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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Radioactive waste is the material that nuclear fuel becomes after it’s used‚ thus‚ creating radioactive waste. Most is Uranium‚ containing around 90%. Meaning it is still usable fuel. Used nuclear fuel is extremely hot and radioactive. It is usually handled by storing it under water with a dense material such as concrete or steel. The waste ranges from low to high-level‚ High-level wastes are cooled and shielded while the low-level waste is handled easily with minimum protection. It is unsure on
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P3 Outline the differences between gross and net profit If a business wants to succeed they have to make profit. Because if they do not make any sort of profit then their business will not succeed. If Hannah wants to succeed in her business then she must make profit in order to survive in the outside market and if she doesn’t make that much profit then her business is in trouble she can go in debt or even lose his business as it won’t exist anymore. So Hannah needs to know about the two main types
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Group 10 Proposal E-waste is discarded electronic or electrical devices. E-waste contains valuable metals and contaminants. According to the EPA‚ only 16% of the total collected e-waste in the past decade in the US was recycled. The rest is directed to the local dumpsters where end-of-life electronics decompose midst the rest of the waste and release dangerous toxins that have an adverse impact on human health and the environment if not disposed improperly. The key interested parties in this environmental
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6 Solid Waste Management Summary Summary With progressing urbanisation‚ solid waste management is becoming a ma jor public health and environmental con cern in urban areas of many developing countries. The overall goal of urban sol id waste management is to collect‚ treat and dispose of solid waste generated by all urban population groups in an environ mentally and socially satisfactory man ner using the most economical means available. However‚ a typical solid waste man agement
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In “Nuclear Waste”‚ Richard A. Muller‚ a professor of physics at the University of California at Berkeley‚ discusses the dangers of nuclear waste and criticizes how important figures are handling the situation. To put it another way‚ Muller’s main intention of this article is to inform any future president about the reality of nuclear waste and power by reinforcing the fact that nuclear waste is intractable. Besides‚ Muller points out that it is impractical to focus on the absolute containment of
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The magnitude of food waste is a pressing problem‚ which causes harm to the economy and the environment. In the United States‚ nearly 40% of food gets thrown away. This is primarily due to the ignorance of the consumers and the distributors with regards to food waste. Consumers should be mindful about the amount and kind of food they purchase while distributors should be careful not to overstock the shelves (Food Waste: The Facts‚ n.d.). Consumers should be more mindful about throwing away food just
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Have you ever heard of Net Neutrality? Net Neutrality is the principle that internet user have access to all contents on the internet regarding the source without blocking for a fee. This means the internet is free to use and you don’t have to pay to use a certain amount of websites you need‚ unlike cable where you have to pay for a package with 60 shows when you only use about 15 or 10 shows. But there has been some events where people have used company products and bootlegged them to where people
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Review of related literature While elements of disaster preparedness have long been a social adjustment to environmental hazards‚ both the art and science of disaster preparedness are relatively new courses of study in business‚ non-profit‚ government‚ and academic sectors (Fox‚ 2006). As with any new course of study‚ the beginnings of established practice will have inherent weaknesses and areas for improvement. To date‚ a multitude of issues that should be addressed by stakeholders have
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Multicomponent distillation 1) Mass balances The feed flowrate is 350 kmols hr-1 and the feed composition is known: 48 mol% propene‚ 50 mol% propane and 2 mol% butane. The distillate stream composition: 99.9 mol% propene and 0.1 mol% propane. The bottom product stream contains 0.5 mol% propene but the mole fractions of propane and butane are unknown. Therefore‚ mass balances are carried out around the distillate column. Overall mass balance: F=D+B Component mass balance for propene: xFF=yDD+xBB
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