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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Plastic bags"”.
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Diffusion of Environmental Protection Single-Use Plastic Bags Ban Policy in California
<p>Since the introduction of policy diffusion theory to understand how and why policies diffuse and are adopted across different jurisdictions, regions, or countries, the concept of policy adoption behavior, policy diffusion patterns, and the mechanism of policy diffusion have been extensively …
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Addressing Plastic Bags Consumption Crises through Plastic Bag Levy, Retailer Monetary and Non-monetary Interventions in South Africa
This research analyses the impact of a plastic bag levy, and retailer interventions focussing on promotion of reusable bags to reduce plastic bag consumption. For this purpose, tax revenue data for the fiscal years 2008 to 2020 and retail outlet data for March 2018 to February 2020 was used. A …
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Student attitude and action regarding the single-use plastic shopping bag on The University of Alabama campus
… of Alabama campus regarding the single-use plastic shopping bag. A survey was developed and administered to 162 students on campus to assess attitudes and behaviors related to plastic bags, reusable shopping bags, and related human-environmental issues. Research focused on worldwide …
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Towards Cannabis Culture
… is now legally purchased by many in small plastic bags from dispensaries that are disconnected from the natural and human factors of cannabis. But while the economic and medical benefits of cannabis are already well-known, the social aspect of cannabis is not taken seriously. This thesis …
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle? An Examination of Factors Influencing Environmental Behavior in Denver, Colorado
… literature to dissuade residents from placing plastic bags into recycling bins, and consider charging a minimal fee for recycling.</p>
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BULL SPIT
… of low-income backgrounds. Cardboard, plastic bags, Styrofoam, and paper are disposable materials manipulated into abject forms to integrate the survival practice developed from the poverty culture of “making the most out of nothing.” The exhibition is a dichotomy of a child’s …
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Design and Implementation of Control and Perception Subsystems for an Autonomous Surface Vehicle for Aquaculture
… of Cape Cod. They grow their oysters in rigid plastic bags which must be flipped over every 7-10 days to prevent the growth and accumulation of bio-fouling which can reduce the flow of oxygen and other nutrients to the growing crop of oysters. The farm manages arrays of hundreds of bags and the …
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Thermal Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella Agona in Wheat Flour
… water bath. Flour samples (aw = 0.55) in sterile plastic bags were individually inoculated (~109 CFU/g), pulsified to distribute cultures, and pressed to a uniform thickness (1mm) prior to heat treatment. Following treatment, samples were rapidly cooled and diluted with peptone water; then plated …
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Effectiveness of Neighbourhood Based Organizations in Solid Waste Management: The Case Study of Ilala Municipality, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania
… residents (p=0.019), used the hessian sacks and plastic bags (p=0.020), as storage facilities of solid waste. In collection of solid waste from generation point to the final disposal point, polythene bags (p=<0.001), were the most used waste collection containers. In case of waste disposal …
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Análise microbiológica da carne suína in natura comercializada em feiras livres da microrregião do brejo paraibano
… of 19 pig carcasses and packaged in sterile plastic bags, transported in cooler with ice to the Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine of the CCA / UFPB / Sand in the months of July to September 2012, to count total and fecal coliforms at 36 oC (NMP/g), Count Total Aerobic Bacteria …
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The Pollination Ecology of Four Species of Local Vernal Herbaceous Angiosperms
… isolated from foreign pollen by placing them in plastic bags and the fourth were both isolated and emasculated. By controlling pollen influx in each category, the main mode of reproduction could be determined on the basis of fruit and seed production. Visiting insects were captured on blossoms, …
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Low velocity impact response of rc beam with artificial polyethylene aggregate as concrete block infill
… block infill that utilized MAPEA from waste plastic bags due to the weight reduction about 6% in the concrete beams.
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Measuring the growth of the articulated coralline red algae Corrallina officinalis and Arthrocardia corymbosa, (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) using a fluorescent brightener
… compared by growing them in culture in aerated plastic bags at 15°C and 16 hr light:8hr dark. Only C. officinalis produced measurable growth in culture (0.08-0.09 mm day⁻¹). Further tests were carried out only on C. officina/is. Additionally, an attempt was made to stain C. officinalis in a rock …
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Enhancing municipal solid waste management through incorporation of extended producer responsibility in Lusaka Zambia.
… adopting EPR law on some selected products with plastic as a packaging material being priority since inception of EPR law. Food stuffs and other products on the market are sold to majority of Lusaka residents and are later carried in plastic bags. After consumption, these packaging materials are …
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Enhancing municipal solid waste management through incorporation of extended producer responsibility in Lusaka Zambia.
… adopting EPR law on some selected products with plastic as a packaging material being priority since inception of EPR law. Food stuffs and other products on the market are sold to majority of Lusaka residents and are later carried in plastic bags. After consumption, these packaging materials are …
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Multisector Mitigation of Plastic Pollution: Approaches from Biology, Policy, Law and Industry
<p>Plastic pollution is ubiquitous in the ocean. Researchers are actively determining how plastic pollution harms marine animals and which measures should be used to reduce pollution. I use the four pathways to global sustainability (created by Folke et al., 2021) as a guiding framework for this …
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The mayinje house : an architecture of activism
… Davidsons are made from scrap wire and oil tins, plastic sheeting, and plastic bags. Telephone wire is used as a substitute for reeds to weave intricate baskets in
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta productora de bolsas biodegradables a partir de ácido poliláctico
The pollution is caused by the excessive use of plastics which, when discarded, accumulate both at sea and on land. Our country generates 6. 8 million tons solid wastes per year, of which 11% are plastics, among which are the bags that consume about 3 billion units per year. Due to this situation, …
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Education for sustainable development of medicinal plant sellers-challenges in relation to marketing, sales, storage and conservation
… by drying out in the sun, their packaging in plastic bags and reluctance to cultivate the plants by medicinal plants should be addressed by medicinal plant sellers. While the South African government is taking action to empower medicinal plant sellers about sustainability issues studies are …
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