نتایج جستجو برای: hazardous waste management

تعداد نتایج: 932092  

2014
Mehdi Rezaeimahmoudi Abdolreza Esmaeli Alireza Gharegozlu Hassan Shabanian Ladan Rokni

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to provide a scientific method based on Geographical Information System (GIS) regarding all sustainable development measures to locate a proper landfill for disposal of hazardous wastes, especially industrial (radioactive) wastes. METHODS Seven effective factors for determining hazardous waste landfill were applied in Qom Province, central Iran. These crit...

Journal: :Computers & OR 2007
Evren Emek Bahar Yetis Kara

We define the hazardous waste management problem as the combined decisions of selecting the disposal method, siting the disposal plants and deciding on the waste flow structure. The hazardous waste management problem has additional requirements depending on the selected disposal method. In this paper we focus on incineration, for which the main additional requirement is to satisfy the air pollu...

2007
Robert G. Arnold David O. Carpenter Donald Kirk David Koh Margaret-Ann Armour Mariano Cebrian Luis Cifuentes Mahmood Khwaja Bo Ling Irma Makalinao César Paz-y-Miño Genandrialine Peralta Rajendra Prasad Kirpal Singh Peter Sly Chiharu Tohyama Alistair Woodward Baoshan Zheng Todd Maiden

The coastal zone of the Pacific Rim is home for about one-third of the world's population. Disproportionate growth of Far Eastern economies has produced a disproportionate share of related environmental difficulties. As the region searches for acceptable compromises between growth and environmental quality, its influence on global environmental health is certain to increase. Consequences of glo...

2003
Seshasayi Dharmavaram J. Brian Mount Bernard A. Donahue

The EAHWM was developed to help Army decision makers find and evaluate viable minimization alternatives to current hazardous waste management practices. This tool has been widely accepted throughout the Army and is being assessed by the US. Navy and the Department of Defense General Supply Center. Law and policy makers in the government and private industry can also use the model to compare min...

2005
Sudhakar Yedla Indira Gandhi

Waste management, being one of the most important aspects of urban development, is gaining importance among developing nations. Landfills, which were initiated for hazardous waste management and subsequently transformed into sanitary landfills, have been the most widely adapted practice for municipal solid waste management worldwide. However, the conventional design of landfills not only fails ...

Journal: :Environmental Health Perspectives 1978
H J Van Noordwyk M A Santoro

This paper discusses the present hazardous waste program of 3M Company (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company). 3M's definition of hazardous waste and the company's position on hazardous waste disposal are first considered. The company position is that wherever and whenever the disposal of a waste material threatens the environment or public safety, then that waste should be considered a h...

2015
Neeraj Kumar Gupta Mukesh Shukla Shantanu Tyagi

The term “biomedical waste” has been defined as “any waste that is generated during diagnosis, treatment or immunisation of human beings or animals, or in the research activities pertaining to or in the production or testing of biological and includes categories mentioned in schedule I of the Government of India’s Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 1998”. 1 With the increasing hea...

2013
Mesfin Kote Debere Kassahun Alemu Gelaye Andamlak Gizaw Alamdo Zemedu Mehamed Trifa

BACKGROUND Healthcare waste management options are varying in Ethiopia. One of the first critical steps in the process of developing a reliable waste management plan requires a widespread understanding of the amount and the management system. This study aimed to assess the health care waste generation rate and its management system in some selected hospitals located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ...

2013
Zarook M. Shareefdeen

Medical centers including hospitals, clinics and places where diagnosis and treatment are conducted generate wastes that are highly hazardous and put people under risk of fatal diseases. Although the understanding of medical waste management and control techniques is important, technical elective courses that are offered in undergraduate chemical, civil or environmental engineering place less e...

2013
Jingying MA Jianyi ZHAN Yuejun ZHANG

The management of municipal solid waste (MSW) in China is facing urgent problems with rapid industrialization and urbanization. This article focused on the status of Hangzhou, capital city of Zhejiang province, China. The regulations, policies, implementation, barriers and solutions about source separation, separate collection, clean & direct transportation, treatment and disposal were introduc...

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