the hygienic means of promoting health through prevention of human contact with the hazards of wastes as well as the treatment and proper disposal of sewagewastewater. Hazards can be either physical‚ microbiological‚ biological or chemical agents of disease. According to the World Health Organization‚ "Sanitation generally refers to the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and feces. Inadequate sanitation is a major cause of disease world-wide and improving sanitation is known
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naturalthat the quest for increasing the biogas generation in the country will lead to developingof biomethanation processes for the use of substrates other than cattle dung. At present‚most of them are treated as waste‚ garbage‚ nuisance and hazard. The improper or inadequate disposal of such wastes leads to unhealthy conditions. This becomes a sourceof pollution and a public health problem. If such waste is recycled in a biogas plant‚ itwill be a source of energy‚ health and wealth. 2)Alternative
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With the dumping of garbage on both sides of the national highway at various locations‚ many a time people using the road are put to inconvenience by the stench that emanates from the garbage dumped indiscriminately. Inspite of awareness on why use of plastic should be avoided‚ people continue to use plastics. It forms a major chunk of the garbage dumped along the national highway. Disposal of garbage continues to be a challenge faced by the civic authorities. Officials say that the city corporation
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cover about 70% of the Earth’s surface but it is not impossible to happen that all water resources will dry up and this will make all the living things on Earth receive no water at all. But it seems that we‚ humans are not aware of this. Improper disposal of garbage‚ use of harmful chemicals ‚ dynamite fishing and other activities of mankind made waterforms polluted. And this will eventually lead in the presence of waterborne diseases. Waterborne diseases occur when parasites or other disease-causing
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lifestyle‚ waste output keeps increasing‚ leading to serious environment pollution. Many cities are faced with garbage disposal problems. China has the most waste output in the world with more than 7 billion tons of untreated municipal solid waste that occupies over 3 billion square meters of land. Out of the 668 cities in China‚ two thirds are surrounded by garbage. In one fourth of the cities‚ garbage has to be transported to nearby rural areas‚ which brings about secondary pollution such as underground
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“SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN MALAYSIA” PREPARED BY: SITI AZRYNNA BINTI MOHD AZANI Question 1 What is solid waste management? Solid waste management is another term for garbage management. Solid waste management is a system which handles any garbage‚ refuse‚ sludge from a wastewater treatment plant‚ water supply treatment plant‚ or air pollution control facility and other discarded materials including solid‚ liquid‚ semi-solid‚ or contained gaseous material‚ resulting from industrial
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Study As the homes are piled up with garbage or “junk” because of beverage containers‚ tableware‚ papers‚ plastics‚ sporting goods and on and on this throwaways did not just go into the dump but also they litter it in public places. Not only household but also firm that contribute to waste. This is just one of the problems in the Philippines. Much has been written about the problems of junk in Manila and other urban areas in our country. Junks or garbage that is thrown on the river causes clogging
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health (Narayan‚ 2001). Indang‚ one of the municipalities of Cavite‚ also had a serious problem in waste collection. PG-ENRO reported that the residents usually dump their garbage by frequently burying and incinerating (Caneda‚ 2007). There were arising solid waste management issues like collection of mixed wastes‚ improper practice of waste segregation‚ no segregation bins‚ no composting‚ areas and with Material Recovery Facilities but not functioning‚ which may result to extensive problem of solid
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‘Mobile phones are more of a nuisance than a benefit.’ Discuss The mobile phone is a device which has revolutionized the world of technology. In fact the mobile phone started with the keypad buttons and has now attained the ‘touch screen’ system. Nowadays three persons out of five possess a mobile phone. It is a tool which is used everyday and is sometimes essential for someone depending on the type of job‚ one does. For instance‚ businessmen use their mobile phones much for transactions or for
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When the word landfill comes to mind‚ many of us think of disposal sites where solid waste‚ such as paper‚ glass‚ and metal‚ is buried between layers of dirt and other materials to reduce contamination of the surrounding land. Not all garbage ends up at the dump location intended. A river‚ sewer or beach cannot catch everything the rain-washes away either. In fact‚ Earth’s largest landfill isn’t on land at all. Unheard- of to many is another type of landfill‚ the largest landfill in the world to
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