Solid WasteLeadschoolsRetirementair forcecityMayor Bob Buckhorn has appointed Mark Wilfalk, chief of operations in the city's Solid Waste Department, to lead it more than six months after the previous solid waste chief quit. Wilfalk will replace Tonja Brickhouse, a retired Air Force colonel and...
In Nigeria about 196 million people produces 32 million tons of solid municipal waste annually, and only 20%–30% are collected. In the city of Onitsha, more than 730412 people generates 370706 tons/annum; and in Lagos, the commercial center of Nigeria, 21 million people produces more than ...
Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 7): Ellisville Area Site, St. Louis County, Ellisville, MO. (First remedial action), (Amendment), September 1991 The Ellisville Area site is a former waste oil disposal site in Ellisville, St. Louis County, Missouri. The site consists of the 11.6-...
Focuses on the dependable and environmentally safe disposal of municipal solid waste for the city of Tampa, Florida provided through the Wheelabrator McKay Bay waste-to-energy facility. Problem with coated conduit at Wheelabrator; Approach used in cleaning chemical emissions from the facility....
microplastics; municipal solid waste landfills; fractional composition; analysis methods; aging of plastics1. Introduction Microplastics are found in nature as a result of the degradation of macroplastics included in household waste, insufficiently treated wastewater containing synthetic fabric fibers, and ...
Currently, there are increasing initiatives by governmental and public authorities in relation to waste management to efficiently improve the collection and intelligent disposal of waste generated by a city. These are already considering the accelerated pace of urbanization worldwide and the expansion of ...