to 1993‚ due to the increase in population‚ the demand of the food and drinks was raised‚ so the quantity of Hong Kong solid waste is doubled. Paper‚ un-recyclable plastic and glass bottle and aluminum were the packaging of the food and drinks which started to be a serious waste disposal problem to Hong Kong. The increasing trend never stops. The amount of municipal solid waste generated each year in Hong Kong is enormous‚ given that the city houses almost 7 million people and is a regional centre
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an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. Reasons- Electricity production‚ industries‚ transportation‚ agriculture‚ commercial and residential waste. Remedies- Energy conservation‚ using alternatives‚ optimum utilization of resources‚ reduction on the dependency on machines that emit these harmful gases. Opinion- If this issue is not brought under control it would lead to the destruction of the
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© Kamla-Raj 2009 J Soc Sci‚ 19(2): 121-127 (2009) The Impact of Abattoir Activities and Management in Residential Neighbourhoods: A Case Study of Ogbomoso‚ Nigeria Y. O. Bello and D. T. A. Oyedemi Department of Architecture‚ Ladoke Akintola University of Technology‚ Ogbomoso‚ Oyo State‚ Nigeria KEYWORDS Abattoir. Abattoir Activities. Pollution. Ogbomoso. Local Built Environment ABSTRACT Abattoir is one of the facilities available in most towns and cities‚ as the killing of animals to supply
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Newspaper Vendors hold protest rally By Liv G. Campo and Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | Updated November 23‚ 2011 - 12:00am 0 0 googleplus0 0 CEBU‚ Philippines - Citing decrease in sales‚ at least 100 placard-bearing vendors from Lagtang Public Market yesterday morning trouped to the Talisay City Hall to appeal to Mayor Socrates Fernandez to reopen the old market in barangay Tabunok. It’s been almost three months already since the vendors were moved to Lagtang Public Market‚ but since day
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Introduction Graph above showed the comparison of atmospheric samples contained in ice cores and more recent direct measurements‚ provides evidence that atmospheric CO2 has increased since the Industrial Revolution. (Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Climate change is an inevitable phenomenon that is being experienced globally in various forms such as temperature rise‚ sea level rise‚ droughts‚ floods‚ hurricanes‚ landslide‚ etc. According to the forth assessment report of
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Program Today‚ policy makers and waste management companies have been trying to find new ways to reduce the amount of waste entering the landfills because we are rapidly running out of space for such use. In 2000‚ U.S. residents and businesses produced more than 221 million tons of waste‚ which is approximately 4.5 pounds of waste per person per day. However‚ the amount of waste sent to landfills in 2000 was down 13% from the 1990 total‚ and the amount of waste recovered in recycling has nearly
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Kaoma District of Zambia’s Western Province and houses 11‚000 refugees. The camp has major issue on the management of waste since there is no department for it. Furthermore‚ the camp has no designed place to dispose the waste which leads the inhabitants to dump solid waste into the nearby bushes (Bodonyi 2014). The project is intended to help the management of waste by sorting out types of waste and reducing the pollution causes by it. However there are bins installed in local markets‚ but the refugees
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Introduction Industry Study Project Description A. Basic Project Information B. Project Location C. Project Rationale D. Alternative E. Description of Project Phases F. Baseline Environment Condition G. Impact Assessment and Mitigation H. Environment Management Plan I. Proposal for an Environmental Monitoring and Guarantee Fund Attachment of Annexes A. Photos or Plates of Proposed Project B. Impact Areas‚ Affected and Communities C. Maps of the following Scale D. Permit to Operate Certificate E. E. Result
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Food wastage During lunch time‚ it is not uncommon to see that on the plates of the people sitting around you‚ there are leftover dishes which can literally be re-decorated into a whole new set lunch. In fact‚ food wastes account for 40% of the solid wastes in Hong Kong and a staggering amount of 3200 tons of food is disposed every day from households‚ commercial areas and food premises‚ referring to the figures of Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department. The three landfills in Hong Kong are
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normal use of the soil or endangering public health and the living environment. Soil contaminants are spilled onto the surface through many different activities. Most of these are the result of accidents involving the vehicles that are transporting waste material from site of origin to a disposal site. Soil pollution is particularly dangerous for the environment and our health because soil‚ either in the mountains and in the plains‚ contains the largest part of the water we
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