causes of mortality .[2,3] The challenge is to develop scientific yet economically feasible materials for water purification which would be affordable to all the sections of the society. Clean drinking water has got much attention and continuous research is being carried out all around the world. [4,5] Chlorine disinfection has been extensively studied and used. Chlorine combines with organic contaminants in the water to produce trihalomethanes (THMs), or chloramines, which are carcinogenic The more
face difficulties in making the right decision in multiple attribute environment. Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) has been found to be a useful approach to solve such kind of problems. In this paper, an integrated Fuzzy-AHP-TOPSIS based methodology is applied to solve the municipal solid waste landfill site selection problem in the city of Mumbai, India. The methodology has been developed under Indian socio-economic and regulatory set-up. The Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (F-AHP) is used
everybody has shown concern for conservation of the environment. In the same time, Electronic waste and its management become burning issue all over the world. because growth in demand and consumption of electronic goods had led huge amount of waste and this waste become a new type of waste called electronic waste. So there is dire need to adopt sustainable practices so that we can handle a waste . Under this
Literature review It is common knowledge that if waste is not disposed in the correct manner it badly affects the environment and then in turn animals and human beings are affected as we depend on the environment for survival. 1. Source 1: Landfills and hazardous waste sites I personally cannot begin to imagine life with landfills or dumping sites. If we had no landfills where would all the waste that is produced on a daily basis by households, firms, factories and companies go? How dirty
Tough (2007) conducted a research survey named “The impact of plastic bags on the environment and to find out the possible ways to reduce their destructive effects by making policies in New Zealand”. The research objectives were comprised of 4 aspects. Firstly, to explore the problems relevant to usage of plastic bags. Secondly, to study that how plastic bags were used as well as how to manage them properly in New Zealand. Thirdly, to find out how plastic bags had been managed in the international
Waste management have some basic parts which are give help for reducing the wastes such as movement of waste, sustainability in waste environment, to reduce waste and dispose the material in different ways are explained below:- a) Waste Movement Waste movement is defined as how we can change in the industry according to waste control by using some methods. Waste movement is compulsory for all industries and other where we look the waste in small workshops and domestic areas. While waste transport
INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Information Waste has been generated by all kinds of civilization in various forms either in solid or liquid. We have generated tones of waste before we find the better and proper way to dispose the waste. People are expose to all kinds of risks in their daily live such as underground water pollution, methane gas emission, air pollution, exploration of new landfill site and other human health problems due to the increasing of waste generation. Unfortunately, simple expedient
of properly they’re more than likely going to end up plaquing the environment in some way. The chemicals from these cigarette filters can end up leached directly into the water and soil of ecosystems, consequently posing a serious litter and toxic waste issue to our environments. This makes cigarettes an emerging pollutant in desperate need of attention. The amount of
into account to raise awareness about the issue of solid waste management. Marketing should focus mainly on thinking creation. Marketing professionals can increase the importance of solid waste management and how people can be part of it. While there are many
Food waste is a persistent problem throughout the globe. In Canada alone, about 31 billion dollars worth of food is wasted, which amounts to about 40% of Canada’s food production. This price exceeds $100 billion once costs such as energy, water and transport are considered. As of 2007 an estimated 183 kg of solid food was wasted per person (Toronto). Globally, this amounts to about one third of all food being wasted (UN, Xu ), which about 76.3% ends up in a landfill (Xu). In the European union alone