A GIS based transportation model for solid waste disposal – A case study on Asansol municipality M.K. Ghose a‚*‚ A.K. Dikshit b‚ S.K. Sharma c a Regional Remote Sensing Service Center‚ ISRO‚ IIT Campus‚ Kharagpur 721 302‚ India b Centre of Environmental Science and Engineering‚ Indian Institute of Technology‚ Bombay‚ India c Department of Civil Engineering‚ Indian Institute of Technology‚ Kharagpur‚ India Abstract Uncontrolled growth of the urban population in developing countries
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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT OF HOSPITALS IN KATHMANDU By: Ramesh Kaphle I. INTRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL problems are at top priority since last few decades as these are directly vulnerable to human beings‚ animals‚ crops and surrounding environment as well. These issues are so vital to discuss and are not ignorable at any cost. Hospitals are the places of health care and if waste will be not disposed off properly then most of the stakeholders may get infected especially employees working in the
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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS / WASTE LEGISLATION These acts and principles below highlight issues that were identified within the solid waste management section in the Lesotho lowland districts and it can be concluded that there is very limited legal and institutional framework concerning solid waste‚ nearly no solid waste management system involving coordinated recycling and insufficient collection system which is limited ‚ random and open dump sites are used for disposal‚ limited awareness causing
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INTRODUCTION Waste disposal Waste management is the handling of discarded materials. Recycling and composting‚ which transform waste into useful products‚ are forms of waste management. The management of waste also includes disposal‚ such as landfilling. Waste can be almost anything‚ including food‚ leaves‚ newspapers‚ bottles‚ construction debris‚ chemicals from a factory‚ candy wrappers‚ disposable diapers‚ old cars‚ or radioactive materials. People have always produced waste‚ but as industry
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Waste disposal At present‚ the waste disposal issue on Cat Ba Island is still seriously concerned. Mr. Sang Bui Quang‚ Director of Department of Natural Resources and Environment‚ said on website www.monre.gov.vn that waste management has not met environment protection requirements‚ there has not been waste treatment firms‚ and commonly discharge waste directly from ships into the sea. Consequently‚ it seems to impact on the environment‚ the scenery and also Cat Ba People. Waste disposal includes
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especially when epidemics come. It is a very challenging endeavour for citizen of every country to help resolve the problem and actually realize a clean and epidemic-free haven for the entire human race. The effectiveness of the implementation of Solid Waste Management of one country does not only reflect the discipline of every citizenry but also the political will of the people who are in power. It is also a scale of the progressiveness of a country. The people are given by the divine providence the
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Zambia National Solid Waste Management Strategy for Zambia September 2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables Abbreviations 1.0 iii vi 1 vii Acknowledgements Introduction to the strategy 1.1 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 THE OPERATIONAL LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF THE STRATEGY ............................................ 2 1.2.1 Waste management Regulations
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service-based city due to the massive developmental activities of Iskandar Malaysia project city plan. However‚ the rapid development in Johor also indicated that the generation of solid waste will increase significantly. For this reason‚ Abba et al. (2013) conducted a case study to assess the environmental impacts of municipal solid waste of Johor by analytical hierarchy process. The assessment is conducted in the city of Johor Bahru which involved Municipals of Johor Bahru Tengah‚ Johor Bahru municipal council
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Municipal Solid Waste Management in China January 2007 Lin‚ Jiaoqiao Lin‚ Na Qiao‚ Liming Zheng‚ Jie Tsao‚ Chi-Chung Part 1 MSW Management in China Mainland INTRODUCTION No country has ever experienced as large or as fast an increase in solid waste quantities that China is now facing. In 2004 China surpassed the United States as the world’s largest waste generator‚ and by 2030 China’s annual solid waste quantities will increase by
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Solis Waste Management in Itanagar Capital Complex Processing Disposal Vehicles used for transportation of wastes shall be covered. Waste should not be visible to public‚ nor exposed to open environment. Manual handling of waste shall be prohibited. If unavoidable due to constraints‚ manual handling shall be carried out under proper precaution with due care for safety of workers. Transportation vehicles shall be so designed that multiple handling of wastes‚ prior to final disposal‚ is
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