Waste Management

Converting sludge into construction materials is deemed to be a sustainable approach to alleviating sludge disposal problems and conserving natural...

The accumulation of solid organic waste is thought to be reaching critical levels in almost all regions of the world. Organic waste needs to be man...

Rubber is used in a vast number of products, from tyres on vehicles to disposable surgical gloves. Increasingly both manufacturers and legislators ...

Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) in response to a growing desire for the...

Available estimates suggest that the amount of used electronics is large and growing, and that if improperly managed can harm the environment and h...

Under the Superfund program, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) places some of the most seriously contaminated sites on the National Priorit...

In today''s globally connected marketplace, a wedding sari in rural north India may become a woman''s blouse or cushion cover in a Western boutique...

For twenty-two years politicians and businessmen pushed for the Adams Mine landfill as a solution to Ontario?''s garbage disposal crisis. This plan...

Millions of tons of municipal solid wastes (MSW) comprising a great proportion of ''''food & green garden wastes'''' generated from homes and i...

Rational use of natural resources has gained importance in the last several years. Solving this actual problem in terms of national economy suggest...