Impacts of Solid Waste Management Practices on Environment and Public Health: A Case of Bahawalpur City, PakistanMuhammad MohsinAnnatoria Chinyama
Solid waste management (SWM) is one of the key responsibilities of city administrators and one of the effective proxies for good governance. Effective SWM mitigates adverse health and environmental impacts, conserves resources, and improves the livability of cities. However, unsustainable SWM practices,...
Inevitable consequences of the practice of solid waste disposal in landfills are gas and leachate generation due primarily to microbial decomposition, climatic conditions, refuse characteristics and landfilling operations. The migration of gas and leachate away from the landfill boundaries and their release...
MPs are now additionally precarious because they enter into a higher level of organisms through a trophic level and biological magnification. This makes MPs an obscure risk to human health. According to certain research, MPs have a negative impact on feeding behaviour and obstruct digestive tracts ...
Such little knowledge of the harms that solid waste pollution can have on their natural habitat poses a severe threat to the conservation of giant pandas. Here, we conducted a survey for solid waste in Wanglang Nature Reserve to study the effect of solid waste on giant panda habitat. In ...
While much of this legislation has garnered broad international support and improved local health outcomes9,10, China’s Green Fence (2013) and National Sword (2017) policies, which restrict nearly all solid waste imports, have also caused disruption across a variety of supply chains and led to...
To limit climate change and reduce further harmful environmental impacts, the reduction and substitution of fossil energy carriers will be the main challenges of the next few decades. During the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), the parti
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The main goal of these efforts is to lessen the long-term impact of plastic waste, prevent the buildup of microplastics in our ecosystems, and promote more sustainable practices. Ultimately, these actions aim to safeguard both the environment and human health, while also ensuring that we are ...
EPA should follow Maine's lead and ban the disposal of PFAS-laced sludge on food-producing lands," he added. Municipal sewer systems channel huge amounts of PFAS-contaminated waste to wastewater treatment plants, which remove the nutrient-rich solid portion (sludge) before discharging the liq...