Solid Waste Management Essay

1. A background to the topic “There is no single ‘right answer’ to solid waste management; rather, a mix of measures and approaches. The solutions that will work in your city have to fit your own circumstances.” (Eduljee, 2010) Waste is a problem without boundaries since the evolution of humankind. Nations all over the world have taken several implementations in order to reduce the impact of waste. But the issue continues in a rapid way limiting the opportunities and wellbeing of the future generations. Waste management practices in rural Australia are highly questionable according to the Environmental protection Authority (EPA) and sustainability requirements. Most of these areas still practice conventional methods of waste management. Ararat…

Disposal of solid waste is a major environmental problem in America at present due to the large increase in its population, and it will be become more of an issue in the future if Americans do not deal with the problem. Waste disposal involves a system that manages waste from its origin to its final disposal. The forms of waste management include incineration/burning, burial at landfill sites or discharge at sea/lake/river, and recycling. According to Michael Armbrister’s article “Solid Waste…

Annotated Bibliography Solid Waste Management Barnes, David K. A., et al. “Accumulation and Fragmentation of Plastic Debris in Global Environments.” Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, vol. 364, no. 1526, 2009: 1985–1998. JSTOR. Web. 12 Mar. 2017. David K. A. Barnes is the Head of the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering of North Carolina State University. His article is informative and for the general audience to read. Barnes wrote the article in 2009,…

New York City has a long history with accumulation of garbage. In the1900’s the NYC government was using the ocean a trash disposal.Daily New York City generates 7,000 tonnes of residential mixed solid waste, I am sure the number is larger when private companies garbage is included. Every year New York produces 14 million tonnes of trash. To deal with such a large number of waste the government uses a public and a private systems investing $1.5 billions every year. The government methods to…

and industrial development, the management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is monumental for sustainable development, because all human activities generate waste. This has significant impact on the environment (hazardous gas emissions), economy (disposal cost) and health (DEFRA, 2011). About 3 billion tonnes of MSW are generated in Europe annually (EC, 2010). Fig 1.1 shows the municipal waste generation by EU countries expressed in kilogram per capital for year 2003 and 2013. While Fig 1.2, shows…

Medical Waste Regulations “Reports of medical debris keep thousands from shore,” Washington Post, July 10,1988. The poor management of medical waste resulted in the wash-up incidents on the Atlantic coast in 1987 and 1988. Following the incidents, the congress passed the Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988. After a few years, many states responded to the wash-up crisis by formulating their own medical waste regulations. Consequently, New Jersey’s Regulated Medical Waste Management act was…

environmental problems III. Early landfills IV. Modern landfills V. Mariannhill Landfill, South Africa VI. Conclusion Introduction Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), also known as refuse, trash, rubbish or garbage, refers to a type of waste that comprises of items that are discarded by the public every day. The management of this waste has evolved over the years. This forms the basis of this essay. Open dump and environmental problems Open dumps are the illegally dumped and abandoned piles of…

Inappropriate waste disposal has serious environmental health consequences such as environmental pollution and spread of diseases (Güleç, Günal, & Erler, 2001). Landfilling without treatment can lead to pollution in the surrounding environment such as groundwater, soil and air. When organic wastes in a landfill are decayed, it will generate methane gas (CH4), which constitutes 20% of the total anthropogenic methane emissions. This gas is very flammable, explosive and able to replace oxygen (O2)…

Civil engineers design landfills to serve as a safe and sanitary site to store and manage waste. [1] The sites protect modern communities from the toxic gases and chemicals that occur when waste degrades. For each landfill location, civil engineers create a site plans that meet these criteria or will eventually bring sites into compliance. The Meaning and Purpose of Sanitary Landfills Legislators regulate solid waste with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D, while…

Personal statement As a native from West Africa and growing to see waste in the street, in the canal or dumped in the nearest open space, seemed to be normal. Since I have been in contact with the waste recycling industry in 2010 in UK, I have a burning desire to constantly increase my knowledge and skills in this field. After observation, this situation rise a whole load of question to me: what is waste management? How come in Senegal we are not getting the value out of waste? How many job can…