Project Work. Fabrication of a twin rubbish bin to disseminate information to the public & to improve waste management. Based on a research synopsis prepared by Kekeli Buckner. CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Cleanliness they say is next to Godliness. All over the world‚ human beings are tasked with the responsibility to manage and sustain the earth. For thousands of years the earth has remained a habitable planet. This is mainly because human beings have a culture of keeping
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STATEMENT OF NEED The improper disposal of municipal waste has a serious and dangerous impact on a wide range of areas. Garbage thrown in the street or in open space creates a public health hazard‚ while waste dumped near rivers‚ lakes and streams contaminates the water supply. Rubbish that is burned in the open rather than disposed off properly creates pollution and releases toxic fumes into the environment. Non-biodegradable materials thrown into open drains make their way into the sewerage system
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important to ensure everyone’s safety from possible health hazards. The improper waste disposal of garbage is a major sociological problem today due to its capability of contaminating the area in which we live and it’s potential to be lethal to all living things. Its effects increase the risk of adverse health effects in humans and animals‚ causes damage to eco-systems and accelerate the destruction of our environment. The more waste we generate‚ the more we have to dispose of. Bauleni houses many people
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will be uneaten. Food waste has become a major problem throughout America. Restaurants‚ grocery stores‚ and consumers are all at fault for food waste. Food waste is not the only problem our society is facing. Packaging‚ large amounts of trash‚ and polluted landfills is causing trouble to America. When food is wasted‚ most of the time the packaging is too. When the packaging is not recycled it will end up in landfills causing pollution to our environment. But what about food waste? Foods that are rotten
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October 2012 E-Waste Electronic waste is becoming one of the world’s largest issues. We continue to innovative and improve the products we use every day. When people upgrade their phones or any electronic device‚ they sometimes take them to an electronic waste recycling facility. When products are taken to the recycling centers‚ I often wonder where the old iPods and televisions end up. During the first part of researching there was some surprising new that I found. E-waste may have been proved
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Protection Agency (EPA) facts for 2010. Before‚ we start let us take a moment to discuss what trash or municipal solid waste (MSW) is. MSW is the collection of commonly used items that discarded by the general populace‚ many of these include packaging‚ food scraps‚ grass clippings‚ sofas‚ computers‚ tires and house appliances (EPA). Although the information from the EPA shows that the waste in pounds per person has increase from 3.66 to 4.43 in the time frame of 1980 and 2010‚ it is the amount the being
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THE LEVEL OF WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE SELECTED PUBLIC SCHOOL IN CEBU CITY: PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT ___________________________________________ A Research Proposal Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Business Administration School of Business and Economics University of San Carlos Cebu City‚ Philippines ________________________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the course BA109N Business Research _______________________________________________ By
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Waste Land is a documentary about finding beauty in things that people discard. Directed by Lucy Walker‚ the film follows Brazilian artist Vik Muniz who travels back to his home country from New York City to create artistic photographs shaped by using garbage that depicts the lives of the pickers who live in the largest landfill in the world. Located in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro‚ Jardim Gramacho is a landfill that holds 3‚000 garbage pickers‚ also knowns as catadores‚ who pick out recyclable
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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2000 (R.A. 9003) The law emphasizes solid waste avoidance and volume reduction through source reduction and waste minimization measures‚ with the protection of public health and the environment as the primary goal. There are issues to be addressed here: (1.) lack of management system‚ (2.) lack of public support for environmental concerns‚ (3.) lack of public awareness through information and education. Solid waste management whose
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the government in order to manage the waste‚ reduce the effect of the waste and their choice of action to solve the problem (Scientific Framework - Chapter 1. Theory). Waste is defined as “a portable object that has been abandoned by the owner” and also as an “orderly disposal garbage” (Bilitewski et al 1994‚ p. 21). Waste is classified in categories such as municipal solid waste (MSW)‚ agricultural and animal refuse‚ industrial residues‚ extraction and mining waste‚ construction and demolition debris
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