Mumbai’s Waste Disposal Problems The 110 hectare Deonar dumping ground rises up to seven stories high‚ the dumping ground was opened in 1927 and accepted approximately 1‚450‚000 tonnes of waste in 2006. Currently‚ the site has approximately 9.2 million tonnes of waste in place. Dr Neelam Rane‚ vice-president of Smoke Affected Residents Forum (SARF)‚ said‚ "Until now‚ we were agitated because garbage from all over the city was dumped but now we find even bio-medical waste is being incinerated here
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1-51 Professional Ethics and Toxic Waste 1. Discuss why Rachel has an ethical responsibility to take some action about her suspicion of the illegal dumping of toxic wastes. Rachel has an ethical responsibility to take some action about her suspicion of the illegal dumping of toxic wastes because it is illegal to begin with and even though it might only be a suspicion‚ if it turns out to be true‚ under the eyes of the law if she knew about it and did nothing‚ she is just as guilty as the responsible
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Environmental Chemistry and Analysis Prof. M.S.Subramanian MODULE 1.5 Advanced Waste Water Treatment Removal Of Suspended Solids Microstraining Coagulation and flocculation Filtration Removal of dissolved solids Ion exchange Reverse osmosis Electrodialysis Removal of nitrogen Phosphate removal (chemical treatment) Phosphate removal (biological treatment) Removal of dissolved organic compounds Adsorption Sludge treatment and disposal Disinfection 1 2 2 3 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 11 13 Indian
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ever-increasing international consumerism According to Noreene Janus in his article “ Cloning the Consumer Culture”‚ transnational corporation makes it possible that countries of different areas have access to other tangible goods and intangible values‚ which provides premise of the materialism that widespread the world. For example‚ you will not shock by the westernization in Asia or Africa. One one hand‚ we can’t deny the benefits that international consumerism contributes to ‚ such as it
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Why waste management is a global concern? Introduction Waste management is a method to manage the waste in order to avoid future problems related to affecting human health and the environment. Waste management and disposal issues are not just problem of a certain country or a continent. It is a global issue which should be addressed immediately. The importance of waste management was discussed formally for the first time in the Basel Convention‚ which is an international treaty. Waste management
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electronic wastes. E-Waste refers to electronic products nearing the end of their useful life which includes computers‚ printers‚ scanners‚ or any electronic products. Today‚ the world has been embracing the age of technological changes. Such changes are adopted by various business establishments particularly Internet Cafes; leading them in replacing obsolete electronic equipments to newer ones ‚ creating large tons of e-wastes‚ which in turn demands the challenge of having a proper e-waste management
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Health-care waste management in India is receiving greater attention due to recent regulations (the Biomedical Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules‚ 1998). The prevailing situation is analyzed covering various issues like quantities and proportion of different constituents of wastes‚ handling‚ treatment and disposal methods in various health-care units (HCUs). The waste generation rate ranges between 0•5 and 2•0 kg per bed per day. It is estimated that annually about 0•33 million tonne of waste are generated
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managing waste Throughout the annals of human development and societal evolution‚ man has always found methods and strategies of alleviating the risks posed to his survival by natural occurrences or even by acts provoked by his own relation to the environment. Considering the fact that today’s waste are different from yesterday’s waste although building up over time‚ the researcher explores the current methods of managing waste in light of the complexities and compositions of today’s waste. 2.6.1
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Electronic waste in Guiyu‚ China Introduction of the town: Guiyu is a town located in the Guangdong Province of southeast China. . The population consists of 200‚000 local residents and 200‚000 migrant workers living in the town. The town’s economy purely relied on agriculture before the late 80s. But after that‚ Guiyu has highly involved in e-waste recycling business. Not only myriads of farmers have abandoned agriculture and joined the recycling‚ but also migrant workers in other provinces
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Solid waste management is defined as the control of waste generation‚ storage‚ collection‚ transfer and transport‚ processing and disposal of solid wastes consistent with the best practices of public health‚ economics‚ financial‚ engineering‚ administrative‚ legal and environmental considerations. Solid waste is sewage other than hazardous waste. There are 8 categories of solid waste which are commercial waste‚ construction waste‚ domestic waste‚ industrial waste‚ institution waste‚ import waste‚ public
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