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    EXPLORATORY RESEARCH ON LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENTS IN VAGAMON The topic we are selected for our research is “LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENTS IN VAGAMON”. This topic has a wide scope for research. In order to conduct an exploratory research‚ we will start doing the location analysis. For that we will collect data on the population‚ households‚ population density‚ factories‚ labours‚ sanitation‚ water reserves…etc. Based on the data collected‚ we select a sample frame where the population density is high

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    Name: Quyen Bui Xuan Topic: As technology develops‚ the amount of E-waste has also increased. What are some causes and possible effects of the increasing amount of E-Waste? The electronic trade is more vibrant than ever before because of the race to generate more technologies of many companies around the world. This development‚ however‚ leads to the old electronic product replacing‚ which cause the amount of E-waste to skyrocket. As a result‚ the Earth is in danger since the environment has been

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    1. Environmental impacts of nuclear waste. Nuclear waste or radioactive waste is the residue of nuclear reactors‚ nuclear researches‚ nuclear projects and nuclear bomb reaction. Nuclear wastes‚ also known as spent fuel‚ are dangerously radioactive and could exist for thousands of years. The release of nuclear waste from its reactor could easily cause a lot of diseases like acute radiation sickness. The injection of nuclear waste to underground water causes water pollution and could contribute

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    STATEMENT OF NEED The improper disposal of municipal waste has a serious and dangerous impact on a wide range of areas. Garbage thrown in the street or in open space creates a public health hazard‚ while waste dumped near rivers‚ lakes and streams contaminates the water supply. Rubbish that is burned in the open rather than disposed off properly creates pollution and releases toxic fumes into the environment. Non-biodegradable materials thrown into open drains make their way into the sewerage system

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    Lucy Walker Waste Land

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    The eye of the camera Lucy Walker‚ the director of Waste Land‚ focuses on the perspective of Vik Muniz using the camera lens as an artistic and metaphorical eye to represent his distance‚ understanding‚ and ignorance on the Wasteland. Scenes within this documentary‚ especially in the beginning and middle‚ the camera view is often mimicking the changes in perspective of what Waste Land has within Vik’s point of view. Often the camera shows Vik glancing at an object‚ immediately the camera switches

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    Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction The conversion of solid waste (waste glass) and fibers (bamboo fibers) into construction materials and its capability to fight against chemical weathering will be discussed in this study. Now a day‚ it is an exciting and innovative technology in the field of engineering. There are many studies had been formulated by researchers on how to minimize or be free in concrete deterioration in an economical way and some are using high-cost materials

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    Superfund was initially asked to identify and clean-up hazardous waste sites. However‚ thirty years later the United States is facing additional new threats to the health and safety of the American people. The Superfund sites themselves are becoming “nightmares to deal with‚ due to disturbances and damage caused by extreme weather conditions brought on by climate change” (Treadman‚ 2010). The EPA website states‚ “hazardous waste sites can discharge and release large quantities of toxic substances

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    Case 4.4 Waste Management

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    Three conditions are often present when fraud exists; incentives‚ opportunity‚ and attitude. All of these conditions can be seen in the fraud at Waste Management. Waste Management was under pressure from other companies within the industry that could offer the same services at lower prices to customers. Dean L. Buntrock‚ founder‚ chairman‚ and CEO of Waste Management was the driving force behind the fraud. Buntrock set the earnings targets‚ fostered a culture of fraudulent accounting‚ and personally

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    Environmental factors Social Forces: Waste management is not just for the welfare of one state/society or for specific public but it would work for everyone‚ this will include different demographics of population. No matter people are young/old‚ male/female‚ and rich/poor they all will be benefitted by the work of waste management. Waste management has main purpose of making everything green so it would work for all the religions and make their surroundings clear‚ this company will obviously

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    Waste Management Inc. Fraud I. BRIEF HISTORY Waste Management Inc is a company in North America that provides waste and environmental services. This company was founded by Larry Beck in 1894. The company ’s operations also involved managing air and gas‚ environmental and groundwater protection as well as environmental engineering. By 1971‚ the company became more public after the 133 acquisitions and the $82M in revenue that were made and soon became the largest waste hauler in the

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