Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to measure the technical and scale efficiency of the domestic waste management function in 103 New South Wales' local governments. After allowance is made for nondiscretionary environmental factors which may affect the provision of these local public services, such as congestion and the inability to operate machinery in densely-populated urban areas, comp...

The unprecedented increase in oil prices has researchers scrambling for alternative fuel sources. This crisis gives environmentally conscious researchers a new argument in favor of renewable energy. Unfortunately, most renewable energy sources are either inefficient or too expensive. Vehicles around the world are creating a massive environmental problem. Researchers are now looking for an econo...

The separation of rotting garden material from general domestic waste and its collection for processing in industrial composting sites is a relatively new industry in the UK. Two cases of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and the results of health surveillance are described in a team of 28 garden waste (compost) collectors. A few cases of extrinsic allergic alveolitis due to Aspergillus f...