Mumbai’s Waste Disposal Problems The 110 hectare Deonar dumping ground rises up to seven stories high‚ the dumping ground was opened in 1927 and accepted approximately 1‚450‚000 tonnes of waste in 2006. Currently‚ the site has approximately 9.2 million tonnes of waste in place. Dr Neelam Rane‚ vice-president of Smoke Affected Residents Forum (SARF)‚ said‚ "Until now‚ we were agitated because garbage from all over the city was dumped but now we find even bio-medical waste is being incinerated here
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A Report on ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS DUE TO JAWAHAR NAGAR DUMP YARD Under the Supervision of Ms. Maya Pavithralal Instructor‚ Technical Report Writing BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE‚ PILANI HYDERABAD CAMPUS April 23‚2012 A REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS DUE TO JAWAHAR NAGAR DUMP YARD Submitted in partial fulfillment of Technical Report Writing Course TAC312 By * Veesam Naresh Kumar 2010A7PS122H * Venu Sushir 2010AAPS016H * K.Jeevan Kumar 2010AAPS033H * Lexmann
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Landfills are growing at an exponential rate in the United States; this is a big concern for many people. Many years ago people just threw their garbage in dumps and forgot about it. Then it started to become a problem as the dumps got fuller and just kept growing. People have to put their garbage somewhere; they produce over 4 pounds of garbage everyday per person‚ that’s about 250 million tons for the country (EPA.gov). The population is growing at a very quick rate also. Some people try to reduce
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Cleaning up our town Our rivers and lakes are polluted. That’s because people throw litter everywhere they want‚ factories dump their industrial waste near lakes and rivers. If people pollute our ground‚ everything will go to groundwater and we can’t drink that‚ nor can we swim in our body of waters. We have to do something. Firstly we should organise a clean up campaign. We have to encourage people‚ that volunteering is good. If we get together many people‚ we can clean up rivers‚ lakes‚ and sides
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“According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) there are about 360 such deep injection wells in the United States.” (Saukko Par 2) Not only is there deep well injections‚ there are also shallow well injections which effect the surface and ground water. “We cannot forget the groundwater aquifers that are closer to the surface. These must also be contaminated. This is easily done by shallow well injection‚ which operates on the same principle as deep well injection‚ only closer to the surface
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for the proper disposal of trash. However‚ the case of landfills closing is much more complicated than an initial glance at the data may seem. First‚ it was not dumps that were closing‚ but rather it was open aired dumbs that were. Approximately 50 years ago‚ Federal law‚ directed states and municipalities to begin closing open air dumps and replacing them with sanitary landfills. Open air dumbs were
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Environmental Science Describe an open dump. Explain the environmental problems? I think the problems caused by an open dump is common sense to explain because the pollutes that are found in solid waste can sink into our ground water or get carried by rainwater straight into our lakes and river‚ which affects our drinking water and the wildlife habitats. An open dump is uncontrolled piles of household garbage‚ bags of waste‚ appliances‚ old barrels‚ used tires‚ and more that can be threaten
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classification and descriptions to help the reader better understand the future of the planet if humans keep on the same path of destruction. The main modes she uses in the first paragraph are cause and effect‚ and later classification of pollution into ground water and air methods is used Saukko starts the essay off by saying‚ "Poisoning the earth can be difficult because the earth is always trying to cleanse and renew itself." She not only uses sarcasm to make reader think what she is saying is meant
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Waste Management Commission shows that there are 677 open dumpsites‚ 343 controlled dumps‚ and 21 landfills in the country. An additional 307 dump sites are subject for closure or rehabilitation plans but without definite schedules for enforcement. About 215 additional landfills are being proposed to be set up nationwide. About 1‚000 open and controlled dump sites exist in the country. Prominent dumps all over the country can be found in Antipolo and Montalban in Rizal; Baguio City; Calapan
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Solvent…in barrels They get dumped out back‚ in the ground (witness) Immune system of kids: tore down to nothing He was doing well‚ and he looked fine…it was abrupt Facher: “these people can never testify” Silicon and TCE are used to waterproof leather Silicon is poured on…so some of the spill will fall off of the ground 50 more barrels that city inspector didn’t find “dump it out there in the gulley” Or dump it in a ditch Pour it into a pit Dump it into the swimming pool Lawsuit: compel the
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