adequate disposal sites‚ solid waste has become a major problem for most medium to large – size cities. When Philippine President Gloria Macapagal – Arroyo took office in January 2001‚ the first act she signed into law dealt with solid waste management systems have posed serious health risk particularly in densely populated areas. In Manila‚ for example‚ the closure of the largest disposal site in 2000 combined with inadequate capacity at other sites resulted in the disposal of tons of waste along city
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The disposal of nuclear waste is quickly becoming the most important issue facing the environmental community today. Nearly twenty percent of our nation’s electricity is being supplied by approximately 100 nuclear power plants that are operating in the United States. Currently‚ most of the nuclear waste created by these power plants is being housed temporarily in storage facilities and although the total amount of nuclear waste produced in one year is small‚ the need to find a permanent method
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Municipal Waste Management in Namibia: The Windhoek Case Study by Raili Hasheela October 2009 Universidad Azteca Municipal Waste Management in Namibia: The Windhoek Case Study Dissertation Thesis for the Management Doctorate of Philosophy in Management with specialisation in Environmental Management by Raili Hasheela October 2009 Supervisor: Professor Gerhard Berchtold Universidad Azteca 1 Commission: Dissertation Examination Commission: DDr. Gerhard Berchtold‚ PGDipEDM
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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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Nuclear Waste by Richard A. Muller Nuclear waste is a radioactive waste that is dangerous‚ and a fair percentage of people would agree on this topic. However‚ is it really dangerous or is it just harmful to an extent? In society‚ many debates are held over trying to prove to the world that this substance is harmful. In the essay‚ “Nuclear Waste‚” Muller states clearly that he sides with the anti-nuke of the debate and how he pinpoints the facts of nuclear waste with great persuasion. Yet‚ it is
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BEHAVIOR ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: A CASE OF KATHMANDU METROPOLITAN CITY Abstract This paper tries to show the household behavior of Kathmandu residents towards solid waste management. The paper is the outcome of a primary survey of 432 households covering different parts of the city of Kathmandu. The daily per capita waste generation in Kathmandu is 0.29 kg and is lower in the core zone than in the outer and middle zones. This indicates that as there is more open space to throw the waste people usually
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Contemporary Issue Biomedical Waste Management : An Infrastructural Survey of Hospitals Lt Col SKM Rao*‚ Wg Cdr RK Ranyal+‚ Lt Col SS Bhatia#‚ Lt Col VR Sharma** Abtract Background : The Ministry of Environment & Forests notified the Biomedical Waste (management & handling) Rules‚ 1998" (BMW Mgt) in July 1998. In accordance with the rules‚ every hospital generating BMW needs to set up requisite BMW treatment facilities on site or ensure requisite treatment of waste at common treatment facility
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Plastic Waste Management 1. Plastics Waste: Environmental Issues and Challenges The quantum of solid waste is ever increasing due to increase in population‚ developmental activities‚ changes in life style‚ and socio-economic conditions‚ Plastics waste is a significant portion of the total municipal solid waste (MSW). It is estimated that approximately 10 thousand tons per day (TPD) of plastics waste is generated i.e. 9% of 1.20 lacs TPD of MSW in the country. The plastics waste constitutes two major
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E-Waste Management in Pakistan Zaigham Abbas Technical Officer (Chemicals) Ministry of Environment Government of Pakistan Regional Workshop on WEEE/E-Waste Management‚ 6 - 9 July 2010‚ Osaka‚ Japan 1 INTRODUCTION OF ORGANIZATION Ministry of Environment is responsible for National Environment Policy‚ Planning and International Environment Coordination. 2 PAKISTAN: STATUS OF ENVIRONMENT Constitution of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Council (PEPC) headed by the Prime
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In the essay “The Net Is a Waste of Time” by William Gibson‚ he talks about how he is an “avid browser of the World Wide Web.” While people find this to be odd and his wife finds it positively perverse‚ Gibson thinks differently saying “I‚ however‚ scent big changes afoot‚ possibilities that were never quite as manifest in earlier incarnations of the Net” (Gibson 691). While some people think he is wasting his time with the web‚ he believes it will be the tool of the future. Even though the internet
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