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    fruits and vegetable waste like peel and skin which are usually thrown to thrash. The result was a surprise because even though some people are throwing the waste to trash‚ many are utilizing it in a different way‚ they are recycling it. In this study‚ few people about 6 out of 20 ( show percentage) are throwing away the waste directly to the thrash which is supported by the study conducted by Parizeau et al (2015) where about 39% of respondents told they are throwing the waste to garbage. There are

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    Municipal Solid Waste Andrew McClarren Final Project Outline EGEE 439 April 12‚ 2015 Introduction Through the years‚ especially in the most recent few decades‚ the use and creation of biomass has been under study and practice as to maximize how much it can benefit society as well as the planet as a whole. Biomasses are being used around the world for a magnitude of purposes. So what exactly is a biomass and what can they be used for? Biomasses are any materials and matters derived from

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    city due to the massive developmental activities of Iskandar Malaysia project city plan. However‚ the rapid development in Johor also indicated that the generation of solid waste will increase significantly. For this reason‚ Abba et al. (2013) conducted a case study to assess the environmental impacts of municipal solid waste of Johor by analytical hierarchy process. The assessment is conducted in the city of Johor Bahru which involved Municipals of Johor Bahru Tengah‚ Johor Bahru municipal council

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    Close proximity of waste dump sites to residential properties and its effects on valuation Value is defined as an amount expressed in medium of exchange that is thought to be a fair exchange for something or the adequate or satisfactory return on or recompense for a commodity. According to experts‚ the worth of such exchange is its market value. This provides the principal yardstick for measuring the worth of properties and other similar commodities. Environmental characteristics which are

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    Waste disposal At present‚ the waste disposal issue on Cat Ba Island is still seriously concerned. Mr. Sang Bui Quang‚ Director of Department of Natural Resources and Environment‚ said on website www.monre.gov.vn that waste management has not met environment protection requirements‚ there has not been waste treatment firms‚ and commonly discharge waste directly from ships into the sea. Consequently‚ it seems to impact on the environment‚ the scenery and also Cat Ba People. Waste disposal includes

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    Dangerous Trash Landfills in today’s society are our cheapest solution to ridding the land of everyday waste. Although‚ this is a convenient alternative to waste solution‚ it does provide substantial dangers to our environment and health. One of the greatest dangers we face today is the groundwater pollution from lacheates. While they are supposed to protect humans from harmful toxins‚ but these protective barriers only delay the inevitable due to natural deterioration. The problem with landfills

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    of Municipal Solid Waste on the Environment "We cannot adopt the way of living that was satisfactory a hundred years ago. The world in which we live has changed‚ and we must change with it"(Adler). We are living in a consumist - throwaway society (see Figure 18–15) where there is little awareness about the impact of Municipal Solid Waste‚ "MSW—more commonly known as trash or garbage—consists of everyday items such as paper and paperboard (35.7%)‚ yard waste (12.2%)‚ food wastes (11.4%)‚ plastics

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    Topic:People should be ticketed and/or fined whenever they waste food. Thesis: People should be ticketed and/or fined when they waste food because‚ the amount of money we waste on food that will eventually up in landfills is extremely high‚ yet billions of people do not have the resources that allow them to have at least one meal a day‚ and we ultimately produce methane when our wasted food ends up in landfill. Yet considering these reasons‚ people around the world still recklessly produce‚ and

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    Formative Essay Author : CHAO GUO University of Sheffield Title: Much of the UK’s waste is shipped to China and India to be reclaimed. Is this the best way to treat waste? What are the alternatives? Waste recycling has been a very popular topic over the last decade. The purpose of recycling is to make used materials reusable. There are an increasing number of products produced by recycled materials which has shown that consumers and manufactures are becoming more aware of the benefits

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    1.3.2 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS / WASTE LEGISLATION These acts and principles below highlight issues that were identified within the solid waste management section in the Lesotho lowland districts and it can be concluded that there is very limited legal and institutional framework concerning solid waste‚ nearly no solid waste management system involving coordinated recycling and insufficient collection system which is limited ‚ random and open dump sites are used for disposal‚ limited awareness

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