Food Waste? Too valuable to waste! According to statistics from the Environmental Protection Department‚ in Hong Kong‚ solid waste generated daily weighs around 17000 tones‚ of which around 30% is organic matter (2700 tones) which is roughly equal to 120 double-deck buses in size. Compared this to the US where‚ revealed by the Environmental Protection Agency‚ only 12% of waste stream was scrap of food in 2005. Extra care in disposal is required for these putrescible wastes‚ otherwise nuisance
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Waste-to-energy Taking Care of Garbage Michelle Rowland Buena Vista University Waste-to-energy Taking Care of Garbage We all have to share this world with its limited resources. We must take advantage of all resources we have‚ regardless if they came from the earth‚ are man made‚ or are waste products. The average person in America throws away 3.7 pounds of garbage every day (Resource Recovery Public Works‚ 2009). It is no surprise that this leads to landfills that are filling faster
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Ellis Casey E-waste The way that society moves nowadays is based on the development of technology. We communicate‚ we learn‚ we transport and we entertain ourselves mainly based on electronic devices. As we develop as a society‚ technologic has to develop‚ too. Hence‚ every time we want to renew our electronics‚ we first have to disposal the ones we had before. The problem about ‘renewing’ our televisions‚ mobile phones and computers is that we are creating unnecessary waste to the planet
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E-Waste‚ The Dark Side of Moore’s Law We should celebrate the great bounty Moore’s Law and the tech industry bestow on our lives. Costs fall‚ workers become more productive‚ innovations flourish‚ and we gorge at a buffet of digital entertainment that includes music‚ movies‚ and games. But there is a dark side to this faster and cheaper advancement. A PC has an expected lifetime of three to five years. A cell phone? Two years or less. Rapid obsolescence means the creation of ever-growing mountains
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What is e-waste? E-waste is those waste materials consisting of any broken or unwanted / obsolete electrical or electronic appliances & gadgets. If it is not carried out properly it can dangerous to the human health or to the environment. India currently produces 500‚000 tones of e-waste annually and the figure is expected to touch one million tones in 2012. However‚ India lacks a proper e-waste disposal system and it is left up to the unorganized sector to dispose of the waste. The unorganized
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There is no clear description regarding food waste in a universal matter either historically or presently‚ making it perplexing in definition and comparison. What is clear is that food waste continues to grow at a rapid pace with the expansion of a world population experiencing societal and agricultural developments in an era where land and other resources are becoming more limited. The increase in waste and category of foods which people throw away has transformed with time through the advancement
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Electronic waste From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For the EC directive‚ see Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. Defective and obsolete electronic equipment. Electronic waste‚ e-waste‚ e-scrap‚ or waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. There is a lack of consensus as to whether the term should apply to resale‚ reuse‚ and refurbishing industries‚ or only to product that cannot be used for its intended purpose
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Implementation on Solid Waste Management of Boarding Houses A Research Proposal Presented to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Surigao del Sur State University Main Campus Tandag City In Partial Fulfillment Of the requirements for The Subject Research Rovie Galagar Saz Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING Introduction Solid Waste Management‚ the collecting‚ treating‚ and disposing of solid material that is discarded because it has served its purpose or is no longer useful
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Waste and Energy Paper ENV / 100 October 28‚ 2013 Pamela Primrose Waste and Energy Paper Environmental Science is a way to obtain agricultural knowledge of how things are going on around the world and the effect it has on the environment. In this document you will obtain a brief explanation of nuclear waste‚ plastic‚ coal and oil. What are the alternatives of other energy resources‚ advantages and disadvantages that would contribute to stabilize the environment currently around the the
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Hazardous chemical waste in the Liverpool area The aim of my research action plan is to address how people disposed of their hazardous chemical waste from households and schools within the Liverpool area. What is hazardous chemical waste? Chemical waste is a waste that is made from harmful chemicals such as: * Paint/ artist paint/ paint thinner * Motor oil * BBQ gas cylinders * Insect sprays * Rat poisons * Garden chemicals- fertilisers ‚ insecticides * Car wax
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