Although commercial and household wastes are compositionally similar, common UK practice is for separate collections. This paper uses vehicle routeing and scheduling software to predict the benefits of allowing household and commercial waste to be collected together by a common vehicle fleet. This was compared in a case study where collections were made from over 25,000 households on an alterna...

In 1985, the scrap tire industry was created when Minnesota became the first state to develop specific legislation and regulations for scrap tires. Up to that time, many scrap tires, like most solid and household wastes, went into the l1)unicipal dump. Those tires not placed in the dump went into stock piles, some of which still exist today. Prior to 1985, few, ifany scrap tires were processed....

BACKGROUND Rabies is a neglected enzootic disease which represents a serious public health problem. In Cameroon, efforts to prevent human deaths caused by rabies are often thwarted by the lack of community awareness. The community knowledge, as well as attitudes and perception on rabies, is therefore important for both prevention of human deaths and control in animals. METHODS A cross-section...

if solid wastes are not collected and disposed properly, can cause environmental pollution which affect human health, animals and plants. also aesthetic aspect of solid waste disposal is important. therefore proper management is necessary. this study was carried out for the identification and classification of solid waste produced by oil drilling company temporary camps based on rcra act and un...

The pot experiment was carried out to quantify the effect of different organic wastes in rice yield and to determine the effect on soil fertility. The experiment was laid down in a complete randomized design taking 11 treatments with three replicates. The applied treatments were; (1) Control, (2) Recommended doses of NPK, (3) HW 10%, (4) HW 20%, (5) HW 30%, (6) PM 10%, (7) PM 20%, (8) PM: 30%, ...