An open dump is defined as abandoned piles of household garbage‚ bags of yard waste‚ appliances‚ old barrels‚ used tires‚ and demolition debris such as lumber‚ shingles‚ pipes and asbestos can threaten the health of humans‚ wildlife‚ and the environment. (Epa.state.il.us‚ 2014) Open dumps pose the following health‚ safety‚ and environmental threats: • Fire and explosion • Inhalation of toxic gases • Injury to children playing on or around the dump site • Disease carried by mosquitoes‚ flies
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VIPAR ENGINEERING PYROLISIS PLANT INNOVATIVE DESIGN WITH LOW INSTALLATION COST AND HIGHER EFICIENCY Technology Pyrolysis involves heating waste tyres /plastic without oxygen to break them down to char or carbon black‚ oil‚ and gas. Plants operate within a temperature range of 250° - 500°C.At temperatures above approximately 150°C tires release increasing amounts of liquid oil products and gases. Above 400°C‚ depending on the process employed‚ the yield of oil and solid tire-derived char may
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(2012) Need of Biomedical Waste Management System in Hospitals - An Emerging issue - A Review PRAVEEN MATHUR‚ SANGEETA PATAN* and ANAND S. SHOBHAWAT Department of Environmental Science‚ MDS University Ajmer - 305 009 (India). (Received: April 24‚ 2012; Accepted: May 27‚ 2012) ABSTRACT Medical care is vital for our life and health‚ but the waste generated from medical activities represents a real problem of living nature and human world. Improper management of waste generated in health care facilities
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Project Title: Kitchen Waste Recycling Group leader: Content P.3 – 4 Introduction P.5 Background P.6 Data P.7 Literature review P.8 – 11 Method P.12 – 13 Result P.14 Discussion P.15 Conclusion P.16-18 Reflection P.19 Reference P.20 Group Member List P.21 The End Introduction Firstly‚ we should define what kitchen waste is. Kitchen waste refers to the organic waste produced by food and drinks
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The Allusions in T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land The Waste Land is an important poem. It has something important to say and it should have an important effect on the reader. But it is not easy. In Eliot’s own words: "We can say that it appears likely that poets in our civilization as it exists at present‚ must be difficult. Our civilization comprehends great variety and complexity‚ and this variety and complexity‚ playing upon a refined sensibility‚ must produce various and complex results. The
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CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INTRODUCTION Chemical waste is managed in various ways‚ some which are environment friendly and some which are hazardous. It has effects on water supply‚ fertility of the soil‚ climate‚ health of individuals‚ et.c. What really matters is how well this waste is managed. Chemical waste management typically includes the collection‚ transportation‚ processing and recycling/disposal of chemical waste. In past times‚ it was the role of the country to
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INTRODUCTION The waste produced in the course of health care activities carries a higher potential for infection and injury than any other type of waste. Therefore it is essential to have safe and reliable method for its handling. Inadequate or improper handling of biomedical waste may have serious public health consequences and a significant impact upon environment. Appropriate management of health care waste is thus a crucial component of environmental health protection and it should become an
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Waste is a common environmental impact of developed societies. Especially when people can afford greater convenience and more purchases‚ they tend to throw away more rubbish. And Hong Kong is no exception to this. Similar to many developed places‚ our waste loads grow as its economy grow. Hong Kong generates different types of solid waste. To handle it well‚ we used to categorize and separate the type of waste. In waste water treatment‚ we simply separate the pollution as municipal waste (more
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Operating rooms are creating a disproportionate amount of waste for the space they occupy in a hospital‚ accounting for 20-30% of all hospital waste (Kagoma et al. 1905 ). Imagine a bustling operating room: a patient is being operated on and there are surgical instruments laid out on a blue tarp-covered table. The surgeon asks a nurse for gauze and the ripping open of the package is heard‚ which is then thrown in the trash. Supply after supply is unveiled in their sterilized package‚ and one by one
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Hazards of Electronic waste Electronic waste‚ e-waste‚ e-scrap‚ or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) describes loosely discarded‚ surplus‚ obsolete‚ or broken electrical or electronic devices. Informal processing of electronic waste in developing countries causes serious health and pollution problems. Some electronic scrap components‚ such as CRTs‚ contain contaminants such as lead‚ cadmium‚ beryllium‚ mercury‚ and brominated flame retardants. Even in developed countries recycling
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