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Showing 1 to 20 of 408 for “"Solid waste"”.
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Biodegradation of leather solid waste
Waste management in the leather industry worldwide is an issue of major importance for both solid and liquid wastes. It has been recognised that there are major environmental impacts from the poorly managed disposal of such wastes and these have a clear health impact upon human society. Within …
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Solid waste disposal system management.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management. Thesis. 1973. M.S.
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Manage illegal dumping of solid waste
With the growing generation of waste globally, illegal dumping events are increasing as well. The generation of illegal dumping has a range of environmental, economic and social impacts. It has become a global concern to properly manage illegal dumping. Illegal dumping is a kind of behaviour. …
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Modernization of Solid Waste Disposal and Collection
No abstract prepared.
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New approaches to municipal solid waste management
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1989.
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Solid waste management : decision and market dilemmas
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1992.
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Characteristics of Household Solid Waste Open Burning Emissions
Open burning of household waste is a common phenomenon in many rural areas in developing countries, such as South Africa. Due to limited resources for collecting and proper disposal of the waste, household and municipal solid waste is often dumped in neighborhoods and are open burned in piles to …
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Solid waste management in informal settlements of Windhoek
The study examines examines the management of solid waste in the three informal settlements of Windhoek, which are Babylon, Okahandja Park and Okuryangava. Before independence, the apartheid government forbade natural urban expansion in "black" suburbs. This resulted in grossly overcrowded …
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A geochemical analysis of municipal solid waste ash
Bulk chemical analysis of a combined municipal solid waste (MSW) bottom and fly ash from one facility showed most elements enriched over average soil abundances. Eleven minerals were identified using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). Standard additions using XRD gave the following weight % minerals …
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Assessment of Solid Waste Management in Kinondoni Municipality
This study aimed to assess the Solid waste Management in Kinondoni Municipality in the year 2014. The sample comprised a total number of 50 households in which two wards of Sinza and Ubungo were purposively chosen to represent the rest of wards in Kinondono Municipality. Data on solid waste …
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An Example of Regional Intergovernmental Solid Waste Planning
… as a result of national increases in solid waste generation rates. In 1990 every person disposed of approximately 4.35 pounds of trash a day, but by 1993 this number had increased to 4.39 pounds per person. In addition, new federal Sub Title D regulations will make it more difficult to …
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Accelerated carbonation of municipal solid waste incineration residues
… can reduce the mass and volume of municipal waste significantly but produces solid waste in the form of bottom ash and air pollution control (APC) residues. Landfill is currently the most commonly used disposal option for these ash residues, however, the impact of hazardous compounds in these …
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Urban municipal solid waste management in Costa Rica
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998.
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Solid Waste Degradation, Compaction and Water Holding Capacity
… offer a sustainable way to achieve increased waste degradation along with benefits such as enhanced landfill gas (LFG) recovery, reduction in leachate pollution potential and rapid increase in landfill volumetric capacity. It also offers significant reduction in post closure management …
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Characterizing the Municipal Solid Waste Stream in Denton, Texas
… collected dumpsters from Denton's Municipal Solid Waste Stream were emptied, sorted and weighed to characterize the material types and make preliminary recycling policy recommendations. The general composition of Denton's solid waste stream was not significantly different from the composition …
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Catalytic Tar Reforming Using Biochar During Solid Waste Gasification
… it can be used for the production of liquid, solid and gaseous fuels. However, production of energy from biomass remains constrained by technical and economical limitations.<br/><br/>Biomass gasification is a thermochemical conversion technology that, broadly speaking, consists on heating …
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