SUBJECT : ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TOPIC: BIOMEDICAL WASTE F.Y. B.M.S. INDEX |SR. NO. |TOPIC |pg. no. | |1 |An Overview of Biomedical Waste Management |3 | |2 |Biodegradable & Non-degradable Wastes
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concern has been growing over the disposal of wastes produced by health care facilities in the Philippines. Several reports have cited large‚ albeit inconsistent‚ figures of the amount of infectious waste hospitals in Metro Manila produce daily‚ and little information is available on what is done with these wastes‚ especially after the banning of incineration in the country. More recently‚ these concerns have been fueled by reports that some of these wastes end up in our open dumpsites and in some cases
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1.1.1. Leather industrial waste: Prominent effectiveness of leather industry is amplified by high input and expenditure but on other side it causes huge waste of resource‚ incredible environmental pollution and biological chain destruction [17]. Streams of gaseous‚ liquid and solid waste are resulted by environmental blow of tanneries. Global leather industry generates 4 million tones of solid waste per year [18]. People use products of the leather-processing industry on a daily basis. These include
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E-waste comprises of wastes generated from used electronic devices which are not fit for their original intended use and are destined for recovery‚ recycling or disposal. Such wastes encompasses wide range of electrical and electronic devises such as computers‚ hand held cellular phones‚ personal stereos‚ including large household appliances such as refrigerators‚ air conditioners etc. The increasing “market penetration” and “high obsolescence rate” in developing countries make e-waste as one of
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E-Waste Management in Pakistan Zaigham Abbas Technical Officer (Chemicals) Ministry of Environment Government of Pakistan Regional Workshop on WEEE/E-Waste Management‚ 6 - 9 July 2010‚ Osaka‚ Japan 1 INTRODUCTION OF ORGANIZATION Ministry of Environment is responsible for National Environment Policy‚ Planning and International Environment Coordination. 2 PAKISTAN: STATUS OF ENVIRONMENT Constitution of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Council (PEPC) headed by the Prime
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History: In ancient cities‚ wastes were thrown onto unpaved streets and roadways‚ where they were left to accumulate. It was not until 320 BCE in Athens that the first known law forbidding this practice was established. At that time a system for waste removal began to evolve in Greece and in the Greek-dominated cities of the eastern Mediterranean. In ancient Rome‚ property owners were responsible for cleaning the streets fronting their property. But organized waste collection was associated only
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Journal of Materials Science and Engineering B 1 (2011) 86-89 Formerly part of Journal of Materials Science and Engineering‚ ISSN 1934-8959 Conversion of Plastic Wastes into Fuels Antony Raja and Advaith Murali Department of Chemical Engineering‚ Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering‚ Sriperumbudur 602105‚ India Received: October 23‚ 2010 / Accepted: November 10‚ 2010 / Published: June 10‚ 2011. Abstract: Plastics have woven their way into our daily lives and now pose a tremendous threat
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Electricity can be produced by burning "municipal solid waste" (MSW) as a fuel. MSW power plants‚ also called waste to energy (WTE) plants‚ are designed to dispose of MSW and to produce electricity as a byproduct of the incinerator operation. The term MSW describes the stream of solid waste ("trash" or "garbage") generated by households and apartments‚ commercial establishments‚ industries and institutions. MSW consists of everyday items such as product packaging‚ grass clippings‚ furniture‚ clothing
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The disposal of nuclear waste is quickly becoming the most important issue facing the environmental community today. Nearly twenty percent of our nation’s electricity is being supplied by approximately 100 nuclear power plants that are operating in the United States. Currently‚ most of the nuclear waste created by these power plants is being housed temporarily in storage facilities and although the total amount of nuclear waste produced in one year is small‚ the need to find a permanent method
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Why Americans Lead the World in Food Waste‚ he claims that an estimated $160 billion worth of produce is wasted annually. Wasted food is one of the largest arising problems within America today‚ and the numbers for waste keep increasing year by year. Solutions have been thought out to help solve this drastic problem‚ but nothing will be accomplished until society open their eyes and see what is truly happening. The biggest question that arises about food waste is what causes this? There are a lot
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