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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"hazardous wastes"”.
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Accelerated carbonation of hazardous wastes
… of carbon dioxide, and can be used to treat hazardous wastes and soils and create new construction materials. The present work examines the use of accelerated carbonation to reduce the hazardous properties of wastes as a means of reducing the costs of disposal to landfill, and then develops …
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Abrasive Blasting Process Optimization: Enhancing Productivity, and Reducing Consumption and Solid/Hazardous Wastes
… the high costs of disposal of the multimedia wastes generated by the dry abrasive blasting processes are of increasing concern in the future of shipbuilding industry. In such circumstances essential care has to be given to all components of the process to enhance productivity and decrease …
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Rotary kiln incineration of hazardous wastes: pilot-scale studies at Louisiana State University
Studies of incineration of surrogates for hazardous wastes are conducted in the pilot-scale rotary kiln incinerator (RKI) at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The purpose of the research is to investigate methods of treating and destroying hazardous wastes in a …
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The Role Of The Citizen's Clearinghouse For Hazardous Wastes As An Agent Of Adult Education In The Environmental Justice Movement From 1981-1985
… dimensions of the Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes from 1981-1995. Its role as an agent of adult education in the grassroots movement for environmental justice was demonstrated by tracing the movement from the toxic waste disaster at Love Canal, New York and focusing on the role of …
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Toward a Democratic Science? Environmental Justice Activists, Multiple Epidemiologies, and Toxic Waste Controversies
… investigations of the human health effects of hazardous wastes. Activists inserted their position into an ongoing scientific controversy where multiple epidemiologies existed--environmental, dumpsite, and popular--reflecting various understandings and interests of federal and academic …
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Leveraging and enhancing existing legal frameworks in the African Regional system for the prevention of ecocide and environmental dam
… Of Transboundary Movement And Management Of Hazardous Wastes Within Africa. However, there is still room for improvement in leveraging and enhancing these existing legal frameworks for more efficient ecocide prevention and environmental protection. The Protocol On The Amendments To The …
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Arsenic and Selenium Distribution in Coal-Fired Plant Samples
… emissions limits, identifying and disposing of hazardous wastes and improving air pollution control devices for maximum metal removal.
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Geochemical Impacts From Permanganate Oxidation Based on Field Scale Assessments.
… is a technology for treatment of organic hazardous wastes. This research is a review of 30 permanganate (MnO<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup>) ISCO sites to determine whether there are long term impacts on groundwater quality due to the introduction of the oxidant into the subsurface. A second …
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Environmental compliance in quarrying operations: a computer-based decision support system
… noise, aesthetics, vegetation, wetlands, hazardous wastes, storage tanks, and wildlife habitats. Operators will utilize the system's user-friendly interface consisting of mouse driven responses and limited keyboard entries on a desktop computer. The system is easy to upgrade according to …
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Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Heme-proteins: Developing Potential Catalysts for Bio-remediation
The next generation of toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes from sophisticated chemical industries will demand the environmental agencies to employ biological methods over the conventional physical and chemical remediation methods. Over the past decade, natural metallo-enzymes have been identified …
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Assessing Challenges of E-Waste Management Regulations in Tanzania; Case of Dar Es Salaam City
… perspective with focus on mobile phones related wastes. E-waste management system incorporates different stakeholders throughout the entire life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) –importers/ producers, users/consumers, distributors, collectors and recyclers. The efficiency of the …
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A study of the current best practice in the Scottish electroplating industry and improved metal recovery technique for waste water streams.
… it can be a major source of toxic effluents and hazardous wastes. Though waste treatment will greatly reduce the quantities of pollutants reaching the immediate environment, it should be realised that such treatment has its limitations. The end-of-pipe treatment systems will only help to transfer …
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An evaluation of supercritical water oxidation technology
… for this developing technology include: military wastes, such as chemical agents and munitions, shipboard waste, industrial wastes, such as paper mill effluent and pharmaceutical waste, and municipal waste. It is a common belief among those involved in the development of SCWO that other niche …
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Hazardous waste treatment and disposal: alternative technologies and groundwater impacts
… physical, and biological methods for treating hazardous wastes and the fate of their land-disposed residues are reviewed and evaluated. Technologies are described as major, minor, and emerging according to their stage of development or application to hazardous waste; major ones include rotary …
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What Factors are Associated with Multilateral Environmental Agreement Noncompliance, and can Agreement Provisions be Designed to Mitigate them?
… on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal are consistent with this finding. The design of treaty provisions might serve to mitigate some factors associated with MEA noncompliance. Practitioners observe a relationship between the design of treaty …
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A legal analysis of multilateral environmental agreements dealing with hazardous products and hazardous waste
… more human activities that could also have a hazardous impact upon the environment. One of these were hazardous products, products which possess the inherent capacity to cause adverse effects on human health or the environment. This group includes, in particular; .certain chemicals, like …
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Deliberation : integrating stakeholder values and risk assessments in environmental decision making
… the management, disposal and clean up of hazardous wastes throughout the United States. The responsible agency must balance the multiple elements of risk, multiple and conflicting objectives, and stakeholder values and perceptions inherent in environmental decisions in order to meet social …
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Assessment of exposure and effects associated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in south Chattanooga, Tennessee
The southern part of Chattanooga, TN has been subject to dumping of industrial waste for over 100 years. Chattanooga Creek flows north through this area to the Tennessee River. The dumping of coal tar and other industrial waste in this area h as lead to the contamination of Chattanooga Creek and …
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Lifetime Prediction of Geotextiles
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