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    Carbon Trading: Strategies employed by Google Inc. and Carbon Finance in Africa Group Members: Apoorv Agarwal Shreyendra Garg 09002033 09D02020 Manish Choudhary Shishir Gupta 09002019 09002015 Abstract The market for trading allowances relating to the right to emit carbon dioxide or the Emissions Trading Market has expanded dramatically in the last few years and promises to continue to do so in the near future. It has an extremely high profile as it is intrinsically linked to worldwide efforts

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    “Reverse logistics and environment empathy: reversing logistic chain and reducing e-waste‚ a qualitative analysis” ABSTRACT With rise of consumerism and rapidly changing technologies to cater to emerging needs of affluent consumers electrical and electronics industry has undergone several changes and innovation in terms of technology and hence product. Along with every technological up gradation‚ product obsolescence is also increasing at a fast pace aided by various subjective factors of individual

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    earnings. They assigned incorrect and inflated salvage value on their trucks while extending their useful lives to avoid depreciation expenses. Once landfills were filled with waste‚ they failed to record expenses for decreases in value. They gave random‚ unsupported salvage values to assets that previously had no salvage value. Unsuccessful and abandoned landfill development projects were not recorded as expenses or write-offs. Along with the top officers‚ the company’s longtime

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    waste (MSW) – all the material that people in a region no longer want because they are broken‚ spoiled‚ or have no further use. Municipal solid waste landfill – constructed above an impermeable clay layer that is lined with an impermeable membrane and includes mechanisms for dealing with liquid and gas materials Leachate – bottom layers of new landfills that trap contaminant-laden water. Incineration – the process of burning refuse in a controlled manner. Mass burn – technology that incineration

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    Solid waste management is defined as the control of waste generation‚ storage‚ collection‚ transfer and transport‚ processing and disposal of solid wastes consistent with the best practices of public health‚ economics‚ financial‚ engineering‚ administrative‚ legal and environmental considerations. Solid waste is sewage other than hazardous waste. There are 8 categories of solid waste which are commercial waste‚ construction waste‚ domestic waste‚ industrial waste‚ institution waste‚ import waste

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    Waste Management Scandal

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    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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    Food Wastage Case Study

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    (2017) noted that the amount of food wastage is about 1.3 billion tons of food waste per year. This has led to food wastage throughout food network and food supply chain‚ which represent wastage of resources in processing the product such as energy‚ landfill‚ water and human input used in the processing of food. In addition‚ FAO (2017) also said‚ 33%of food is wasted or misused before it is consumed by individuals.

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    took it into consideration and created nappy recycling plant in September 12‚ 2011. The main cause of nappy recycling plant is European directive‚ which has set targets to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill. The authorities‚ which do not take it into the consideration‚ face a landfill tax bill. 2. Purpose statement Nappy recycling is an important issue and it may bring a lot if advantages in the future. Due to it‚ this synopsis will overlook the importance of nappy recycling. We will

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    Renewable energy is energy that originates from natural sources‚ which is a continuing and nonpolluting energy that is replenished due to its perpetual natural motion. These sources are commonly solar‚ geothermal‚ wind and tidal energies. Comparing different countries’ use of renewable energies -- in Portugal this year‚ close to 45 percent of its electricity will come from renewable energy sources (Rosenthal‚ 2010). This compared to 10.1 percent in the United States (U.S. Energy Administration

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    Ecosystem Structure‚ Function‚ and Change Keyich is a city in Casdonia‚ located in Eastern Europe. Over the past six years‚ the city’s population has grown rapidly from 265‚000 in 1995 to 650‚000 in 2001‚ resulting in a 145% increase. The continious fast-paced growth estimates that by 2008 the city’s population is expeted to reach 1‚600‚000. The Keywich City Council has concerns with the excelling growth pattern and possible negative consequences associated with the growth such as cultural‚ economic

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