Waste management

Melissa, Belic. Nicholas, Brown. Amy Landis. “Toward zero waste: Composting and recycling for sustainable venue based events.” EBSCOhost Researcher. Waste Management. Apr 2015, Vol. 38, p86-94. 9p. This source evaluates a different waste management strategies, the seven waste management scenarios included traditional ways such as composting and recycling. The waste audits were conducted at four Arizona State University (ASU) baseball games, including a three…

municipal solid waste (MSW) and are not properly disposing of said waste; for example: one will waste an aluminum can rather than recycling the can, or one will throw away leftover pizza rather than composting the pizza. As the amount of MSW increases, the amount of waste than can be recycled also increases; however, only 34.3% of waste is recycled…

the wells and water systems suffered major damage, and the government does not have the money to do widespread repairs. Unfortunately, the waste management system is not much better than the water management systems in Haiti. The waste is supposed to be collected by the cities into one area, where the government comes to pick it up. Those trucks take the waste to a government owned are where the trash is managed. The problem is on the latter end, the government has not been picking up the…

the world. One example is the Buffalo National River Watershed. Recently, an industrial hog farming complex has moved near the Buffalo National River and in the watershed for this river system. Industrial hog farms create tremendous amounts of hog waste that pose a threat to the creeks and rivers that make up the surrounding watershed. Can the government and local conservation groups protect this beautiful ecosystem, and if so, how do they protect this watershed and encourage economic activity…

which was stated in chapter 10 of Waste Makers. It that produces are more worried about sales than quality. For example, it also states that the American Institute of Electrical Engineers was in trouble for its mostly plastic (more breakable than metal) gadgets, because plastics have appealed to producers due to cost and their built-in colors help promote sales (p. 107). Today, this plethora…

recycling at RRU and the rationale used behind it. There will be three solutions presented to the office of sustainability to reach their waste diversion rate, by recommending that attention on addressing the issue of clarifying what goes where at recycling stations. The office of sustainability at Royal Roads University main goal is to increase its’s waste diversion rate from 69% to 80%. Currently having a silver star ranking and wanting to attain platinum as stated in their sustainability…

This paper has discussed the coherent waste problems with the emphasis on non recyclable plastics that our modern society is currently dealing with. The only way that she can successfully begin to solve this problem is to educate our communities and make them aware of of difference that they can make. This type of education process has to begin at school. We have begun this process in the lower level schools with educating students on how to recycle, but we have yet to explain them why we…

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…

Have you ever paid attention to the waste that is produced by your family? Some people think that it is a small quantity of waste, compared with the waste produced by the factory and they downplay the importance of household waste disposal. In fact, there are some crucial facts that would show the importance of household waste disposal. We generate over 50 tons of household waste every second. Every two hours we can produce enough household waste to fill the world 's largest container ship. That…

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…