Depending on their nature and severity, disasters can create large volumes of debris and waste. The waste can overwhelm existing solid waste management facilities and impact on other emergency response and recovery activities. If poorly managed, the waste can have significant environmental and public health impacts and can affect the overall recovery process. This paper presents a system overvi...

landfill site selection is an important action in integrated solid waste management process. different criteria should be considered in site selection. therefore using special methods are necessary to evaluate the criteria. the object of the current study was to determine and select suitable sites for solid waste landfill in shiraz city regarding the observation of environmental matters by usin...

solid waste management system is a collection of activities used for regulate society waste in the manner of engineering and sanitary. in order to have waste management system in rural areas there should be appropriate building capacity. the status quo of functional elements in rural solid waste management system in iran includes collecting and disposing in the ground. the mean of per capita pr...

introduction: organic fertilizers are beneficial to maintain and improve structure of the soil nutrients; however, in case of presence of pathogenic microbial agents and pathogens inside them, it will result in health problems and disease transmission. therefore, present study aimed to determine microbial quality of produced vermicomposts in yazd city. methods: this study was a descriptive-anal...

The collection, storage and disposal of medical solid wastes are a growing environmental problem in Indian cities which needs immediate attention before it goes out of hand. While the government of India is making efforts to expand medical services by allowing private hospitals in the country, the management of medical wastes has received little attention despite their potential environmental h...

Waste management is the collection, transport or disposal and management of waste materials. Most waste management activities are decided upon and carried out in a public, semi-public area typically involving the waste management organization, one or more regulators and other stakeholders and members of the public. The management of waste is not only the responsibility of governments, but also ...

background: successful waste management programs are linked to internal factors, sw (strength and weakness points), and external factors, ot (opportunities and threats), and at the macro level are grounds for sustainable development. studies may be related to david’s study which presented a method to quantify strength, weakness, opportunity, threats (swot) analysis. methods: in this study, desi...

background: waste produced in dental clinics has been the topic of investigations for many years. these waste materials have important health impacts and are hazardous to humans and the environment. objective: to investigating solid waste production and its management in dental clinics in gorgan, northern iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 45 of 143 public dental practices and 5 of 2...

Rapid urbanization and industrialization, population growth and economic growth in developing countries make management of municipal solid waste more complex comparing with developed countries. Furthermore, the conventional municipal solid waste management approach often is reductionists, not tailored to handle complexity. Therefore, the need to a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary approach r...

The present investigation is a case study of Lucknow, the main metropolis in Northern India, which succumbs to a major problem of municipal solid waste and its management. A qualitative investigation using strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis (SWOT) has been successfully implemented through this community participation study. This qualitative investigation emphasizes the li...