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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processes to remove physical‚ chemical and biological contaminants. Its objective is to produce an environmentally-safe fluid waste stream (or treated effluent) and a solid waste (or treated sludge) suitable for disposal or reuse (usually as farm fertilizer). Using advanced technology it is now possible to re-use sewage effluent for drinking water‚ although Singapore is the only country to implement such technology on a production scale in its production of NEWater[2]. Contents [hide] • 1 Origins of sewage
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Question: Should rich people pay more taxes than poor people? Taxes are money that people and business must pay in order to support the government. The government uses the money for building roads‚ helping schools‚ and maintaining other public services. For example‚ parks‚ buildings‚ and more public utilities. People dread paying these taxes every year because large amounts of money get taken away. To make it fair‚ everybody should pay equal amounts regardless of their income. Both rich and
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Waste: The Killer of a Nation As humans‚ we waste that is an understatement we waste a lot. We waste to the point that landmarks that existed before I was even born such as the Great Barrier Reef no longer exist. In Bill McKibbens essay “Waste Not‚ Want Not” he explains the effect of being wasteful can have on the environment. The are three types of waste that McKibben identifies that I believe are most harmful to the environment government waste‚ nuclear waste‚ and factory pollution. First‚ let
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Impact * Pro-Poor tourism (PPT) - Results in increased net benefits for poor people. Tourism is often claimed to be the largest industry in the world‚ thus creating both opportunities and responsibilities. Tourism can make a positive difference – and it should. Tourism can bring great benefits to local communities but only if it brings sustainable livelihoods‚ employment or additional incomes. The same approaches which have been developed to benefit the economically poor through tourism can
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WASTE DISPOSAL: IT’S IMPACT Improper waste management continues to be major problem that affects us all. Waste dumped into a various waterways has created floating island of toxic pollutants in our oceans. One of these islands‚ is “The Greatest Pacific Garbage Patch” has received media attention for its size-estimated to be twice the size of Hawaii and its known destructive effects on the wildlife and food supply. Diseases‚ such as Dengue fever‚ prevalent in developing nations are believed
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Why Americans Lead the World in Food Waste‚ he claims that an estimated $160 billion worth of produce is wasted annually. Wasted food is one of the largest arising problems within America today‚ and the numbers for waste keep increasing year by year. Solutions have been thought out to help solve this drastic problem‚ but nothing will be accomplished until society open their eyes and see what is truly happening. The biggest question that arises about food waste is what causes this? There are a lot
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Many developing countries are currently expanding their tourist industries Why is this the case? Is it a positive development? Nowadays‚ more and more countries are become hospitable to their visitors or aliens. Some places that were totally forbidden once upon a time‚ have become accessible to visitors. Those countries‚ particular some developing countries‚ feel obliged to invest more money in order to extend their tourist industries. But whether such expansion be positive or not is still
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Website Material on Plastic Waste Management Central Pollution Control Board‚ Parivesh Bhawan‚ East Arjun Nagar‚ Delhi-110032 June‚ 2013 Chapter – 1: Annual Report (2011-12) on Implementation of PWM Plastic products have become an integral part in our daily life as a basic need. It produced on a massive scale worldwide and its production crosses the 150 million tonnes per year globally. In India approximately 8 Million tonnes plastic products are consumed every year (2008) which is
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Recycling Wastes Today cleanliness is the most important thing in both the homes and in a society. Taking care of the environment is a big responsibility. Since disposing of garbage and wastes maintains sanitary in the envorinment‚ everybody should also care about the beauty of their surroundings. Home garbages and some other solid wates should certainly be cleared out and be burned to keep the weather of the environment clean‚ however it is not always the case to burn kinds of wastes and totally
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