Megacities concentrate large amounts of people, absorb a large quantity of resources and generate vast amounts of waste and sewage, thereby contributing considerably to the use of the environment as a sink. The quantity of resources consumed and urban residues produced per capita tend to rise steadily with increased per capita income. Proper management of municipal solid waste is critical to th...

BACKGROUND Medical establishment such as hospitals and research institutes generate sizable amount of hazardous waste. Health care workers, patients are at risk of acquiring infection from sharps and contamination of environment with multiple drug resistant microorganisms if wastes are not properly managed. OBJECTIVES To characterize types and evaluate waste disposal techniques employed in th...

France’s policy on waste, like its environmental policy in general, is strongly influenced by Community policy. It has progressively diversified its objectives: public hygiene, security, reduction in the environmental impact of different treatments and, more recently, prevention and recycling. These main orientations are contained in the July 15 1975 law amended by the July 13 1992 law on elimi...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging concept and that is currently under creation and development. However, it has already made an impact on many research domains by providing new solutions and ideas particularly in waste management and recycling. The IoT concept has provided a new research path that is conducive with public awareness of environmental protection considerations and improv...

fly ash is one of the most plentiful and versatile of the industrial by-products. at present, nearly 150 million tonnes of fly ash is being generated annually in india posing dual problem of environmental pollution and difficulty in disposal. this calls for establishing strategies to use the same effectively and efficiently. however, it is only in geotechnical engineering applications such as t...

The disposal of clinical wastes is often poorly conducted and inadequately supervised despite the publication of clear and definitive working guidelines and the introduction of increasingly stringent legislative control. The move away from landfill disposal of clinical wastes, and the further development of high temperature incinerators able to meet increasingly tight emission limits, is to be ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Infectious waste management practices among health care workers in the tertiary care hospitals have been questionable. The study intended to identify issues that impede a proper infectious waste management. METHODS Besides direct observation, in-depths interviews were conducted with the hospital administrators and senior management involved in healthcare waste managem...

Solid waste is a significant and growing problem in many urban areas of the developing world. Current systems of waste management in most developing country cities are very rudimentary at best and are grossly inefficient and ineffective. Uncontrolled landfill disposal of solid waste is a pervasive problem which causes a range of external costs, including human health hazards. This paper sets ou...

Solid waste management practices itself is far from satisfactory, in India. Added to the above, is another problem of recent origin i.e. E-waste handling and management which has complicated waste management due to their unique properties than other solid wastes. The generation, separation, recycling and recovery of precious metals are still in its nascent state, almost all over India. In order...

There is a concern that mismanagement of medical waste in developing countries may be a significant risk factor for disease transmission. Quantitative estimation of medical waste generation is needed to estimate the potential risk and as a basis for any waste management plan. Dhaka City, the capital of Bangladesh, is an example of a major city in a developing country where there has been no rig...