Waste Management Scandal Dean Buntrock established Waste Management‚ Inc. in 1968. Its main purpose is to pick recycling and garbage up from residential housing and businesses. WM also disposes of the garbage in landfills. It has grown to be the largest garbage disposal company in the U.S. today. This company has managed to survive “one of the most egregious accounting frauds we have seen” said Thomas C. Newkirk of the SEC. This accounting scandal lasted from 1992 to 1997 and was the result
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Sámuel mikoviny Doctoral School of earth ScienceS head of the Doctoral School: Dr.h.c.mult. Dr. kovács ferenc Efficiency and System Approach in Communal Solid Waste Management Theses of Doctoral Dissertation research location: university of miskolc faculty of earth Science & engineering institute of Process engineering Prof. Dr. csőke Barnabás head of the institution‚ university Professor Dr. Bokányi ljudmilla associate university Professor Scientific leaders: Kiss Tibor chartered mining engineer
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severe lack of medical waste management awareness on all levels‚ it is noted that the most important priorities in the management of hospital waste is the "Treatment of the Medical Waste " created in those medical centers‚ implementing a proper and a safe way for both humans and environment. Hospitals are one of the main creators of medical wastes which are dangerous. Collection‚ storage and final disposal of these wastes has been and remains to be a stern issue. Waste generated in health care
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Construction Waste Management in Sri Lanka Waste Generated by the Construction Industry Waste is best defined as any material by-product of human and industrial activity that has no residual value‚ but construction industry’s waste has a residual value and is avoidable. Hong Kong polytechnic (1993) defines construction waste as the “by product generated and removed from construction‚ renovation and demolition work places or sites of building and civil engineering structures”. Types of
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study of municipal solid waste management system adopted by various municipalities Presented to: Prof. Dr. Dev Raj Adhikari Faculty of Management Tribhuvan University‚ Kirtipur Prepared by: DamodarNiraula Laxman Raj Kandel Kishore Dhungana Nischal Thapa YogendraAdhikari Master of Philosophy in Management August‚ 2013 Tribhuvan University Kirtipur‚ Kathmandu Table of Contents INTRODUCTION Background Waste is a resource that is unutilized
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History: In ancient cities‚ wastes were thrown onto unpaved streets and roadways‚ where they were left to accumulate. It was not until 320 BCE in Athens that the first known law forbidding this practice was established. At that time a system for waste removal began to evolve in Greece and in the Greek-dominated cities of the eastern Mediterranean. In ancient Rome‚ property owners were responsible for cleaning the streets fronting their property. But organized waste collection was associated only
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BEHAVIOR ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: A CASE OF KATHMANDU METROPOLITAN CITY Abstract This paper tries to show the household behavior of Kathmandu residents towards solid waste management. The paper is the outcome of a primary survey of 432 households covering different parts of the city of Kathmandu. The daily per capita waste generation in Kathmandu is 0.29 kg and is lower in the core zone than in the outer and middle zones. This indicates that as there is more open space to throw the waste people usually
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Incentives: from the case‚ the SEC staff claimed that the top Waste Management officers’ fraudulent conduct was driven by greed and a desire to retain their corporate positions and status in the business and social communities. Their bonuses‚ retirement benefits and stock options closely correlate with the performance of the company. If the company meets predetermined earnings targets‚ those top managements will earn a lot from profit sharing. Furthermore‚ aside from money‚ those people can maintain
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Website Material on Plastic Waste Management Central Pollution Control Board‚ Parivesh Bhawan‚ East Arjun Nagar‚ Delhi-110032 June‚ 2013 Chapter – 1: Annual Report (2011-12) on Implementation of PWM Plastic products have become an integral part in our daily life as a basic need. It produced on a massive scale worldwide and its production crosses the 150 million tonnes per year globally. In India approximately 8 Million tonnes plastic products are consumed every year (2008) which is
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CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INTRODUCTION Chemical waste is managed in various ways‚ some which are environment friendly and some which are hazardous. It has effects on water supply‚ fertility of the soil‚ climate‚ health of individuals‚ et.c. What really matters is how well this waste is managed. Chemical waste management typically includes the collection‚ transportation‚ processing and recycling/disposal of chemical waste. In past times‚ it was the role of the country to
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