In South Africa, there is currently more than one legal definition of waste. This not only complicates the classification of material as waste, but also creates confusion amongst industry and government dealing with waste management issues. This hinders the successful implementation of the waste ...
What are the differences between the waste management in Sweden and that of some countries in Africa?CRITICAL THINKING2. What does the writer mean by saying “Where most people see a problem, a few clever individuals have seen opportunities."?3. What do other countries do on waste management...
The 17th annual Government Affairs Seminar of the Air & Waste Management Association was held March 16-17,1989 in Washington, DC. The overall theme was \"E... None - 《Air Repair》 被引量: 0发表: 1989年 report from the 17th government affairs seminar: some issues in waste management rep...
Integratedwaste managementis a comparatively newer concept in the field of waste management that optimizes many of the former waste management practices and integrates new dimensions of waste management strategies (Seadon, 2006). The concept, integrated waste management, involves both the technical and ...
Presents an outlook on the environmental industry in Puerto Rico for 1999. Details on the solid waste infrastructure plan of Puerto Rico's Solid Waste Management Authority (SWMA) and the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources; Short-term goal of SWMA; Issues on waste-to-energy facilitie...
Waste Management is an international journal devoted to the presentation and discussion of information on the generation, prevention, characterization, monitoring, treatment, handling, reuse and ultimate residual disposition of solid wastes, both in industrialized and in economically developing countries. The...
An Evaluation of Clinical Waste Management in Gaborone City Council Health-Care Facilities University of South Africa (2013) Google Scholar [26] S. Sharma, S.V.S. Chauhan Assessment of bio-medical waste management in three apex government hospitals of Agra J. Environ. Biol., 29 (2) (2008)...
Reuse is central to sustainable waste management. In contrast to recycling, which involves the disassembly and decomposition of materials back into their building blocks, reuse preserves their form but still conserves energy and resources. In doing so, we can move closer to overcoming a plethora of...
The keywords used for reviewing the literature were the ones that refer to the issues concerning solid waste management in developing countries, therefore combining the keywords “solid waste” and “developing countries” with: open burning, open dumping, informal recycling, health risk, environmental...
Here we show that the majority (70%) of potential leakage of municipal solid waste into aquatic environments occurs in China, South Asia, Africa, and India. We show the need for the adoption of active mitigation strategies, in particular circular waste management systems, that could stop waste...