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    Document “Waste Land” define the problem of environment and mostly people that weren’t “Lucky” enough and social class differences. There are lots of people work as “pickers” which they pick up the recyclable materials from the Landfill trash and make money based on these “trash” and directly help the environment. One of the artist growing up in a very poor family and now have become success, which he wants to help others and give it back to the society in a form of art. He went to the landfill…

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    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…

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    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 be created? What…

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    The Food Waste In America wasting food has a very big impact on the environment. Also, the wasted food has to go somewhere and thee water waste is increasing each year. We ually waste more than half of the produce we get from the store. It takes a lot of water to grow gardens and produce. It has become a bad habit in america to waste food and not think twice about it. Like in schools, restaurants and households they all waste so much food each year. To begin, every time you waste food you…

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    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…

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    Electronic Waste In Ghana

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    “Waste: damaged, defective, or superfluous material produced by a manufacturing process…” (Merriam-Webster, Waste). Using this above definition, it is possible to break into the sub-branch known as electronic waste or E-waste. Due to the current large consumerism culture, many first world countries find themselves producing an unstable amount of E-waste from the constant “upgrading” or destruction of older electronics. Further in this paper, examples of how this waste is dealt with shall be…

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    Medical Waste In Hospitals

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    amount of medical waste disposed. My goal for studying this sight is to see what possible policies could be implement to decrease waste production while also follow the strict guidelines for patient safety. Approximately 6,670 tons per day of “hospital waste” generated in US hospitals, which is about 1% of all municipal solid waste made yearly (Mochungong 2011). “Hospital waste” refers to all waste (biological or non-biological) that is discarded that comes out a hospital. “Medical waste” is the…

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    Athens citizens discarded waste in the streets until legislators banned the practice in 320 B.C., enacting the first recorded waste disposal law. Organized waste collection emerged in the late 1800’s, with metropolises such as such as Boston, New York, Philadelphia and London discarding collected raw debris in the nearest body of water. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the United States produces over 254 million tons annually. Today, municipal services reduce the…

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    Hazardous Waste Recycling

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    as effective in preventing future hazardous waste disposal sites. CERCLA was enacted as a reactive measure to known and unknown hazardous waste disposal sites. As the EPA, federal and local governments move forward amendments need to be made to transform the EPA and CERCLA into a proactive agency and policy. This can be achieved by maintaining oversight on known hazardous waste sites, while regulating and preventing the occurrence of new hazardous waste sites. This approach can be facilitated in…

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    and 7 union territories. The prime focus of hazardous waste management is to ensure safe, effective and economic way of collection, to transport, treating the waste and disposing off the hazardous waste. The industrial sector has rapidly grown in India which has contributed to the economic growth of the country as well as added to the pollution. The prime focus of this report…

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