Construction Waste Management in Sri Lanka Waste Generated by the Construction Industry Waste is best defined as any material by-product of human and industrial activity that has no residual value‚ but construction industry’s waste has a residual value and is avoidable. Hong Kong polytechnic (1993) defines construction waste as the “by product generated and removed from construction‚ renovation and demolition work places or sites of building and civil engineering structures”. Types of
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preferable means to reduce plastic waste. Advantages of plastic waste reduction: Environment • Recycling helps to limit the amount of glass‚ paper and plastic that must be produced. This will end with less garbage in landfills because it’s being reused. • Slows the consuming of natural resources. You reduce the amount of resources needed to make the same item compared to making it without recycling • It saves natural resources as it takes less energy to make something with recycled material
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05/31/2014 Introduction The organization that will be the topic of my discussion in my final project paper will be Pratt Industries Inc. The company started as a recycling paper company in Australia and US‚ but today they could close the entirely process of recycling incorporating companies that create paper from recycling paper‚ the energy that the company use is coming burning trash recycled‚ the company sale cardboard boxes and recycled paper to big detailed companies as Home depot and
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Chapter I BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Introduction Recycling waste and used materials for some useful purpose is an effective means of conserving resources‚ of reducing waste disposal‚ and‚ often‚ of cutting cost (Spectrum‚ 2005). As human beings‚ we pollute the environment through many ways. One of the major pollutants is the waste we produce. Everyday millions of tons of trash get dumped into Earth’s landfills‚ but soon‚ those landfills will be full and we won’t have anywhere to store our waste
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Description and Problems SCIE210-1203A-05 Environmental AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY SUBJECT: Municipal Solid Waste Descriptions and Problems ABSTRACT: The Municipal Solid Waste is based in 4 main components that are recycling‚ composting‚ landfilling and waste-to-energy that is mainly done by burning the waste. This is known as materials of no longer being of value and is thrown out for disposal. Waste is handled and separated into different containers which are divided into
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are going to be discussed in some ways. Mostly‚ discussion about the climatic changes is going to be mentioned that is not only in Britain‚ also the biggest problem in all over the Earth today together with impacts of these changes. After that‚ Recycling is going to be argued in detail with its examples. Changing in climate affects the environment deeply. Climatic changes appear because of Greenhouse Effect that is mostly caused by human activities and is going to be explained later on. According
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individuals return paper products for recycling‚ they are sorted‚ recycled and used again. Normally‚ the returned paper is unbleached or is processed chlorine free. Every paper item that is sent to the recycling bin‚ including toilet paper rolls‚ are without compounds‚ which contain chlorine. During this process‚ the affects are not as harmful and it reduces the overall impact on the environment and that is what it means to print sustainably. Saving and recycling paper can save millions of tree
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economy‚ the earth’s resources are suffering with major problems which lead to consequences. There are many ways to conserve the earth’s resources. However‚ the three most efficient ways to conserve the earth’s resources are reducing‚ reusing‚ and recycling products and materials. Reducing is one of the most efficient ways to help conserve resources. Reducing is cutting down on materials that are unnecessary. Using reduction conserves natural resources and uses less than usual in order to avoid waste
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device electronics‚ mobile phones‚ and other items such as television sets and refrigerators‚ whether sold‚ donated‚ or discarded by their original owners. This definition includes used electronics which are destined for reuse‚ resale‚ salvage‚ recycling‚ or disposal. Others define the re-usables (working and repairable
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Davao City bans use of plastics‚ styrofoams Philippine Daily Inquirer 3:28 pm | Thursday‚ May 10th‚ 2012 DAVAO CITY – After banning smoking and spitting in public‚ the city government announced that starting June 28‚ it would be a crime here to use environmentally-destructive plastic bags and styrofoams in packaging‚ including for food products. Joseph Dominic Felizarta‚ chief of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro)‚ said the city government will strictly implement the
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