During the eighties, citizens from around the country became more educated and active regarding hazardous and solid waste issues. While the more prominent trouble spots such as Times Beach made the evening news, residents began looking into environmental problems closer to home. With alarming regularity, citizens in the South and Appalachia found themselves having to deal with wasterelated issu...

The onset and development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is closely associated with the failure to eliminate waste from the brain [1]. The mechanisms behind this waste clearance remain largely unclear, however research suggests a strong link with the cerebral vasculature [2, 3]. Here we demonstrate computational evidence for a mechanism for cerebral waste clearance that is driven by functional hyp...

Transcriptomes and proteomes of Pseudomonas putida LS46 cultured with biodiesel-derived waste glycerol or waste free fatty acids, as sole carbon sources, were compared under conditions that were either permissive or non-permissive for synthesis of medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHA). The objectives of this study were to elucidate mechanisms that influence activation of biopolyme...

landfill leachates are potential threats for environmental degradation. this study was conducted to determine the leachate quality, to identify the dominant pollutants and to evaluate the leachate pollution potential of an active and closed dumping ground of an uncontrolled municipal solid waste landfill site in kolkata, india using leachate pollution index. the results of the physico-chemical ...

EU and UK Government targets for minimising and recycling household waste has led the responsible authorities to research the alternatives to landfill. In the work reported here the local waste collection authority (Charnwood Borough Council) has adopted the aspirational strategy of becoming a “Zero Waste Borough” to lead the drive for public participation. The work concludes that the separate ...

Increased interest over the levels of pharmaceuticals detected in the environment has led to the need for new approaches to manage their emissions. Inappropriate disposal of unused and waste medicines and release from manufacturing plants are believed to be important pathways for pharmaceuticals entering the environment. In situ treatment technologies, which can be used on-site in pharmacies, h...

Background & Aims of the Study: Increasing hazardous industrial wastes and lack of necessary regulations for management of them have led to serious problems in some parts of Iran. The aim of this study was to evaluate the situation of collection, transportation, recycling, and disposal of hazardous industrial wastes in the Khazra Industrial Park of Kerman, Iran. Materials & Meth...