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    Waste Utilization

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    Waste Utilization in Horticultural Crops Dr.(Mrs.) Neelima Garg Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture‚ Lucknow Email: neelimagargg@rediffmail.com India has become one of the largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world producing approximately 30 million tonnes of fruits and 60 million tonnes of vegetables annually. In recent years‚ there has been a shift from conventional farming of food grains to horticulture which include fruits‚ vegetables‚ ornamental crops‚ medicinal

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    Waste Management Segregation of recyclable waste at source In all parts of the country‚ people by and large do salvage re-usable or saleable material from waste and sell it for a price‚ e.g. newspaper‚ glass bottles‚ empty tins‚ plastic bags‚ old clothes etc.‚ and to that extent such reusable / recyclable waste material is not thrown out for disposal. However‚ a lot of recyclable dry waste such as waste paper‚ plastic‚ broken glass‚ metal‚ packaging material etc.‚ is not segregated and is thrown

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    Fiction and the Workplace

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    Fiction and the Work Environment Paper When reading a short story‚ poem‚ or even novel the author often attempts to provide the audience with some type of personal connection to a variety of components to the reading. An author may select very personable‚ hardworking‚ and unselfish characters to allow the audience to connect in some way with the main or subordinate characters; or the author may elect to provide a common type of setting to provide the readers an additional way to connect to the

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    more superior to others when discussing workplace themes. I have chosen to write about A Delicate Balance by Jose Armas and The Boy and the Bank Officer by Phillip Ross. Why did I choose these stories‚ for one although one of them is fiction and the other non-fiction I can relate to them both on a personal level such as both writers did. In this paper I will discuss the difference between the way the characters were written about and portrayed and I will also compare some of the ways they acted

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    Non-fiction is one of the two main divisions in writing‚ the other form being fiction. Non-fiction is a story based on real facts and information . Non-fiction is a narrative‚ account‚ or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are believed by the author to be factual. These assertions and descriptions may or may not be accurate‚ and can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question‚ however‚ it is generally assumed that authors of such accounts believe them

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    biomedical waste. Improper disposal of wastes often leads to spread of diseases and contamination of water bodies and soil. The impact of these wastes cannot be ignored and managing them has become a major problem. The objective and scope of this research project: In this project we have tried to gain an insight on the term waste management. The objective of the project was to seek an overview of waste management in large cities especially in supermarkets and predominantly the waste disposal system

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    Food Waste

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    clear description regarding food waste in a universal matter either historically or presently‚ making it perplexing in definition and comparison. What is clear is that food waste continues to grow at a rapid pace with the expansion of a world population experiencing societal and agricultural developments in an era where land and other resources are becoming more limited. The increase in waste and category of foods which people throw away has transformed with time through the advancement and evolving

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    ze Article - Nudging Recycling From Less Waste to None Talks about an antigarbage strategy known as “zero waste” ….. The movement is simple in concept……to Produce less waste. What is the zero waste? Zero waste that the entire concept of waste should be eliminated. Instead‚ waste should be thought of as a “residual product” or simply a “potential resource”. • A residual product OR COMPOSTABLE ITEMS….. Bioplastics like the forks (at Yellowstone) made from plant materials like cornstarch

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    Net Is a Waste

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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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    Waste Disposal

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    WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT One of the most common problems that the world is facing right now is the dilemma on garbage disposal. As a result‚ global warming is evident in our world nowadays. Proper segregation and discarding of waste is essential to prevent environmental and health threats from happening such as floods‚ diseases cause by inappropriate waste disposal‚ etc. Waste is a material that is no longer needed‚ wanted or used. It is anything unusable or is intended to be discarded

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