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Multiple Odor Problems - One Solution - Rainbow Disposal Company case study
Business OverviewRainbow Disposal Company is an employee-owned solid waste company located in Huntington Beach, California. The company employs more than 300 people and provides residential collections for about 70,000 homes in the vicinity, as well as collections for commercial entities such as apartments, businesses and industrial customers. The 20-acre Rainbow facility also provides for public ...
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Critical analysis of existing solid waste management practices towards a sustainable solution in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
This study critically examines the existing solid waste management in the city of Addis Ababa using data obtained from sampled households. The findings show that Addis Ababa city generates an average of 0.37 kg of household solid waste per capita per day. The generation of plastics bags and bottles is high (36%), followed by food wastes (28%) and paper and cardboard (21%), bottle (6%) and ...
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Environmental and health concerns regarding the quality of water in a poor suburb of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In many developing countries, the scarcity of potable water is an ongoing challenge. Even when water is plentiful, its quality may be unsuitable for household use such as in the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which is the study area for this investigation. Shortage of potable water has forced inhabitants in the city to rely on water wells dug without adherence to ...
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Application of Geotextile in Road Maintenance
There are two types of non-woven fabrics: staple fiber needle punch type and spunbond type. There are two types of staple fiber acupuncture type and spunbond type. The most cost-effective material. At present, geotextile has become a key material in highway construction and reconstruction projects and has been used at home and abroad, among which non-woven geotextiles are the most used. Omit to ...
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20 ways to manage municipal waste more effectively in 2020
2020 marks the start of a new year and a new decade. It’s a great opportunity for local authorities to assess how well your essential services are functioning, in order to put new initiatives in place to innovate your services over the next 10 years. If you’re involved in waste management, we’ve put together 20 top tips to help you look at your department with fresh eyes, ...
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What is The Essential Difference Between Solid Waste and Industrial Solid Waste?
It's important for us to distinguish between solid waste and industrial solid waste because of the different treatment methods. Today, we will show you the difference and the most recycling method for your own waste. The meaning of solid waste Solid waste refers to the solid and semi-solid waste materials produced by human beings in production, consumption, life, and other activities. It mainly ...
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Occurrence and distribution pattern of acidic pharmaceuticals in surface water, wastewater and sediment of the Msunduzi River, Kwazulu‐Natal, South Africa
The paucity of information on the occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the environment in African countries has led us to investigate eight acidic pharmaceuticals (four antipyretics, three antibiotics and one lipid regulator) in wastewater, surface water and sediments from the Msunduzi River in the province of KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa, using solid phase extraction (SPE) and liquid ...
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Harden's Domestic Waste Disposal System Realizes Resource Utilization
In the past three years, all cities in China have been actively building Waste-Free City. The waste-free city project has been promoted from the 13th Five-Year Plan to the 14th Five-Year Plan, and from 11+5 pilot cities to more than 100 cities at present. Obviously, the construction of a waste-free city has developed in the right direction. As a pioneer in solid waste treatment, Harden also helps ...
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Non-Hazardous Landfill - Case Study
Municipal solid waste landfill is site for domestic day-to-day waste disposal. Its also known as tip, rubbish dump, dumping ground, etc. Material stored at solid waste landfill is isolated from the environment by sealing layer which can be HDPE or LDPE or even PVC geomembrane. If such geomembrane leaks, the contaminant from landfill is spreading in direction of the groundwater flow. This way it ...
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The UK’s rising population is overstretching council services. How can you respond?
The UK is a growing country. Our population has now passed the 66 million mark – and while more people means larger communities, it also means more strain on essential services. For local authorities, expanding neighbourhoods are increasing the pressure on your waste management. How can you improve refuse collections, to manage more households than ever before? Let’s take a closer ...
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Harden Organic Waste Management Project in Taohua Island, Zhejiang
Benefit of Organic Waste Management Organic materials come from living plants and animals, like fruit and vegetables waste, kitchen waste, supermarket waste, expired food waste, etc. Organic waste are best managed as a resource rather than a waste. Organic waste are part of our life, how to manage organic waste and turn them into valuable and clean resource is a high priority of the organic waste ...
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Deep in the Dumps? How municipalities can avert a waste disposal crisis
Municipalities across Canada are looking for economical and environmental methods to improve their waste management diversion methods. Some are scrambling to assess and extend landfill disposal capacity and others are trying to dramatically increase their diversion rates. Many are initiating a combination of strategies. Canada's largest city has arguably received the most attention with regard to ...
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An Infographic on “A Bottles Journey”
The average family consumes annually about 500 glass jars or bottles. Glass if taken to landfill will never decompose. However glass can endlessly be recycled without loosing its characteristics. Glass is made from raw materials such as sand, limestone, soda ash or scrap glass. Furnace ready scrap glass is called cullet. Glass containers from the food and beverage industry are fully ...
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Modelling methane and vinyl chloride in soil surrounding landfills
Sanitary landfilling is used in many countries as a preferred method for disposal of household wastes for reasons of simplicity and economics. Immediately following its deposition within a landfill, most of the organic fraction of waste will begin to undergo degradation through chemical and bacterial action. Landfill gas (LFG) is a product of biodegradation and consists of primarily methane ...
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TerraTherm to Remediate Soils at the Beede Waste Oil Superfund Site - Case Study
The Beede Site is the former location of a state-licensed and regulated waste oil recycling and disposal facility. The nearly 41-acre Site is located in a residential area of Plaistow, New Hampshire (NH). Operations at the Site began in the 1920s, and continued until the state of NH ordered its closure in 1994. From the 1920s to 1994, thousands of NH residents and businesses were customers of the ...
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Study on Hazardous Household Waste with a main Emphasis on Hazardous Chemicals
Introduction The aim of this study is to evaluate national experiences of the management of hazardous products likely to become hazardous household waste (HHW), and to make proposals for strategies for the appropriate management of such products within a lifecycle perspective. The study covers the fifteen Member States and two Accession Countries, namely Hungary and Romania. The data available ...
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