Waste management is the collection‚ transport‚ processing‚ recycling or disposal‚ and monitoring of waste materials. Concern over environment is being seen a massive increase in recycling globally which has grown to be an important part of modern civilization. The consumption habits of modern consumerist lifestyles are causing a huge global waste problem. Industrialization and economic growth has produced more amounts of waste‚ including hazardous and toxic wastes. There is a growing realization
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Electronic Waste” Nowadays people use lots of electronic devices in our daily lives. Also‚ they need more comfortable and more developed electronic device to accomplish their businesses. According to customer’s need‚ the electronic companies have been developing their goods. So people have often changed their electronic device they do not need those items though. Therefore‚ it produces lots of electronic waste such as computer‚ mp3‚ printers‚ and etc. Owing to growing the electronic waste‚ disposal
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According to Zerowaste‚ a Singaporean website‚ wastage of paper in Singapore is rampant; we use and throw paper without hesitation. Well‚ it’s time for action. Saving paper in school is a good way to start. Based on the Recycle Now Schools.com website‚ an average student wastes about 22kg per year‚ which is a massive amount of paper wasted. In this age of technology‚ there has been great emphasis on Web-based learning as opposed to traditional pen and paper. An app called “Link2Work” could be fashioned
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conditions in the focused community‚ the City of Vancouver‚ is the overwhelming amount of food waste being sent to landfill. If the food waste were composted instead‚ not only does it reduce the space quantity waste going to the landfill‚ the organic matters are also reused. This paper discusses food waste management in the City of Vancouver and determines the most feasible method to handle the food waste rather than contributing more to the landfills. By interviewing professionals in the industry
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July-August 2012‚ pp.1185-1191 Utilization of Waste Plastic as a Strength Modifier in Surface Course of Flexible and Rigid Pavements Afroz Sultana.SK1‚ K.S.B.Prasad2 2 1 PG student‚ Department of civil engineering‚ GMR Institute of Technology‚ Rajam‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ India Assistant professor‚ Dept. of civil engineering‚ GMR Institute of Technology‚ Rajam‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ India Abstract The present study investigates the potential use of waste plastic as a modifier for asphalt concrete and
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FOOD WASTE Fresh vegetables‚ ready-to-cook meals‚ and cheap meat is what a modern consumer’s supposed grocery list comprises of! Dump it all into your fridge full of deals‚ discount offers and feel happy. This is how the shop keeper gets a loyal customer. At the end o the story‚ it’s the food industry’s creed that the customer is always right….. If food became it s own pungent country‚ it would be the world’s third biggest contributor to climatic changes. According to United Nations Food and Agriculture
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Waste Management Waste management is crucial to the health care and hospital industry and is necessary in ensuring a sustainable future. Waste management and waste minimisation practices serve to protect and enhance public health‚ minimise the environmental implications of disposing of health care waste and where possible ensure that waste is reduced‚ reused and recycled. There are various waste streams generated within healthcare and hospital facilities‚ below are three types of waste
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with more disposable income in littering the urban scope with the digital detritus of the digital age called E-waste. E-waste is a generic term encompassing various forms of electrical and electronic equipment that may be old‚ might have reached end-of-life and most importantly cease to be of any value to their present owners and it has been identified as one of the fastest growing waste steams. The electrical and electronic goods are broadly classified under three major heads; ’White goods’
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WASTE MANAGEMENT With a population of over 1.2 billion‚ rapid urbanization and modernization of India is simply inevitable. Most of the cities are under-prepared for the rapid growth‚ because the infrastructure lacks serious development. Waste Management has become a matter of great concern to most city corporations‚ and there have been some instances of management collapse even in metropolitan cities in the year 2012. All this build-up took place within a single decade‚ which is why many corporations
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over are facing today due to their heavy dependence on electronic equipment is that of electronic-waste. Indian companies planning to raise capital abroad have to meet certain environmental regulations‚ which are also required for competitive advantage in marketing and getting insurance for themselves. At present major companies in India dispose off their e-waste through sale to scrap dealers. The waste passes through various processing units‚ mainly unorganised that use child labour and also ergonomically
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