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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"waste policy"”.
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Economic instruments for hazardous waste policy : an empirical analysis
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1993.
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Recommendations for developing and managing an integrated electronic waste policy & infrastructure in the Republic of Mauritius
Electronic waste (e-waste) is a rapidly growing problem as well as a business opportunity given the huge volume that is generated. While there are a number policies and philosophies that guide end-of-life handling of electronic waste, currently there is no holistic framework or model that can be …
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Risky business: Moral arguments againts the Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1987 Can consent be engineered?
… Business: Moral Arguments Against the Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments of 1987, Can Consent Be Engineered? asks the moral and ethical questions of assigning risk. In a democracy a fundamental principle for imposing risk is obtaining the consent of the governed. In the case of a proposed …
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Municipal solid waste policy and universities : a case study of the Cambridge Mandatory Recycling Ordinance and MIT
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1995.
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Co-opting sustainabilities : the transformative politics of labor and extended producer responsibility under Brazil's national solid waste policy
Growing levels of global solid waste production implore society to identify the actors responsible for preventing, reducing, and disposing of wasted material in a sustainable manner. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are policy frameworks that hold …
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Half-Lives of Responsibility: Gramsci, Derrida, and Inheritance in Environmental Ethics
… dissertation argues that contemporary nuclear waste policy instrumentalizes future generations in order to alleviate the obligations that present generations might otherwise find impossible to discharge, such as the safe inheritance of wastes that will remain dangerous for tens of thousands of …
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A Cross -National Study of Policy Entrepreneurship on the Part of Technical -Professional Bureaucrats in National Environmental Agencies: The Case of Household Waste Reduction Policy in Germany, France and the United States
… with key participants in national household waste policy-making and formal interviews with technical-professional bureaucrats in the technical-professional bureaucrats are distinguishable from their peers not only in their display of policy vision and energy and commitment to seeing this …
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The construction of environmental justice: Warren County, North Carolina
… which brought into question the entire hazardous waste policy."
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The search for an effective international regime for the long-term safety and security of high level radioactive waste: Pangea and beyond
This thesis is a study of public policy issues relating to multinational geological repositories for high-level radioactive waste disposal (HLW). Nuclear states have attempted for decades to implement effective radioactive waste policies, though with limited success. The safe disposal of HLW has …
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Descarte de medicamentos e seus impactos socioambientais.
… ANVISA since the creation of the Brazilian solid waste Policy in 2010 has been discussing and evaluating the form of implementation of reverse logistics in the production chain of medicines. This work aims to make an updated bibliographical review of the approaches that have been used in Brazil, …
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Development of a multi-criteria, GIS-based, backcasting framework model (G-BFM) for progression towards zero waste futures, for holistic resource management policy and practice in Northamptonshire by 2050
The complex nature of waste management and planning requires a long-term strategic policy formation approach incorporating sustainable development principles. Consequently, the transition from a waste paradigm to valuing materials as resources is central for transitioning towards a 'zero waste' …
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RESET: prática baseada em projeto multidisciplinar para reaproveitamento de resíduo eletroeletrônico em uma escola pública do Rio Grande do Norte
… day, thus increasing the amount of electronic waste. Taking this scenario into account, the aim of this work is to structure, apply and evaluate the contributions of the RESET project to the reuse of electronic waste in a state public school in Rio Grande do Norte. The study is therefore …
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Energy Transition Challenges: Solar PV Module and Wind Turbine Waste in South Africa to 2050
… gives rise to an accumulating RE equipment waste stream from operational breakages and end-of-life decommissioning. These emergent waste streams are relatively new in terms of public and industry awareness and, despite Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation introduced in 2021, …
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Chefs' Perceptions of Zero Waste Cooking in Restaurants
… and potentially future efforts to decrease food waste. Through qualitative inquiry, this research aims to identify food waste reduction practices in Northwest Arkansas restaurants; chef’s perceptions of these practices and zero waste cooking; the impact these practices have on successfully …
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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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Recovering Requeche and Classifying Clasificadores: An Ethnography of Hygienic Enclosure and Montevideo’s Waste Commons
… as experienced through the lives and labour of waste-pickers around Uruguay’s largest landfill, Felipe Cardoso. These workers are known as clasificadores [classifiers] in recognition of their role separating whatever can be recovered from the waste stream from that which cannot. Conducted from a …
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Explaining marine debris on New Zealand beaches: Empirical beach litter data and an evaluation of waste management practices
… and primarily considered a result of mismanaged waste. Yet, large-scale empirical research linking losses from waste management with pollution on beaches is sparse. This thesis undertook a national assessment of AMD densities across 41 beaches and evaluated correlated factors that might influence …
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Advancing the Frontier of Extended Producer Responsibility: The management of waste electrical and electronic equipment in non-OECD countries
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has become a salient issue in non-OECD countries. With a growing awareness about serious damages to the environment and human health from a lack of safe treatment and recycling of WEEE, there has been a search for policy responses in several of these …