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    INTRODUCTION Waste is an unavoidable by-product of most human activity. Economic development and rising living standards in the Asian and Pacific Region have led to increases in the quantity and complexity of generated waste‚ whilst industrial diversification and the provision of expanded health-care facilities have added substantial quantities of industrial hazardous waste and biomedical waste into the waste stream with potentially severe environmental and human health consequences. Waste is a general

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    Improper Disposal of Garbage In Brgy. Guinhalaran‚ Proper‚ Silay City Abstract Proper waste disposal minimizes and reduces the risk of accidental injury to staff‚ clients‚ visitors and the local community and it helps provide an aesthetically pleasing atmosphere. It also reduces odors and reduces the likelihood of contamination of the soil or ground water with chemicals or micro organisms. Biodegradable waste is a type of waste‚ typically originating

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    Effects of Improper Disposal of Waste By Eric Dontigney‚ eHow Contributor Waste disposal falls into three general categories: non-hazardous‚ hazardous and nuclear waste disposal. Non-hazardous waste includes household or office waste such as food‚ product containers‚ and waste that can be recycled. Hazardous waste includes industrial and residential chemicals‚ petroleum products and heavy metals. Nuclear waste may include spent fuel rods from a nuclear reactor‚ medical nuclear waste or equipment used

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    Cruise Ships: Is Bigger Better? “Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size‚ do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not.” -Yoda‚ Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back Throughout the world‚ there are hundreds of thousands of vacation possibilities a person can go and experience. Tourism has become a big business‚ and in terms of size‚ cruise ships are a big fish in the ocean of tourism. However‚ within the cruise ship industry‚ there is still a

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    Effects of waste and bad waste disposal. Imagine we all throw garbage‚ junk and rubbish away anyhow. Imagine there was no authority to supervise waste management activities from all the sources mentioned earlier. Imagine we all just sent our rubbish to the landfill‚ or just dumped them in a nearby river. What do you think will happen? A disaster! Environmental Effects Surface water contamination:  Waste that end up in water bodies negatively change the chemical composition of the water. Technically

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    CRUISE SHIP A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages‚ where the voyage itself and the ship’s amenities are part of the experience‚ as well as the different destinations along the way. Transportation is not the prime purpose‚ as cruise ships operate mostly on routes that return passengers to their originating port‚ so the ports of call are usually in a specified region of a continent. The rapid growth and specialization process experienced by the cruise industry

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    Waste management is the collection‚ transport‚ processing‚ recycling or disposal‚ and monitoring of waste materials. The term usually relates to materials produced by human activity‚ and is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health‚ the environment or aesthetics. Waste management is also carried out to recover resources from it. Waste management can involve solid‚liquid‚ gaseous or radioactive substances‚ with different methods and fields of expertise for each. Waste management practices

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    Additional Accounting Guidance Recoverability Test and Calculation of Impairment Loss Alternative Analysis Summary and Recommendations Appendix Operates one cruise ship that is financed with nonrecourse debt. Decline of 30% in cash flow due to presence of pirates. Financial position as of December 31‚ 2010 ($ in millions) • • • • • Cruise Ship Estimated Fair Value Net Book Value Net Carrying Value Nonrecourse Debt Net Working Capital (Directly Attributable) Remaining Useful Life of Asset $3.0 $4

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    CRUISE SHIP: HOLLAND AMERICA Holland America Line operates a fleet of 15 premium cruise ships offering more than 500 cruises annually on all seven continents. Holland America Line operates Cruise Tours to Alaska that combine a cruise with a land experience. CRUISE SHIPS Make annual World Voyages‚ sailing around the world‚ usually ranging from January to March/April/May. Statendam Class (S Class) - They were the first new HAL cruise ships to incorporate features like the atrium‚ the two-deck

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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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