...MATERIALS AND METHODS Landfill Leachate Sampling and Analysis Landfill leachate was collected from Jhiri dumpsite, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India at regular intervals for the study. Presently, the corporation dumps waste generated by the city’s household at an 11 acre area in Jhiri village (23˚24’ N and 85˚15’ E). The landfill is in operation for last 15 years and it is an open one with no liners and no provision for leachate collection and storage. Leachate gets collected at the bottom of landfill in low lying areas of dumpsite. Prior landfill leachate collection for the experiments, plastic bags and other solid waste was removed from the surface layer of leachate. Landfill leachate was collected and stored in a HDPE container under cold conditions until use. Experimental Scheme The experimental scheme in this study is as mentioned: 1....
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...Two landfill sites in Florida are the Orange County landfill in Orlando, and the Rolling Hills landfill. The biggest issue for the community with the orange county landfill is the smell that is coming from it. When the landfill was started, none of the homes that are in the area existed, so people are closer to the landfill than ever before. The Orange County solid waste division is said to be working on a plan to get rid of the odor, but nothing has been announced, as it relates to getting rid of the smell. For residents near the Rolling Hills landfill, there are health concerns surrounding air quality. Hydrogen sulfide as of last December, reached a level where it is a public health hazard. For the people that live in the nearby community, breathing in the highest levels of H2S for 30 minutes is high enough that it could cause headaches, and irritation of the nose or throat. Because the complaints local government came in and levied fines against the landfill, and has stopped them from bringing in more trash until there are improvements made to the facility (Florida County responds to complaints about landfill odor) (Wedgewood Community Update) (County officials close Rolling Hills landfill). 2. The impact of plastic bags on the environment is pretty severe....
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...Introduction This essay will analyse the external environment of Landfill Gas Industry an Australian company that offers gas extraction from landfill sits and uses that extracted gas to generate electricity for local councils and landfill nations across Australia. Landfill Gas Industries clients include Dubbo City Council, Brisbane City Council, Shellharbour City Council and more. Landfill Gas Industries Pty Ltd is a business that specialises in offering gas extraction from landfill sites (rubbish dumps) around Australia. The extracted gas is used to generate electricity for local councils and landfill owners around the nation. LGI Pty Ltd offers a variety of services from assessment of gas and flare capability to maintenance and monitoring of electrical generators powered by the gas they extract from landfill sites. You can find out more about landfill gas as well as the business’s specific customers, services and capabilities by going to its website: www.landfillgasindustries.com.au Presume that LGI Pty Ltd has commissioned you to conduct a preliminary investigation of the environmental factors and how they will impact the business’s operation in Australia. This investigative essay will then provide LGI Pty Ltd with further research options and investment strategies in the future, once it has been presented to the board for approval. 1. Carry out an environmental analysis to identify what opportunities and threats LGI faces. To help limit your analysis area, you can also...
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...Landfill Gas Industries Pty Ltd is a business that specialises in offering gas extraction from landfill sites (rubbish dumps) around Australia. The extracted gas is used to generate electricity for local councils and landfill owners around the nation. LGI Pty Ltd offers a variety of services from assessment of gas and flare capability to maintenance and monitoring of electrical generators powered by the gas they extract from landfill sites. You can find out more about landfill gas as well as the business’s specific customers, services and capabilities by going to its website: www.landfillgasindustries.com.au Presume that LGI Pty Ltd has commissioned you to conduct a preliminary investigation of the environmental factors and how they will impact the business’s operation in Australia. This investigative essay will then provide LGI Pty Ltd with further research options and investment strategies in the future, once it has been presented to the board for approval. Your task is to provide an overview of the external environmental (general and specific) factors affecting LGI’s performance. Your analysis should focus on and explain in depth the particular environmental factors you feel significantly impact LGI’s operation. Task notes 1. Carry out an environmental analysis to identify what opportunities and threats LGI faces. To help limit your analysis area, you can also choose to identify a specific location for the basis of your analysis e.g. a particular council in your state’s...
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...Bob Kanex Professor Gasph English 101 2/4/2014 Writer’s Checklist for Informational Essay 1. How does my introduction clearly state my thesis and give the reader an indication of the direction my essay will take? My Introduction clearly states my thesis by jumping into the issue at hand and giving a brief explanation to the issue being discussed. 2. How have I made my topic sentences and body paragraphs clear and well developed? My topic sentences and paragraphs are in an order that is easy to read and doesn’t jump from one to another but flows together. 3. What supporting details and examples have I used to fully support my thesis? My supporting details and examples have come from credited sources both from the APUS Library and those found on the internet to help support my thesis. 4. What sources did I use to complete this paper according to the assignment instructions? The following sources were used for information to complete this assignment. "Public and Private Sector Experts to Share Waste Management Best Practice at EcoWASTE 2014." UAE Government News(2014)ProQuest. Web. 4 Feb. 2015. Pyrko, Jurek, and Sarah Darby. "Conditions of Energy Efficient Behaviour--a Comparative Study between Sweden and the UK."Energy Efficiency 4.3 (2011): 393-408. ProQuest. Web. 4 Feb. 2015. "The Swedish Recycling Revolution." Sweden.se. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2015. "Landfill Methane Outreach Program | US EPA." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, n.d. Web. 03...
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...Tala Hughes Mrs. Martin DC English Comp. 111 20 November 2015 “Ground Zero” Paragraph Summaries 1. Berne is visiting Manhattan’s financial district for the first time to give respect to the tragedy that took place there at the World Trade Center. 2. There were people from all over the world and of all ages there to visit the site. 3. Although it may seem like you are looking at nothing, you are really looking at the absence of what used to be. 4. To a tourist, the site simply looks like a construction site. 5. Looking at the site even gives off the vibe that construction gives, of hope and curiosity. 6. Then your eyes adjust to the most striking part about the scene: the light. 7. Berne compares ground zero to a bowl of light, empty yet vast. What is missing becomes clearer as a watery glow from the light reflecting off the Hudson River covers everything. 8. Suddenly, she starts to see the tragedy, including the firefighters and the boarded windows. 9. Suddenly, the cemetery is visible, along with all of the personal belongings and headstones. 10. It takes time to see the tragedy and make sense of it all. 11. An old man near her is trying to explain to her son how he saw the site before the towers were even built. 12. It is clear many people are dissatisfied with being able to express only vague expressions. 13. Most of the people were picturing what they saw in the media, with the towers with black smoke around them...
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...to do an environmental analysis, which requires you to demonstrate your ability to identify and describe the key environmental challenges facing a particular group of managers within a specific industry operating in business today. Note that the case study provided, Landfill Gas Industries, is the same company to which you have been introduced at various points throughout this unit. Assessment details Landfill Gas Industries Pty Ltd is a company that specializes in offering gas extraction from landfill sites (rubbish dumps) around Australia. The extracted gas is used to generate electricity for local councils and landfill owners around the nation. L.G.I. Pty Ltd offers a variety of services from assessment of gas and flare capability to maintenance and monitoring of electrical generators powered by the gas they extract from landfill sites. You can find out more about landfill gas as well as the company’s specific customers, services and capabilities by going to their website at: www.landfillgasindustries.com.au Presume that L.G.I. Pty Ltd has commissioned you to conduct a preliminary investigation of the environmental factors and how they will impact the company’s operation in Australia. This investigative essay will then provide L.G.I. Pty Ltd with further research options and investment strategies in the future, once it has been presented to the board for approval. Your task is to provide an overview of the external environmental (general and specific) factors affecting...
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...Most accounts of issues claim that there are a variety of benefits of recycling. “Recycling is the process of converting products back into their constituent raw materials and then reprocessing this raw into new article” (Healey, 1999). People’s desire is limitless, but the resources in the world are not infinite. In daily life, there are so many products that can be seen everywhere, for instance, glass, paper, steel, plastic products and rubber products. Hence, ignoring recycling is a large waste, that means just throwing garbage or disposing of it in landfills which is not a permanent solution. As the impassioned discussion over the issue of recycling comes into the spot light of the world, it has long been asserted that the issue of recycling in modern times is very important. Recycling makes participants feel fine, and is considered by some to be a moral responsibility, which has become a ‘social norm’ (BIEC, 1997). This essay will try to demonstrate three main benefits of recycling including its important role in economies, environment and energy-saving. Recycling generates substantial economic benefits and it has made a vital contribution to job creation and economic development. A great illustration of it is that recycling helps people save money and creates jobs in waste management and manufacturing industries. Recycling programs cost less to operate than waste collection, land filling and incineration. According to Beck (2001), there are direct impacts and indirect impacts...
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...Abstract This essay will cover the history of Municipal solid waste (MSW) as well as how their facilities have changed due to environmental reforms. Various types of waste facilities will be defined along with what has been changed to help keep the environment and population safe from the hazardous chemicals. Lastly, one facility will be explored and their preventative measures will be explored. Municipal Solid Waste Solid waste is a persistent, part of our lives, yet it goes unnoticed. Today, many countries are facing an approaching crisis in the management of solid waste as many waste disposal sites are nearing their capacity and the contents are continually degrading the environment. However, new and advanced solid waste management systems can help to reduce solid waste disposal, and subsequently minimize environmental and health impacts. Unlike decades before, new legislation has been proposed, and highly regulated to ensure better management of waste. Most widely referred to as nuisances, open dump sites can be found on both private and public property; sides of the road, ditches, river/creek beds, secluded forest/woods, back yards, and empty lots. (Illinois EPA, 2011). All of these hazards can cause detrimental harm to plant and wildlife habitats as well as significantly reduce the quality of life in the nearby communities. (Illinois EPA, 2011), (Hamilton County Public Health, 2007) The early landfills were heavily associated with environmental problems. When...
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...wood, it gets burned and the energy can be used for cooking or heating. This essay will be covering aspects about biomass which include: What is biomass? How does biomass work? Different sources of biomass, advantages of biomass and disadvantages of biomass. What is biomass? Biomass is a renewable energy which is derived from living or recently living organisms that has been made into energy.Biomass energy has a life cycle and people are able to regrow theses plants. Biomass could be plants, animal waste, human waste or vegetables. The carbon used to make biomass grow is absorbed from the atmosphere as carbon dioxide (co2) using energy...
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...land. Recycling will promote environmental awareness and provide more job opportunities. A. Recycling has been around for centuries. In Roman times bronze items were melted down for perpetual use. It wasn’t until the first Earth Day in 1970 that people really started to pay attention. Because of the mass modern era, disposable goods have created the necessity for a greater amount of landfills. In 1980, people in the U.S sent almost 150 million tons of garbage to the landfills each year. Even though recycling diverted 32% of the waste, 68% still ended up in landfills due to electronics being disposed of. Today, we now have ways to recycle those electronics. (DoSomething.org) B. The environmental, political, and economical situations would all benefit from the recycling industry. II. Recycling will help keep the environment safe and clean from dangerous pollutions. A. Landfills are where all our waste goes. Dangerous gases and pollution comes from these landfills and can contaminate our land and natural water sources. B. With less need for landfills there would be more land and less worry for pollution. C. By recycling, we would be able to prevent global warming. III. Raising awareness will continue the efforts of recycling and promote the benefits of this process. A. Understanding recycling in full view will help people realize the benefits that will actually come from it. It’s very important for people to be aware of what happens...
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...Filthy When I first read Heather Rogers’ “The Hidden Life of Garbage“, she wrote well but seemed to miss the point. But as I reread the essay, I came to realized she was raising awareness through disgust then leaving the big question for the reader to ponder. I think a lot of the readers of this article would probably benefit from some clear cut ideas and / or solutions stated by the author in the essay. I believe a lot of readers have become accustomed to “corporate green washing” due to television, radio, etc and governmental control of much of their lives. Far too many American citizens rely upon the government to think for them. When the Environmental Protection Agency reports that a catastrophic situation is safe or no longer toxic, world-wide citizens, and specifically Americans, go blindly on following their words as an infallible authority. We no longer think independently. That is why I believe Ms. Rogers needs to include a solution. As I watched the documentary, “Gone Tomorrow”, I realized that even the director of the video was somewhat guilty of “green washing” because of the quirky soundtrack and 1950’s movie cuts. It was not harsh enough to truly hammer the point home. While it emphasized what happens to our garbage after we take it to the curb, I believe a greater point would have been to place responsibility on the consumer and the corporate planned obsolescence. As Heather Rogers states, “What if we didn’t have so much trash to get rid of?” This is more...
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...Environmental Essay Recycling is such a basic step in preserving our environment that is astonishes me how many Big Bear Valley families don’t do it, not to mention the 100,000 or so visitors we get each year. On the various trash days the lack of green cans is shocking. When I take my families recycling to the Garstin Road trash site each week the overflowing regular dumpsters as opposed to the barely used recycling dumpsters is very telling. While walking our shore line or hiking in our forest seeing empty bottles of water or other beverages containers left as trash is heart breaking. Our landfill resource in the valley is limited. If the recyclable materials were eliminated from the landfill it would ensure the longevity of its use for generations to come. Early education is a must in tackling this problem. Starting in kindergarten it should be mandatory throughout the school district that every classroom institutes a recycling program that will hopefully carry through to the homes of our students. Recycling and the importance of protecting our environment should be mandatory curriculum at the elementary school level (all six years) as well as recycling trash cans in every classroom. One afternoon a week I volunteer in the county special needs classroom at North Shore Elementary working with children who have autism and down syndrome. I’ve had two main classroom projects this year. The first has been having recycling trash cans in the classroom, teaching the...
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...Sustainability Issues In Civil Engineering Environmental Sciences Essay ukessays.com /essays/environmental-sciences/sustainability-issues-in-civil-engineeringenvironmental-sciences-essay.php Sustainability is the prevention or reduction of the effect of environmental issues for humans to live a sustainable life and as part of the effort is to return human use of natural resources to a sustainable limit at which it can be replenished. The fact that sustainability issues affect the ways in which project are been chosen, planed, designed or implemented does not mean human life should be stagnant, rather, according to Mahri (2001), environmental issues needs to be put into consideration as a principal means of achieving sustainable development, also sustainable development enhances the quality of life This report shall put lights on a critical evaluation on current academic thinking as regards how sustainability issues can affect the way civil engineering projects are chosen, planned, designed and implemented. CHOSEN PROJECTS AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES Civil Engineering is the construction of systems that aim to improve life in different ways (Tavares, 1999). These are engineering field that brought about bridges, dams, roads, buildings, fabrications, etc. and these constructions have either a direct or indirect ways of polluting the environment during their construction processes. Like in the construction/fabrication of buoys, piles, vessels, where blasting and painting are carried...
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...Unit Title: Communications in Business 100 Assessment: Critical Essay Company: Pepsi Company Ltd Essay Title: Corporate Environmental Obligation: An examination of the performance of Pepsi Co Student Name: Chomansingh Mareachealee Student Number: 15570501 Semester: 1 2011 Campus: Charles Telfair Institute Tutor’s Name: Sarita Ramanan Tutorial Day and Time: Tuesday (11:30-13:30) GP 4 | | | | | | | Table of content | | | | | Content: | | | | | | Introduction | 2 | | | | | The case against Pepsi Co and its impact & implication: | | | | | | (A) Achieving positive water balance | 2&3 | | (B) Land & Packaging- Moving towards zero landfill | 4 | | (C ) Climate change- reducing the carbon Footprint of operations | 5 | | (D) Protecting Natural resources and health | 6 | | | | | | | | The case for Pepsi Co and its impact & implication: | | | | | | (A) Pesticide controversy in India and Carbon dioxide emission | 7 | | (B) Using Tap water for Bottling | 7&8 | | (C )Health issues and Recycling problem | 8&9 | | | | | | | | Conclusion: | 9 | | | | | References: | 10&11&12 | | | Re: Corporate Environmental Obligation: An examination of the performance of Pepsi company Introduction: Modern organizations have high considerations for societal contribution. Nowadays...
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