Press 65 Industrial and consumption waste. How to meet the indicator needs. Experiences from Finland Simo Vahvelainen Statistics Finland‚ Environment and Energy‚ PB 6A‚ FIN-OOO22 Statistics Finland‚ Finland Tel.: +358 9 1734 3457; Fax: +358 9 1734 2465; E-mail: simo.vahvelainen@stat.fi Abstract. Statistics Finland has compiled waste statistics since the mid-1980s. The data material included administrative registers‚ surveys and research results. Waste was initially classified according to a
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University of the Philippines - Cebu College Gorordo Ave.‚ Barangay Camputhaw‚ Lahug District‚ Cebu City A systems approach to Solid Waste in the Mahiga Creek‚ North Reclamation Area‚ Cebu City‚ Philippines A PROJECT PROPOSAL BY: James Earl E. Kho‚ MS-ES 1 ENS 211 (Sat 13:00-17:00) Submitted to : Prof. Jonnifer. Sinogaya INTRODUCTION Mahiga Creek The profile of the Mahiga creek has been altered by human occupation over time. The riparian segment of the Creek has
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defines waste as “useless or worthless material”. Such materials/items that people no longer use and discard are called as waste. These items range from household rubbish‚ sewage‚ sludge‚ municipal waste‚ waste from manufacturing activity‚ nuclear waste‚ agricultural waste‚ etc. These waste materials if not treated and handled properly can create a number of problems associated with soil‚ air and water. With growing population and material consumption rates‚ Indian cities need adequate waste management
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE‚ ATTITUDES‚ AND PRACTICES ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OF A FISHING COMMUNITY Mary Ann B. Nicolas Thesis Student College of Development Communication University of the Philippines Los Baños Dr. Ma. Theresa H. Velasco Adviser and Chairperson Department of Science Communication College of Development Communication‚ University of the Philippines Los Baños Nancy Tandang Statistical Consultant and Assistant Professor I Institute of Statistics
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ABSTRACT: The term “waste to energy” has traditionally referred to the practice of incineration of garbage. Today‚ a new generation of waste-to-energy technologies is emerging which hold the potential to create renewable energy from waste matter‚ including municipal solid waste‚ industrial waste‚ agricultural waste‚ and waste byproducts. The main categories of waste-to-energy technologies are physical technologies‚ which process waste to make it more useful as fuel; thermal technologies
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| Sanitary Land Filling Process For Solid Waste Management In Rural Urban Relations- A Case In Sisdol Landfill Site | Term Paper on Rural Urban linkages | Sujata Shrestha | Background Rural-urban interaction can be defined as linkages across space such as flows of people‚ good‚ money‚ information and wastes and linkages between sectors such as agriculture‚ services‚ etc. Rural urban relation is a fundamental element of regional development. The balance rural urban linkages
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CHAPTER I BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Solid waste disposal is both an urban and rural problem. Person is a potential generation of waste and thus a contribution to this problem. to generate is one thing‚ the type of waste generated is another and now also the way of generated waste is to manage or dispose of it’s quite different issue. Solid waste is any material which comes from domestic and industrial sources from human activities which has no value to people who possess it and
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managing waste Throughout the annals of human development and societal evolution‚ man has always found methods and strategies of alleviating the risks posed to his survival by natural occurrences or even by acts provoked by his own relation to the environment. Considering the fact that today’s waste are different from yesterday’s waste although building up over time‚ the researcher explores the current methods of managing waste in light of the complexities and compositions of today’s waste. 2.6.1
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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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Health-care waste management in India is receiving greater attention due to recent regulations (the Biomedical Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules‚ 1998). The prevailing situation is analyzed covering various issues like quantities and proportion of different constituents of wastes‚ handling‚ treatment and disposal methods in various health-care units (HCUs). The waste generation rate ranges between 0•5 and 2•0 kg per bed per day. It is estimated that annually about 0•33 million tonne of waste are generated
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