Waste-to-energy

History of Ethical Issues in Texaco Chevron is one of the major leading global energy companies, with its values being that “Chevron respects the law, supports universal human rights, protects the environment and benefits the communities where Chevron works” (Chevron, 2014). Chevron is doing just the opposite in Ecuador then what its values state. It all started in 1964 when Texaco discovered oil in a remote region of Ecuador. Chevron acquired Texaco in 2001, knowing about the environmental…

condition, usually as dirty water (wastewater).It is never returned in the same way as it was withdrawn. Wastewater produced by households or communities is also called municipal wastewater or sewage. (Tilley) Effluent refers to the sewage or liquid waste that is discharged into water bodies either from direct sources or from treatment plants. Influent refers to water, wastewater, or other liquid flowing into a reservoir, basin or treatment plant. The reasons for production of increased…

El Camino College acquires large amounts of money from students, however, our drinking fountains are dirty, when they work. Private companies on our campus force students to purchase their $1.50 bottle of Dasani since students wish to have clean drinking water. Where is all the money from bottled water purchases and how does a public institution require students to pay money for access to clean drinking water? It costs less than one cent per gallon of water from the Los Angeles Department of…

Environmental Pollution Pollution is the one of the biggest problem in the earth. Pollution means environmental bad effects which are harmful and dangerous for human life. It has changed our environment for past couple years, and it’s getting worse and worse. One big cause of pollution is that humans don’t care enough about our environment. There are many categories of pollution like water pollution, land pollution, and air pollution. On the other hand people don’t know four other big…

health that the world has only just started to try and slow. The causes of these dangerous forms of pollution are simple and include various forms of land, water, and air pollution plus the pollutants. However the focus will be narrowed to dumping of waste in waters, industrial processes and their emissions, and the social or individual burning of…

mistakes, Niedermeyer and Mineo provided a major positive aspect with their journal article The Wizard of Waste and the Trash Monster Tackle Environmental Education. It not only helped increase awareness but it also served as a guide to help kids learn the ways of recycling. Based on their research, kids who take part in the program can learn “how it works and what can be done to reduce solid waste” (Niedermeyer and Mineo 180). Kids and adults can also take part in group sessions where people…

The biggest landfill has 1,500 trucks delivering 12,000 tons of garbage a day. This landfill is in the suburbs of Los Angeles. The amount of waste that this landfill is currently holding is around 3.7 million tons. That amount of trash covers 700 acres and towers almost 500 feet tall ("Puente Hills..."). Smaller landfills are also becoming overused. Smaller towns do not have as much of land to…

Bottled water is taking up way to much space here in America. Wherever I go, I see bottled water, and I bet you every one I have seen went straight in the trash. America wastes all sorts of other products just to make a bottle that is most likely used for one day then tossed into the trash for good. Although we can save all this time, money and other products from being wasted by recycling, America chooses not to further the recycling process. Which leaves us at destroying the environment by…

Do you like to breathe? Obviously otherwise, you would die. Do you know we, human beings, are eliminating that main factors in our lives? We are doing this on our own because of we are lazy enough to grab a plastic pot and throw it into a recycling bin or not even have one. We prefer to throw garbage into the closest trash can or not even throw it into a bin but in the streets. Do you think recycling is important? I do, if you do we are okay, but if you don't I will explain why. Have you…

Problem Statement Industries are generated waste water, which contain dyes and pigments in waste water. Characteristically high in colour and organic content (Grag, et al., 2004). Dyes are widely used in industries such as textile, rubber, paper, plastic, and cosmetic. There are many of dyes exist in industries and one of them is methyl red and through nano zerovalent iron removal of dyes from waste water. Dye industry effluents constitute one of the most problematic wastewaters to be treated…