up not being recycled, with 72% of it being in landfills, the largest one taking up 400 acres of land. Plastic and trash are being thrown away improperly into landfills and incinerators, making many disadvantages. These disadvantages are making waste disposal non-efficient as it isn’t cost effective, it’s hurting people and it’s hurting the environment. What’s preventing proper recycling is the economics. The economic incentive to recycle isn’t enough, making the value less than processing costs
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why scientists are looking for alternative methods to deal with plastic waste. Researchers in Islamabad, Pakistan discovered that Aspergillus fumigatus Strain S45 that they believe is able to decompose polyester. They hypothesis that Strain S45 has ester enzyme that is capable of decomposing polyester PU. The scientist began their experiment by isolating Aspergillus fumigatus Strain S45 from a soil sample from the plastic waste dump in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Through watching this video “60 Minutes Electronic Wasteland,” I learned new things about recycling and current e-waste. Honestly, I had thought that old electronics can be recycled properly without thinking deeply before I watched this video. When I dispose of the TV in Japan, my mother asked one of the driver of little trucks collecting large items and electronics through a neighborhood to dispose it. Sometimes, we need to pay the fee for disposing. I have no idea where it goes and how it is recycled
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In Stiff by Mary Roach, she lists a variety of disposal methods like burial and cremation, however composting is foremost because it gives humans the ability to give life after death, therefore,composting should be utilized more because it is less harmful to the environment and less expensive than other methods. Natural burials are starting to become more current than non-natural burials.There are a variety of new organizations promoting composting and in addition more people are becoming familiar
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They also must increase efficiency in the operations of the business to keep costs low. The best course of action for Growing City is to develop a presentation geared towards municipalities that have already or are in the process of developing waste management strategies, as well as encouraging others to put one in place. They should target municipalities in the provinces of Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec first. This is due to the attractiveness
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Research Plan As part of your research plan, you must first draft a research question for your research paper that will guide the rest of your writing. A research question, which is more specific and focused than a general topic, is the question that your research paper will be answering. For example, if your general area of interest is social security, a possible research question might ask “How can low-income families save more money if the United States had a reformed social security plan that
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is trying to negotiate a new shipping contract with Polychem where Stateline picks up and transport waste product form its six plants to three waste disposal sites. In this problem we are trying to determine the shipping routes the will minimize Stateline total cost. In the first part I set up the problem in excel showing the shipping to the waste directly from the six plants to the three waste disposal site. In the result I had a Z value which is the minimum cost of $3090.00 that Polychem will
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Assignment #4: Case Problem “Stateline Shipping and Transport Company” 1. In Excel, or other suitable program, develop a model for shipping the waste directly from the 6 plants to the 3 waste disposal sites. White water Los Canos Duras Availability Kingsport $12.00 $15.00 $17.00 35 Danville $14.00 $9.00 $10.00 26 Macon $13.00 $20.00 $11.00 42 Selma $17.00 $16.00 $19.00 53 Columbus $7.00 $14.00 $12.00 29 Allentown $22.00 $16.00 $18.00 38 Capacity 65 80 105 223 The objective
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NON CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES WASTE TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY (WTEE) TECHNOLOGY GENERATING WEALTH FROM GARBAGE CONTENTS 1. RESOURCE RECOVERY 2. PROCESSED SOLID WASTE COMBUSTION a. REFUSED DERIVED FUEL - PROCESSES b. REFUSED DERIVED FUEL - PREPARATION c. REFUSED DERIVED FUEL - CLASSIFICATION d. REFUSED DERIVED FUEL - CHARACTERSTICS e. REFUSED DERIVED FUEL - HIGHLIGHTS 3. WTEE – SOCIO ECONOMIC PROJECT 4. DEVELOPMENT & FUTURE
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III. Accounting for Solid Waste Landfills for MSWLFs who use Enterprise Fund Accounting Government’s operation of solid waste landfills can be reported within the Enterprise Fund if citizens and companies are required to pay a fee in order to use the landfills. Enterprise Funds are usually established for public utilities, health care, transportation and recreation. Certain circumstances might give rise to an obligation to account for solid waste landfills under Enterprise Fund accounting. If
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