Shortage of land for waste disposal is a serious and growing potential problem in most large urban regions. However, no practical studies have been reported in the literature that incorporate the process of consumption and depletion of landfill space in urban regions over time and analyse its implications for the management of waste. An evaluation of existing models of waste management indicate...

T.S. Eliot’s modernist poem The Waste Land is often interpreted as collection of voices which appear multiple times throughout the text. Here, we investigate whether we can automatically cluster existing segmentations of the text into coherent, expert-identified characters. We show that clustering The Waste Land is a fairly difficult task, though we can do much better than random baselines, par...

Eff ective management of municipal solid waste (MSW) in Pacifi c developing member countries (DMCs) is diffi cult because of several country-specifi c characteristics. These include limited land area, customary land ownership; environmental fragility; limited human and fi nancial capacity; and in some countries, a heavy reliance on tourism. The challenges mean that selecting technologies that a...

THE CITY OF COLOMBO , which has a resident population of little over half a million, and a total area of 3731 hectares, is administered by a Municipal Council. The collection and disposal of solid waste generated within the City is a function of the Municipal Council, and is carried out by its six district offices. The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) collects around 500 metric tons of solid was...

Land cover classification with a high accuracy is necessary, especially in waste dump area, accurate land cover information is very important to eco-environment research, vegetation condition study and soil recovery destination. Funded by the international cooperation project Novel Indicator Technologies for Minesite Rehabilitation and sustainable development, a hierarchical object oriented lan...

Thermal technologies for the treatment of waste are once again attracting interest, particularly in Europe and North Amerca, as landfill space becomes scarcer and landfill regulations become more stringent. Plasma technologies can be used to destroy waste at high temperatures, using electricity to convert waste into a fuel gas and an inert rock. The Plasma Arc Waste Destruction System’s (PAWDS)...

Greater use of waste reduction is now impeded by a number of factors, including a tendency to include it among waste management techniques to reduce the use of land disposal. Government and industry can purposefully or unwittingly provide incentives for and raise barriers against waste reduction. Creating institutional support for waste reduction will draw attention to it as a feasible environm...

Uncontrolled growth of the urban population in developing countries in recent years has made solid waste management an important issue. Today municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is one of the most challenging issues in urban cities, which are facing a serious pollution problem due to the generation of huge quantities of solid waste. This results in development of environmentally sustainable...

Anitnal Waste Managetnent Planning A labama farmers have always valued good land and clean water. When they are informed, responsible citizen farmers take the necessary steps within their economic means to care for these important natural resources. This is true with today's situation concerning water quality and animal waste management. As farmers understand how to protect Alabama's waters fro...

This study has analyzed the generation and characteristics of solid waste in Dhaka city, along with the associated environmental impacts and existing solid waste management practices. Special focus was given on the effect of composting on final disposal of solid waste and effect of landfill site location on transportation cost. An estimate of the future generation rate indicates that the presen...