The recycling of e-waste has attracted significant attention due to emissions of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other contaminants into the environment. We measured PCB concentrations in surface soils, air equilibrated with the soil, and air at 1.5-m height using a fugacity sampler in an aba...
Comments on the enactment of the electronic waste recycling act of 2003 as a response to the electronic waste crisis in California. Accounts on the signing of the Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 by Governor Gray Davis; Inclusion of an enforcement provision that provides for the imposition ...
Recycling/reuse: 68% Donation to people: 5% Animal feed: 3% Composting: 1% Anaerobic digestion:<1% Incineration (with and without energy recovery): <1% Landfill: 22% Biochemical processing: <1% Food Waste2 Goal: Reduce operational food waste 50% by 2030 (against 2016 baseline)% reduction of...
The amount of construction and demolition waste dumped in landfills has decreased recently as a result of increased awareness about the reuse and disposal of building materials. There are numerous potential for the substantial reduction and recovery of materials that would otherwise be discarded as wast...
Background: The reuse and recycling of household waste are correlated with a household’s daily activities and commonly depend on sociodemographic factors. In this study, we aimed to assess and probe the level of awareness of waste reuse and recycling, self-reported household waste recycling and ...
"If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we cannot act alone. The crisis has shone a light on the interconnected nature of our world. The lessons we learn must be applied to help us emerge stronger… to get to a more sustainable and inclusive economic future." ...
FILE PHOTO: Workers push a bundle of crushed plastic bottles at a recycling factory in Ahmedabad, India, November 22, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo By Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United Nations Development Programme aims to almost triple its plastic waste management to...
bed incinerators have higher operational flexibility than grate incinerators. However, MSW requires pretreatment prior to combustion in fluidized bed incinerators such as, removal of metals and other inert objects. Reduction of particle size of feed is another pretreatment step required in fluidized bed ...
the concentration of antibiotic leading to a 50% reduction in bacterial bioluminescence — found that the EC50 for vancomycin was in the region from 370 to 546 mg/L (Havelkova et al., 2016). Some studies have assessed the predicted no-effect concentration (PNEC) concerning the discharge of ...
(ELV) recycling act was implemented in Japan in 2005 [37,39], and the recycling of ELV follows the EPR concept whereby the responsibilities of ELV processing are on the manufacturers and importers using the fee collected from the vehicle owners [39]. A report in 2020 stated that Japan has...