most common problems that the world is facing right now is the dilemma on garbage disposal. As a result‚ global warming is evident in our world nowadays. Proper segregation and discarding of waste is essential to prevent environmental and health threats from happening such as floods‚ diseases cause by inappropriate waste disposal‚ etc. Waste is a material that is no longer needed‚ wanted or used. It is anything unusable or is intended to be discarded

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    Waste Management

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    WASTE MANAGEMENT With a population of over 1.2 billion‚ rapid urbanization and modernization of India is simply inevitable. Most of the cities are under-prepared for the rapid growth‚ because the infrastructure lacks serious development. Waste Management has become a matter of great concern to most city corporations‚ and there have been some instances of management collapse even in metropolitan cities in the year 2012. All this build-up took place within a single decade‚ which is why many corporations

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