WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTE WASTE • any material “thrown away” • regarded as useless and unwanted (at a certain time and place) KINDS OF WASTE Solid wastes domestic‚ commercial and industrial wastes especially common as co-disposal of wastes Examples: plastics‚ styrofoam containers‚ bottles‚ cans‚ papers‚ scrap iron‚ and other trash Liquid Wastes : wastes in liquid form Examples: domestic washings‚ chemicals‚ oils‚ wastewater from ponds‚ manufacturing industries and other sources CLASSIFICATION
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what our grandmas always used to tell us: Do not waste food; think of all the hungry children in Africa. At my recent TEDx talk‚ I mentioned that global food waste could feed every starving child‚ man and woman on this planet – three times over in fact! Here is some food for thought: A global shame Globally‚ human beings produce enough food waste to feed 3 billion people: over 30% of the world’s food supply is wasted. The annual food waste in Italy could feed 44 million people – all of Ethiopia’s
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Introduction When summertime comes around‚ bug spray is a necessity. Bug spray is especially important to ward off the blood sucking parasites called mosquitos. A mosquito bite does not hurt‚ but it cause an itchy sensation on the skin. However‚ in third world countries‚ like Africa‚ a mosquito bite could lead to a deadly disease. Malaria is a disease spread by mosquitos. An individual will start to experience high fevers and chills. If left untreated‚ the individual could die (Heyneman‚ 2014). Antimalarial
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all-round development of the students. So it is logical to think that extracurricular activities are the integral part of educational system. Although researchers agree that extracurricular activities do‚ in fact‚ influence academic performance‚ the specific effect that various activities produce is debated. One study‚ conducted by the National Educational Longitudinal Study‚ found that “participation in some activities improves achievement‚ while participation in others diminishes achievement” (Broh
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Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences Vol. 1 (1) pp. 001-007‚ June‚ 2009 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/JTEHS Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Characterization of industrial waste and identification of potential micro-organism degrading tributyl phosphate Trupti D. Chaudhari3‚ Susan Eapen2 and M. H. Fulekar1* Department of Life Sciences‚ University of Mumbai‚ Santacruz (E)‚ Mumbai-400 098‚ India. Nuclear Agriculture Biotechnology Division
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Electronic Waste The mishandling of electronic waste also referred to as E-Waste‚ has lasting environment and social impacts on underdeveloped and struggling countries that become dumping grounds for unwanted and nonworking electrical and electronic components and devices. Many of the electronic-waste recycling facilities are located in South and East Asia. E-waste is a source of electronic parts and valuable metals for reuse. This industry is only profitable in Asia‚ because laborers work for
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steadily. Emeron rightly observed that; “Man has required time and nothing more vulgar than haste; If haste is at all to be made‚ It should be made slowly‚ as a later proverb enjoins.” In daily life‚ there are many occasions where most people are in a hurry to do their work in time. On these situations‚ the environment expects a fast service to resolve a problem in a short time. In addition‚ this behavior could result in a real waste of time and effort. For example‚ sometimes when we go to a
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Waste Disposal Waste disposal has been one of human being’s biggest problems ever since the dawn of civilization. Humans create loads of waste every day ranging from empty bottles to excretions to banana peels. What to do with all the garbage that the people create has been the discussion of panels ever since the Roman senate got together. Most of the people are not aware of the fact that putting the garbage out of their trash cans can cause many safety and environmental problems. People tend to
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POTENTIAL TARGET FOR HIV ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY ABSTRACT HIV was discovered to be a life threatening disease in 1983‚ since then scientist have been progressively trying to develop antiretroviral therapy. Many drugs have been introduced to fight against HIV‚ but each of the drug have some level of toxicity or drug resistance to it‚ Which is why novel targets have been identified that can serve as antiretroviral therapy. Potential targets are explored from all the stages in HIV life cycle here
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cutting-edge technology in the computer field‚ many children have become fans of novel computer games. Although some people think playing computer games is a waste of time‚ I believe that there are more advantages than disadvantages to this behavior for several reasons. We have to admit that playing computer games is a waste of children’s time in some cases‚ such as when they play games instead of studying for an essential examination. Many children are addicted to attractive games‚ so they play the
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