This paper describes a methodology for estimating the true internal costs of construction waste, aimed at promoting environmentally friendly waste management. The study employs cost-benefit analysis, contribution margin analysis, the polluter-pays principle and a mathematical model: the model for Efficient Use of Resources for Optimal Production Economy (EUROPE), which has been introduced previ...

In this study differences in feelings of insecurity and ways of coping were assessed between 225 residents of an industrial area near a chemical complex and a control group at a distance of at least 15 kilometers from that complex. The results show that the residents of the industrial area judge the hazards as less threatening and less unacceptable than the control group and report less feeling...

introduction: antibiotics as a  type of pharmaceutical compounds are widely used in modern medicine and veterinary industries. they enter the environment in different ways, including agricultural runoff, direct discharge of urban wastewater treatment or human waste, direct disposal of medical, veterinary industrial waste and etc. antibiotics have been able to influence the microbial population....

Hazardous substances, such as polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) also have been detected in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and industrial waste incinerators in Korea. In this study, we estimated the exposure status of these hazardous substances and their heath effects in workers and residents near the MSW incinerators and residents near the industri...

background: groundwater resources in arid and semi arid regions are very important. groundwater is contaminated by agricultural, industrial and municipal activity which as a result reduces its quality. investigating of the chemical quality of the groundwater is emphasized to identify pollutant environmental impacts associated with incorrect waste disposal practice. this research investigated th...

locating landfills in urban areas is one of the most important issues in urban planning because of the effect on economy, ecology, and environment, therefore the right management and principled landfilling of solid waste is the major concern all over the world especially in the developed countries. in locating landfills, different criteria should be considered. in the present study, locating si...

to find the quantity and quality of wastewaters of the two main industrial units of khoy city in west azerbaijan province, iran, namely the slaughterhouse and the totia chocolate factory, ten composite samples were taken in 112 hour intervals between 3.5 and 7.5 a.m. (4 hours working shift) from the slaughterhouse and between 7.5 a.m. and 2 p.m from the totia chocolate factory (8hours working s...

The study investigates biochar from agriculture waste and flyash coal power station as possible carrier materials for two plant growth-promoting (PGP) bacterial strains Burkholderia sp. L2 Bacillus A30 enhanced eggplant growth yield. Biochar-based biofertilizers with/without showed higher viability up to 270 days of storage period. maximum percentage seed germination was observed in L2-based + ...