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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Biodegradable waste"”.
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The development of a strategy for Biffa Waste Services to reduce its atmospheric emissions of landfill methane
… the environmental policy statement of Biffa WasteServices to progressively reduce its methane emissions to atmosphere, andthen sets out to develop a strategy for achieving this aim. As a major wastedisposal company, disposing of 5.5 million tonnes of waste to landfill in 1999,the production …
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The performance of Takakura composting using food waste from Makanan Ringan Mas Industry
Food waste is the easily biodegradable waste. Without proper management, the waste could create several environment problems. Management of food waste reduces or eliminates adverse impacts on land, contamination of the atmosphere, soil and water. The aim of this study was to investigate the …
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Physical and mechanical behaviors of pineapple leaf fibre reinforced thermoplastics corn starch bio polymer composites
… is growing due to the accumulating of non-biodegradable waste, mainly the disposable product. Starch is one of the potential materials due to the easy availability, low cost, renewability and biodegradability. However, the natural behaviours associated with corn starch (CS) have …
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Metals recovery from industrial wastewaters and metallic hydroxide sludges through microbial sulphate-reduction.
… describes how metals originate in industrial wastewaters from the mining and metal finishing industries. Treatment of wastewaters containing dissolved metals produces a metallic hydroxide sludge which has to be disposed of in an environmentally acceptable way. It is estimated that the metal …
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta para la elaboración de pañales desechables de bambú
… is a good that generates a large amount of non-biodegradable waste per year per baby. That is why it was proposed as a sustainable alternative to disposable bamboo diapers. For which, the target audience of the project was determined to be parents with children between 0 and 3 years of …
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Building stability through decentralization : the environmental, economic, and ethical argument for informal sector collection and decentralized waste processing in urban India
… have led to increases in consumption and waste generation in all Indian cities. The current system, a mix of informal recyclables collection and centralized waste collection by the formal sector with much garbage still disposed of in unlined landfills, is at a point of crisis. With waste …
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The collection, treatment and disposal of municipal solid waste arisings in London: key recommendations to ensure compliance with European Commission Directive led drivers and targets
Waste Strategy 2000 (Waste Strategy for England and Wales) laid out a fairly conservative agenda for the future of waste management in England as it responded to the developing EU Legislative drive for sustainable practice. A careful analysis of the Strategy, in around 2001, whereby likely future …
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Temperature and physical modelling studies of open windrow composting
… is a growing demand for sustainable forms of waste management due to both legislative pressures (e.g. the European Union Landfill Directive (99/31/EC)) and increasing public awareness of environmental issues. Composting of biodegradable waste materials to produce a stabilized beneficial …
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Analysis of key requirements for effective implementation of biogas technology for municipal solid waste management in sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of Kigali City, Rwanda
Effective management of municipal solid wastes continues to be a major challenge in rapidly growing cities of developing countries. Inadequate waste disposal remains rampant thus posing a serious threat to the environment and public health. The use of biogas technology in the management of …
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Wood compost process engineering, properties and its impact on extreme soil characteristics
The landfilling of biodegradable waste is proven to contribute to environmental degradation. Much wood and lumber is discharged as waste from the cleared fields. These woody wastes are subsequently disposed of by burning. However, it would be preferable to dispose of them without combustion to …
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Energetická bilance bioplynové stanice
Hlavní náplní této práce je seznámení s problematikou tvorby energetické bilance realné bioplynové stanice. Duraz je kladen na problematiku soucasného stavu ve zpracování biologicky rozložitelných odpadu v EU a v CR vcetne související legislativy. Popsány jsou jednotlivé metody, skládkování, …