Essays on Waste

The electronic waste (e-waste) produced every day is equally rising tremendously with the growing usage of electrical and electronic equipment around the world. Unmodernized techniques of recycling electronic equipment such us withholding inherent copper expose both adult and child workers as well as their families...

Autoclaving Thermal treatment is typically used for sharps and certain other types of infectious waste. An autoclave is in essence a large pressure cooker that uses high temperatures and steam to deeply penetrate all materials and kill any microorganisms. Depending on the type and amount...

According to the World Nuclear Association, radioactivity from nuclear waste will take 1,000 years for the amount of radiation to be equal to that which is already naturally occurring and safe for the environment. There are three classes of nuclear waste, low and intermediate-level wastes...

Waste collection and rubbish disposal play an immensely imperative role in the global cleanliness and sustainability drive, with people’s wellbeing and the preservation of resources being the responsibility of every government. The issue of waste management in India is of great prominence and highly disregarded...

Waste management is a necessary activity around the world, but involves a variety of health hazards. Municipal waste management encompasses a wide range of activities, including collecting garbage, collecting and sorting recyclable materials and collecting and processing of commercial and industrial waste. Waste management operation...

Agricultural waste produced as a result of various agricultural operations. It includes manure and other wastes from farms, poultry houses and slaughterhouses; harvest waste; fertilizer run- off from fields. Cow-dung waste with high moisture content and its readily biodegradable nature is causing major environmental problems...

Abstract. Recent researches have indicated the manufacturing of several useful products by using different industrial wastes all over the world. The materials remain as a waste till their potential to right use is understood. The solid waste in India has emerged as a great threat...

K.I. Syed Ahmed Kabeer and Ashok Kumar Vyas investigated the performance of cement mortar made with marble powder as fine aggregate. Fine aggregate was replaced with marble powder in steps of 0, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100%. The characteristic variation in water requirement is...

Management of microbiome is crucially important due to their ability of performing fundamental functions in waste treatment processes. Since microorganisms are paramount for waste treatment installations, comprehending functions of microbiome is of great significance to develop suitable environment for efficient product recovery (Foo, Ling, Lee,...

In today’s current market scenario clients are demanding software which performs the task as per their need along with main software product. The companies are working under pressure to provide customized software along with software product to meet client’s requirement and heterogeneous framework environment. Consequently...

Pavements in cold regions are prone to frost damages during winter as a result of prolong sever below zero temperature. Frost heave can negatively affect the performance and ride quality of the road. At the end of the frost season, when thawing begins in the...

Plastics are the type of synthetic or semi-synthetic polymer which can moulded to any shape. It is an example of inorganic waste. Plastics are not toxic as such to humans since it is less soluble, but additives like plasticizers are toxic. Plastics though non-toxic cause...

Many items in todays world are constructed using plastic, but this durable material was incorporated into many items only intended to have a single or small amount of use. Examples of these are coffee cups, toothbrushes, plastic bags, cutlery, water bottles, milk cartons and so...

Phones are what any American can view as a typical everyday item. It is something we use without a second thought. However, when these devices are used by millions every day there starts to be a problem on how to properly dispose of them. Phones,...

Industries produce various types of waste which includes biodegradable, non-biodegradable, toxic, and radioactive, out of which 10 to 15 % are non-biodegradable and hazardous waste. Examples are plastic, glass objects, silver foil, gypsum etc. The increase Industrial wastes are categorized into two types: Process waste...

Ghana has waste management difficulties that extend from the state to the local municipalities, and refuse of all shapes and sizes is a common sight in both urban and rural areas. These difficulties are concentrated and complicated by population pressures in the few heavily populated...

Zach Goldsmith quoted, “Of all the waste we generate, plastic bags are perhaps the greatest symbol of our throwaway society. They are used, and then forgotten, and they leave a terrible legacy.” Plastics have been major problem our world is currently facing in this generation....

In our quest for a clean and green Guyana, it would be good practice to separate garbage into different groups, instead of throwing everything into the same bin. Mr. Rufus Lewis, a local Solid Waste Management (SWM) expert attached to the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill...

Sometimes called garbage or trash, municipal solid waste consists of everyday items used and then throw away, such as product packaging, grass clippings, furniture, clothing, bottles, food scraps, newspapers, appliances, paint, and batteries, which comes from our homes, schools, hospitals, and businesses. Compared to the...

Plastic is usually a lasting material. Its lastingness has created the problems of the matter since it’s thought of immune to environmental bio-degradation processes, that means. The microbes that break down alternative substances don’t acknowledge plastic as food. Nonetheless plastic may be fragmented with the...

In this advanced age of urbanization and industrialization, the volumes of producing wastes are increasing alarmingly. According to The World Bank, 1.3 billion tonnes of waste was generated globally in 2012. Hence making the footprint of one person 1.2 kilograms of waste per day. Nonetheless,...

Many Universities these days have transitioned to the all-you-can-eat style dining plan for their on-campus students. This is a change from the traditional a la carte point system that many universities, including our University, have employed in the past. This new style dining plan has...

Scrap metal originates both in business and residential environments. Typically a “scrapper” will advertise their services to conveniently remove scrap metal for people who don’t need it. Scrap is often taken to a wrecking yard (also known as a scrapyard, junkyard, or breaker’s yard), where...

Abstract Real-time monitoring of wastewater quality remains as unresolved problem to the waste water treatment industry. In order to comply with increasingly stringent environmental regulation, plant operators as well as industrial manufactures have expressed the the need of new standard and improved comparability of existing...

Pollution, a simple word which is hunting down the world with its intricating web. Last year, 14 billion pounds (6B Kg.) of garbage was dumped into the ocean. Most of it is plastic. Americans make up 5% of the world’s population, and yet, produce 30%...

Every product has a shelf life, but sadly that is not the case with plastics. The fact is that our planet cannot digest plastic. Plastics take around 500 to 1000 years to completely degrade due to the presence of complex polymers. As per the survey...

In most countries household’s waste products waste are stored in plastic bags mixed without being sorted and be stored in special plastic bins or metal containers in the street and collected every day by waste collectors. Waste collection vehicle is a compactor truck with a...

Basically, Industrial waste consists of industrial wastewater. Our environment is being polluted every day. And industrial pollution is one of main reasons for it. Factories are dumping their waste anywhere they can and it is polluting our environment. Hence, we need to control and treat...