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Showing 1 to 20 of 4535 for “"waste"”.
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Utilising Waste Paint and Waste Glass in Concrete
Significant volumes of waste paint and stockpiles of crushed waste glass bottles exist in New Zealand and both are an environmental concern, prompting this doctoral study which investigated the viability of concrete that utilised waste paint as a replacement for conventional water-reducing and …
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Waste farm: a productive landscape for integrated waste management
… This calls for the city to re-imagine its waste management infrastructure. Meanwhile, within the urban areas of Cape Town, there exists a network and constellations of informal waste pickers working in conjunction with buy-back centres and recyclers to form an economically, environmentally …
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Effect of sugar waste, surfactant waste and paint waste on the degradation of anaerobic bioreactor landfill components
… Many Bioreactor landfills accept outside liquid wastes to achieve a higher moisture content . But the effect of these wastes on the degradation of landfill components is not known. In this study, the effect of sugar waste, surfactant waste and paint waste on the degradation of landfill components …
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Zero Waste Indicators - Waste prevention monitoring in the European Union
… attempts to set out the monitoring framework of waste prevention in the European Union for better planning, implementation and accountability of the environmental policy. It is prepared as a contribution to boost waste prevention activities and networks, to support the shift in paradigm in …
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Nuclear Waste Disposal
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Making waste public
This thesis questions the boundaries that define waste as a public or private dilemma, investigating these boundaries as productive sites for the imagination of social life. Learning from methods of processing, conveyance and disposal, I investigate a number of possible sites where the …
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Organizing e-waste
… Technologies (ICT’s) has generated a new form of waste called e-waste. E-waste is one of the fastest growing waste streams. It is well known that ICT’s contain materials that, without proper care, are harmful to the environment. The EU responded to these concerns through the creation of the Waste …
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Household Food Waste
… cumulative dissertation examines avoidable food waste in German households through four empirical studies using surveys, diary data, meta-analysis, and econometric modelling. It shows that household food waste is not mainly driven by lack of knowledge or simple miscalculation. Instead, it results …
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Capacity building for post disaster waste management : construction and demolition waste
… area of concern, management of disaster waste is identified as an area of leastconcern. It presents momentous challenges for those with inadequate capacities due tolarge volumes and hazardous constituents created, particularly in developing countries.This is equally applicable to Sri …
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Forecasting waste volume and identifying barriers of Canadian photovoltaic waste management
… installations and the subsequent heights of PV waste is a swelling apprehension. The objectives of this study are to forecast the photovoltaic waste volume and to analyze the critical barriers for the photovoltaic waste management in Canada. In the first section, the solar waste volume …
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Exploring waste tyre problems and sustainable waste management in the Tunisian context
Waste tyres represent one of the environmentally damaging fractions of the solid waste stream in Tunisia, where the problem of inefficient waste tyre management is endemic. This is easily identified by the piles of accumulating tyre waste located on both sides of many streets and in illegal places; …
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Waste Less District: An Exploration of Architecture's Role in the Waste Stream
… It is well documented that the majority of human waste ends up in on the side of roads, or in forests and oceans if not in landfills or incinerated. The disposability of items in our consumer culture is now commonplace. We are exacerbating our problems by throwing away single-use and barely-used …
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Tetracyclines In Swine Waste
… The determination of three antibiotics in swine waste, namely chlortetracycline, tetracycline and oxytetracycline, using LC-MS with electrospray ionization is presented here in. Antibiotics from swine waste were quantified across the lifespan of the swine. Trends were present in each of the four …
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Essays on Waste Generation
… key gaps in the literature on sustainability and waste management by investigating the complex interrelationships between waste generation, selective collection systems, and environmental behavior. Although the individual chapters focus on different aspects of the topic, together they form a …
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ALCHEMY a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination : waste - waste not
RESEARCH QUESTION: How can organic waste be used as sustainable material for an architectural proposition that has the potential to educate and promote a sustainable way of looking at waste? ABSTRACT: Waste has become a major issue worldwide, especially in terms of the environmental damage it …
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Understanding Food Waste Behavior and Ways To Influence Positive Change and Waste Reduction
… such as pollution, climate change, and food waste can be influenced by social attitudes and human behavior. Solutions to address environmental problems involve a series of actions by society and individuals, which can prove difficult to implement because changes induced by pro-environmental …
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Effects of Waste Placement Practices on the Engineering Response of Municipal Solid Waste
… in Santa Maria, CA to determine the effects of waste placement practices on the engineering response of municipal solid waste (MSW). Laboratory and field testing was used to determine the engineering properties and monitor field response of MSW.</p> <p>The specific gravity …
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Municipal solid waste mixed polymer composites based diapers waste (MSWPC-DW) for partition panel
The study presents the municipal solid waste mixed polymer composite based diapers waste (MSWPC-DW) for partition panel application. The focus of this study is to determine the optimum ratio of the MSWPC-DW which is suitable for partition panel application. The use of diapers waste as reinforcement …
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Solid waste management: developing a waste minimisation programme for the University of Cape Town
… by Properties & Services (P&S) to undertake a waste management review, with the purpose of developing a waste minimisation programme for UCT and investigating on-site and/or off-site options for a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) for UCT. This review was to complement a parallel study toward …
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