Context and Background
Waste management is an area of study related to the management of waste in terms of collection, transport, storage, transfer, processing and disposal of waste in an environmentally friendly, health responsive way in align with the best practices and technology.
Solid Waste Management (SWM) is one of the key concerns in current Sri Lankan environmental context. Infrastructure, resources and latest technology know-how on SWM is lacking in the most parts of the country and thus contributed to creation of many health, socio- economic and cultural issues (Bandara, 2011). Though, proper SWM intended to manage waste from collection to proper disposal, none of the authorities have this system in Sri Lanka (Weerasundara, 2014). According to Weerasundara (2014) this uncontrolled management of waste creates much of health diseases such as dengue fever, yellow fever and environmental problems. This situation is worsened due to the legal regulatory framework of the country. SWM is a mandate assigned to the Local government authorities under the Local Government Act and in many occasions their priority towards SWM is very low. This resulted lack of facilities and
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Developed countries such as Japan adopted 3R technology on SWM. 3R policy is to decrease environmental effects by Reducing, Reusing and Recycling the waste (Yoshida et al., 2007). SWM generally in every practice involves collection of waste all over the city; transport them to outside arrears for processing and disposal which requires significant amount of human and other resources to manage. Over the time this model has been transferred to an integrated model where all the components and subsystems are integrated to a single place. The integrated waste management (IWM) ensures mutual compatibility of all the sub systems and enhance overall performance
1. As the person, responsible for labor relations at Barrera Recycling Company, articulate a case to support your contention that there was just cause for the discharge of Erin McNamara.
Waste—‘The extravagant, careless, or needless expenditure of Air Force funds or the consumption of Air Force property that results from deficient practices, systems, controls, or decisions. The term also includes improper practices not involving prosecutable fraud.
Landfill is the most frequent waste disposal method all around the world. The present of landfill is recognised as being an important in this days as well as future, especially in low and middle income countries since it is the easiest way to build. Generally, there is two types of landfill can be classified, dry-tomb and bioreactor.
Waste management is the operation of how waste materials are handled. The affair of waste management is relevant to everyone world-wide. Wastes are materials that have no further economic use, and when disposed of, are hazardous to humans and the environment. Wastes include solid waste, liquid wastes, and air pollutants created by humans and cannot be naturally recycled. Current waste management techniques need to be completely overhauled because funding in government budget is not enough to meet standards, landfills are reaching their maximum capacity worldwide, and nuclear waste storage must be handled correctly. Waste management has been a highly thought about complication for global authorities. Due to
Florida International University recognizes its contribution to the accumulation of waste considering that it produces about seven million pounds of waste each year (Figueroa, 2010). Unlike other universities that still remain adamant in investing on green practices, FIU has, “governed by the State of Florida under Florida Statute 403.714 and The Florida Solid Waste Management Act of 1988” (FIU, 2011), established its own internal ‘green machine’ or solid waste and environmental protection system via the FIU Custodial Services Office. The university’s efforts in ensuring efficient solid waste management even “far exceeds the minimum standards” (FIU, 2011) required by law. What makes the solid waste management efforts of the university one-of-a kind is the establishment of a “single stream recycling program which means that all recyclable items can be placed into one bin and do not have to be sorted” (FIU, 2011). Nevertheless, despite the use of single recycle bins, proper labeling has to accompany each bin to ensure that only materials that are recyclable are placed in the bins. There are also different sized of bins which are placed stra...
Outer islands have dumpsters that are used for trash generated by workers. Most outer island work is occasional and involves few individuals; therefore waste generation is minimal. Dumpsters from Illeginni, Legan and Carlos are replaced at least quarterly, and more frequently if barge transportation is available. Wastes are shipped to the Kwajalein Solid Waste Management Yard for segregation, incineration, and/or landfilling as needed. Dumpsters from Gagan are transported to Roi-Namur for disposal. When special projects take place on these or other outer islands, additional dumpsters and waste receptacles are delivered and used as needed. Wastes from construction projects are removed from the islands at the conclusion of the projects or during the project as needed. No wastes are disposed on these islands with the exception of green wastes which are left to decompose naturally.
Solid waste management, the compilation, managing, and disposing of solid items that are neglected because they have failed to function or are no longer effective. Incorrect removal of municipal solid waste can create contaminated conditions, and these conditions in turn can lead to corruption of the surroundings and to outbreaks of vector-borne disease—that is, diseases caused by animals and insects. The tasks of solid waste management present complicated technical obstacles. The local government is responsible for collecting reusable, recyclable and non-biodegradable waste materials from the material recovery facilities and transporting them to the recycling centers and or to the municipal material recovery facility.
Background: Waste water treatment plants are essential to communities of all sizes and must work efficiently. Waste water treatment plant primary priority and responsibility is the treatment of incoming sewage water by the removal of biological and chemical wastes so it can be treated and recycled for future use. There are many government agencies and standards set forth to govern and observe the successful treatment of sewage, such as the Department of Environmental Quality, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and the Clean Water Act of 1972. Compliance and constant monitoring of the treatment plant’s operations are important as they protect the surrounding community. A spill or backflow of sewage due to a complete system malfunction could potentially be detrimental to the environment and local community.
The waste management of a manufacturing company is one of the environmental matters that is mostly concerned by the society. The costs to manage the wastes from production could be very costly to a manufacturing company. Nevertheless, by using ABC system, a company can manage the production wastes in an effective and efficient manner. ABC system provides a road map to the cost reductions on waste management (Joseph & Thomas, 1995). It provides the activity-based information for the management to make better business decisions around sustainability and profit. An example would be Safety-Kleen corporation, a waste-recycling company who wanted to find an alternative to removing and recycle the hazardous wastes at a cost efficient way. It introduced ABC system into its organisation and successfully save costs in its waste management operation. The activity of transfer wastes from the collection points to the vehicles and to the disposal sites can be traced by the ABC system (Joseph & Thomas, 1995). In this way, ABC system helps to facilitate the cost measurement and provides management with accurate cost information of each activity involved in the process to make optimal decisions. Hence, with the utilisation of ABC system, it would help an organisation to have better cost control and management to support its sustainability interests on environmental
The first solution to E-waste problem is to reduce the environmental impact with the help of recycling companies. The primary goal of these companies is to recycle dead electronics. Nowadays, recycling is a widely used solution as it can stop the pollution of environment. As well as environment pollution, greenhouse gas emissions could decrease. Materials which existed after recycling process can be reused in industry. “A company sometimes produces a byproduct that is useful to another company, and sells or gives it away. Such byproducts are sometimes advertised in order to find buyers” (Hill 2004, 285). By recycling people can minimize the use of raw materials. For instance, plastic, glass, steel and some precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum and palladium can be recycled and reused in industry(Electronics: A new opportunity for waste prevention, reuse, and...
Solid waste can be classified in different types, depending on their source, household waste is generally classified as municipal waste; industrial waste as hazardous waste or hospital waste as infections waste. It quite obvious that South Africa environment is deteriorated by the illegal dumping area that around here. Solid waste is a major problem this country is facing at the moment. The province that is experience this major problem is Gauteng province, this an urban area am taking about, and since it’s clear that over population is the cause of the problem. Gauteng province is an over populated than rural area .solid waste pollution is refuse or garbage that people use in their everyday life in their house, such as plastic
Elimination of waste in business practices is an important part of Kaizen. Waste is any activity which raises costs without adding value to a product. Waste could be time wasted while staff waits before starting their tasks; time wasted when workers move unnecessarily in the workplace; the irregular use of a machine.
White, P. & Franke, M., 1999: Integrated solid waste management: a lifecycle inventory. Gaithersburg, Md.: Aspen.
The average resident produces seven and a half pounds of garbage every day that is buried down in landfills and litter lands, costing a great amount of money. Nowadays, people face no more critical problem than the need to save the weakening environment, mainly in urban areas, where solid wastes are uselessly dumped. It has been observed that cities have no controlled structure for garbage disposal. Each year, millions of dollars are spent picking up litter and more is thrown away in valuable materials that could be recycled. As humanity develops new technology and equipment, the level of waste increases every day.
Wastes are the products of our consumptions in our daily life routines such as lunch, work, school and other things we do. Little things such as throwing out a piece of paper, we are producing waste by the seconds. After we consume a product we usually throw out what’s left that can’t be consumed any further. Results in producing waste, substance that are born after it’s been use or consume by us. At the end of each day we throw out a bag full of garbage, all of the materials in that bag (paper towels, cans, leftover foods and many other material’s) all of these are waste. Hospitals produce medical waste such as use needles for treating patients. Corporations produce papers, plastics, tires, steels, cans and many other type of solid waste which contribute to the pollutions that cause health risk and other environmental issues.