Although there are a myriad of sources of municipal solid waste (MSW) data in the United States, much of these data are not transparent and are also extremely difficult to find. In addition, the two major methods of quantifying national MSW flows-the BioCycle State of Garbage in America and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)/Franklin Associates' MSW "Facts and Figures" report-differ...

OBJECTIVE African men who have sex with men often sell sex to men, and MSM who sell sex (MSM-SW) often also have female partners. We compared sexual risk behaviour of MSM-SW who were sexually active with female partners (bisexual MSW) to MSM-SW with only male partners (exclusive MSW). DESIGN Descriptive behavioural study METHODS : A novel, validated daily event and partner diary self-comple...

forecasting of municipal waste generation is a critical challenge for decision making and planning,because proper planning and operation of a solid waste management system is intensively affected by municipal solid waste (msw) streams analysis and accurate predictions of solid waste quantities generated. due to dynamic and complexity of solid waste management system, models by artificial intell...

in this study fertilizing potential of municipal solid waste (msw) compost was investigated by the distribution behavior of heavy metals, nutrient elements and salinity content among the different size fractions. therefore, 3 compost samples (each composed of 6 subsamples) were collected from sanandaj msw composting plant. then, the samples were physically divided into seven fractions of differ...

Municipal solid waste (MSW) contaminated by radioactive cesium (r-Cs) has been treated by various thermal treatment facilities in Japan. However, the behavior of r-Cs in their plants is scarcely known. Therefore, we investigated 4 types of the thermal treatment plants to understand the r-Cs behavior during different thermal treatments of the MSW. The distribution of r-Cs between residue dischar...

The environmental impacts of municipal solid waste (MSW) management have been highlighted in China, due to the continually increasing amount of MSW being generated and the limited capacity of waste treatment facilities. Of particular interest is greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation, aided by the Kyoto Mechanisms. China is an important case study for this global issue; however, an analysis of the ent...

This paper presents experimental investigations of the in situ diagnosis of the alkali metals in the municipal solid waste (MSW) flame of an industrial grade incinerator using flame emission spectroscopy. The spectral radiation intensities of the MSW flame were obtained using a spectrometer. A linear polynomial fitting method is proposed to uncouple the continuous spectrum and the characteristi...

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the incineration of municipal solid waste (MSW) have become a concern in community perspective climate change mitigation and response. In this study, we aimed to estimate GHG MSW Seoul, with population about 10 million, by using IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 2006 guideline scenario analysis for 2030 2040. 2021, Seoul generated 2899 kt MSW/y...

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered all aspects of human life since its breakout in March 2020 the USA and around world. There been a tremendous increase use plastic products as most PPE (masks, gloves, other medical equipment) are made from plastic. Therefore, generation waste was expected to significantly, which also reported by many news agencies organizations. This study determines municipal ...