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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NO. 1 ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS Introduction A collective term describing international treaties‚ statutes‚ regulations‚ and common law and national legislation that operates to regulate the interaction of humanity and the natural environment‚ towards the purpose of human activity is called Environmental law (Akpan‚ 2004). Environmental impact statements have mostly been applied to individual projects and have led to various offshoot techniques‚ such as health impact assessments‚ social
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New Building Materials & Technologies 2010 CONSTRUCTION BLOCKS SYNOPSIS Criteria for selection of walling elements: Economy Non- erodability Low thermal conductivity Color & Texture Least amount of consumption of raw material Construction block technology offers a speedier‚ cost effective‚ environmentally sound alternative to conventional walling materials. It is based on the principle of densification of a lean concrete mix to make a regular shaped‚ uniform‚ high performance
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SOLID WASTE SEGREGATION AND RECYCLING IN METRO MANILA: HOUSEHOLD ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR Ma. Eugenia C. Bennagen‚ Georgina Nepomuceno and Ramil Covar June‚ 2002 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This study was made possible through a research grant from the IDRC/EEPSEA to the Resources‚ Environment and Economics Center for Studies‚ Inc. (REECS). The authors acknowledge with great appreciation
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Martin—IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology Se 18 Environmental Psychology Robert Gifford‚ Linda Steg‚ and Joseph P. Reser Environmental psychology is the study of transactions between individuals and their physical settings (Gifford‚ 2007a). In these transactions‚ individuals change their environments‚ and their behavior and experiences are changed by their environments. It includes theory‚ research‚ and practice aimed at making the built environment more humane and improving human relations
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HAZWAMS/25/2002-2003 GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCTING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT : SITE SELECTION FOR COMMON HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD OCTOBER‚ 2003 19 kesÀvêer³e Òeot 40.00 l Excellent (5) Ideal (4) Good (3) Poor (2) Bad (1) Slope Percent : Natural slope of a site is important from the drainage consideration. But‚ land with higher slopes may pose difficulty in the construction and may need leveling up. To prevent water logging‚
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Defining Environmental Crimes Environmental crime is a serious and growing concern at national as well as international level‚ and one which takes many different forms. Environmental crime in broad terms means an act which is committed with the intention of damaging or causing damage to the ecological and biological systems to ensure business or personal benefit. The types of acts commonly recognised as environmental crime are: pollution or other contamination of air‚ land and water; illegal discharge
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WASTE DISPOSAL: IT’S IMPACT Improper waste management continues to be major problem that affects us all. Waste dumped into a various waterways has created floating island of toxic pollutants in our oceans. One of these islands‚ is “The Greatest Pacific Garbage Patch” has received media attention for its size-estimated to be twice the size of Hawaii and its known destructive effects on the wildlife and food supply. Diseases‚ such as Dengue fever‚ prevalent in developing nations are believed
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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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ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS “The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs‚ but not every man’s greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi. The ‘Environment’ is a term used to represent an entire systems‚ geology‚ and climate. An Environment can be any scale‚ including global‚ regional‚ local‚ and even down to single locations‚ and things like buildings. Often the phrase ‘the environment’ is used to denote the global environment‚ or a larger regional
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