answer the research question‚ we did an online survey in area around the VNU Village with totally 220 participants. Among them‚ 165 students‚ 20 normal citizen and 13 trade people distribute unequally in this area. The majority are live in or near the landfill‚ accounting for 89 people. The others are live in or near the market (35 people)‚ in the dormitory (52 people) and the other places (44 people) such as near the bus station‚ near the university… They have several thought about the current status
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across the globe. Despite small changes over the years the Siren logo that adorns the entire product line is recognizable throughout the world. Starbucks mission statement is ‘to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person‚ one cup and one neighborhood at a time’ (Starbucks 2011a - Starbucks Mission Statement). With over 17‚000 stores worldwide‚ they seem to be living the statement‚ but they didn’t make their name on coffee alone. In 1991‚ Starbucks became the first privately held U.S. Company
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What is Waste? Basel Convention: Substances or objects which are disposed of or are intended to be disposed or required to be disposed of by the provisions of law. European Waste Framework Directive: Waste is any substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard. Waste includes all items that people no longer have any use for‚ which they either intend to get rid of or have already discarded. Additionally‚ wastes are such items which people are require to
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Chapter I A. Introduction Solid waste can be classified into different types‚ depending on their source; household waste is generally classified as municipal waste; industrial waste as hazardous waste‚ and biomedical waste or hospital waste as infectious waste. The term “solid waste ’ ’ means any garbage‚ refuse‚ or sludge from a waste treatment plant‚ water supply treatment plant‚ or air pollution control facility and other discarded material‚ including solid‚ liquid‚ semisolid‚ or contained
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waste management disasters. E-Waste is a new phrase that has been coined in the last few years. The term refers to the massive amounts of electronic waste that is being generated by ageing computer equipment being sent to disposal facilities and landfills each year. According to the National Safety Council‚ more than 150 million used PCs are sitting idle in storage in the United States with an additional 315 million computers that will need to be recycled or scrapped in 2004. The manufacturing of
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dishes‚ leftovers‚ edible food though expired‚ etc. This kitchen waste recycling scheme is mainly aim to reduce the amount of waste and reduce processing costs. Also‚ this plan could help to extend the life-span of landfills. This is a big challenge we are facing nowadays as the three landfills are going to be saturated in the very soon future. Therefore‚ reducing the amount of waste is the most important part of the scheme. At present‚ among 9‚000 tons of municipal solid waste‚ one-third of the waste
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Did you know that we generate 21.5 million tons of food residuals annually? That’s a lot of wasted food. But according to greenwaste.com‚ if this food waste were composted instead of being sent to landfills‚ the resulting reduction in greenhouse gas emissions would be equivalent to taking more than two million cars off the road. We all have learned about the importance of recycling cans‚ bottles‚ and paper but food waste has been overlooked until recently. On October 21‚ 2009‚ San Francisco made
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scraps pickup supported by the Capital Regional District (CRD)‚ which for several months‚ had been tested‚ and now expended to the entire community of the neighbour city of Oak Bay. The goal of this program is to divert organic waste from Hartland landfill‚ which already receives most of non-organic waste‚ to Fisher Road Recycling located in Cobble Hill‚ and to promote a better usage of both facilities and better destination for the respective wastes. However‚ there are some residents against this
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to rot. In the article‚ “Recycling Worth the Trouble Cost?‚” it states 1‚000 years-worth of trash would only fill a 35-square mile landfill that is 100 yards deep. This proves that we do not fill up a lot of space with trash like we do not need a huge landfill. In the article‚ “Cons Of Recycling‚” it states originally costs $28 to send a ton of waste to the landfill while it cost $147 to recycle the same amount. This shows that it is not cheap to recycle‚ nothing is free.
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different areas‚ some of which could greatly improve the air we breathe‚ and the environment. Today I will talk to you about the importance of recycling‚ what we can do to save the earth and its natural resources. Conservation‚ energy‚ pollution‚ and landfill reduction are four of the major reasons why we are not going to be around as long as we would like. We as Americans use approximately 3 to 7 planets to support our lifestyles‚ if we were to reduce‚ reuse make do and do without some of the things
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