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Author : Christiane Dorion
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836877535
Describes how large amounts of garbage are created today, how to recycle effectively, and why it is important to reduce or eliminate garbage.
Author : Stuart A. Kallen
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512413144
Globally, humans produce 1.3 billion tons of garbage every year. Discover the causes and proposed solutions for the global garbage glut, examining pollution on land, in the ocean, in the air, and in space.
Author : Hans Y. Tammemagi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1999-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780195351682
As populations continue to increase, society produces more and more waste. Yet it is becoming increasingly difficult to build new landfills, and the existing landfills are causing significant environmental damage. Finding solutions is not simple; the problem is enormous in size, vital in terms of its impact on the environment, and complex in scope. This book provides a vast look at solid waste management in North America and seeks solutions to the waste crisis. It describes the magnitude and complexity of the problem, focusing on municipal wastes and placing them in the perspective of other wastes such as hazardous, biochemical, and radioactive debris. It describes the components of an integrated waste management program, including recycling, composting, landfills, and waste incinerators, and it presents in detail the scientific and engineering principles underlying these technologies. To illustrate both the problems and solutions of waste management programs, the authors provide seven case histories, among them the Fresh Kills (Staten Island, New York), the East Carbon Landfill (Utah), and the Lancaster County Municipal Waste Incinerator (Pennsylvania). The Waste Crisis is unique in its attempt to analyze waste management in a broader societal context and to propose solutions based on basic principles. And by doing so, it encourages readers to challenge commonly held perceptions and to seek new and better ways of dealing with waste. As such, this book deserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone who deals with or feels the need to confront the growing problems of waste management.
Author : Gerry McGovern
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-13
Category : Electronic waste
ISBN : 9781916444621
Speaking out when it's unpopular. Back in the day, Henry David Thoreau raged at the robber barons-the big shots of their age, despoiling the environment in the name of progress. Deep in the throes of the seemingly unstoppable growth of tech, a modern-day Thoreau has emerged in the guise of Gerry McGovern-decrying the massive, hidden negative impacts of tech on the environment. McGovern has thoroughly documented in World Wide Waste how tech damages the Earth-and what we should be doing about it. It is not just the acres of discarded computer hardware conveniently dumped in Third World countries. Every time an email is downloaded it contributes to global warming. Every tweet, search, check of a webpage creates pollution. Digital is physical. Those data centers are not in the Cloud. They're on land in massive physical buildings packed full of computers hungry for energy. It seems invisible. It seems cheap and free. It's not. Digital costs the Earth.
Author : Rob Bowden
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836877543
Discusses how millions still have unclean water, how global warming and faulty irrigation deplete water supplies, how future wars about water can be avoided, and what we can be done to protect water.
Author : Hans Y. Tammemagi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199880911
As populations continue to increase, society produces more and more waste. Yet it is becoming increasingly difficult to build new landfills, and the existing landfills are causing significant environmental damage. Finding solutions is not simple; the problem is enormous in size, vital in terms of its impact on the environment, and complex in scope. This book provides a vast look at solid waste management in North America and seeks solutions to the waste crisis. It describes the magnitude and complexity of the problem, focusing on municipal wastes and placing them in the perspective of other wastes such as hazardous, biochemical, and radioactive debris. It describes the components of an integrated waste management program, including recycling, composting, landfills, and waste incinerators, and it presents in detail the scientific and engineering principles underlying these technologies. To illustrate both the problems and solutions of waste management programs, the authors provide seven case histories, among them the Fresh Kills (Staten Island, New York), the East Carbon Landfill (Utah), and the Lancaster County Municipal Waste Incinerator (Pennsylvania). The Waste Crisis is unique in its attempt to analyze waste management in a broader societal context and to propose solutions based on basic principles. And by doing so, it encourages readers to challenge commonly held perceptions and to seek new and better ways of dealing with waste. As such, this book deserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone who deals with or feels the need to confront the growing problems of waste management.
Author : Alexander Stadler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Behavior
ISBN : 0439919665
Eight-year-old Julian Rodriguez escapes from the crisis of the moment (being sent to his room for not taking out the trash) by imagining he is a space warrior.
Author : Silpa Kaza,Lisa Yao,Perinaz Bhada-Tata,Frank Van Woerden
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781464813474
Solid waste management affects every person in the world. By 2050, the world is expected to increase waste generation by 70 percent, from 2.01 billion tonnes of waste in 2016 to 3.40 billion tonnes of waste annually. Individuals and governments make decisions about consumption and waste management that affect the daily health, productivity, and cleanliness of communities. Poorly managed waste is contaminating the world’s oceans, clogging drains and causing flooding, transmitting diseases, increasing respiratory problems, harming animals that consume waste unknowingly, and affecting economic development. Unmanaged and improperly managed waste from decades of economic growth requires urgent action at all levels of society. What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 aggregates extensive solid aste data at the national and urban levels. It estimates and projects waste generation to 2030 and 2050. Beyond the core data metrics from waste generation to disposal, the report provides information on waste management costs, revenues, and tariffs; special wastes; regulations; public communication; administrative and operational models; and the informal sector. Solid waste management accounts for approximately 20 percent of municipal budgets in low-income countries and 10 percent of municipal budgets in middle-income countries, on average. Waste management is often under the jurisdiction of local authorities facing competing priorities and limited resources and capacities in planning, contract management, and operational monitoring. These factors make sustainable waste management a complicated proposition; most low- and middle-income countries, and their respective cities, are struggling to address these challenges. Waste management data are critical to creating policy and planning for local contexts. Understanding how much waste is generated—especially with rapid urbanization and population growth—as well as the types of waste generated helps local governments to select appropriate management methods and plan for future demand. It allows governments to design a system with a suitable number of vehicles, establish efficient routes, set targets for diversion of waste, track progress, and adapt as consumption patterns change. With accurate data, governments can realistically allocate resources, assess relevant technologies, and consider strategic partners for service provision, such as the private sector or nongovernmental organizations. What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050 provides the most up-to-date information available to empower citizens and governments around the world to effectively address the pressing global crisis of waste. Additional information is available at http://www.worldbank.org/what-a-waste.
Author : Ewan McLeish
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836877586
Discusses the destruction of rain forests, the reasons for their destruction, the effect that this destruction has on the world, and ways to preserve these areas.
Author : Ewan McLeish
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1433900882
Looks at the issue of overpopulation, its causes, and its impact on people and the environment.
Author : Randika Jayasinghe,Usman Mushtaq,Toni Smythe,Caroline Baillie
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031021114
This book will focus on "Waste Management," a serious global issue and engineers' responsibility towards finding better solutions for its sustainable management. Solid waste management is one of the major environmental burdens in both developed and developing countries alike. An alarming rate of solid waste generation trends can be seen as a result of globalization, industrialization, and rapid economic development. However, low-income and marginalized sectors in society suffer most from the unfavorable conditions deriving from poor waste management. Solid waste management is not a mere technical challenge. The environmental impact, socio-economic, cultural, institutional, legal, and political aspects are fundamental in planning, designing, and maintaining a sustainable waste management system in any country. Engineers have a major role to play in designing proper systems that integrate stakeholders, waste system elements, and sustainability aspects of waste management. This book is part of a focused collection from a project on Engineering and Education for Social and Environmental Justice. It takes an explicitly social and environmental justice stance on waste and attempts to assess the social impact of waste management on those who are also the most economically vulnerable and least powerful in the society. We hope that this book will assist our readers to think critically and understand the framework of socially and environmentally just waste management. Table of Contents: Introduction / Towards a Just Politics of Waste Management / Expertise, Indigenous People, and the Site 41 Landfill / Waste Management in the Global North / Waste Management in the Global South: A Sri Lankan Case Study / Assessing the Feasibility of Waste for Life in the Western Province of Sri Lanka
Author : Randika Jayasinghe,Usman Mushtaq,Toni Smythe,Caroline Baillie
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781608458738
This book will focus on "Waste Management," a serious global issue and engineers' responsibility towards finding better solutions for its sustainable management. Solid waste management is one of the major environmental burdens in both developed and developing countries alike. An alarming rate of solid waste generation trends can be seen as a result of globalization, industrialization, and rapid economic development. However, low-income and marginalized sectors in society suffer most from the unfavorable conditions deriving from poor waste management. Solid waste management is not a mere technical challenge. The environmental impact, socio-economic, cultural, institutional, legal, and political aspects are fundamental in planning, designing, and maintaining a sustainable waste management system in any country. Engineers have a major role to play in designing proper systems that integrate stakeholders, waste system elements, and sustainability aspects of waste management. This book is part of a focused collection from a project on Engineering and Education for Social and Environmental Justice. It takes an explicitly social and environmental justice stance on waste and attempts to assess the social impact of waste management on those who are also the most economically vulnerable and least powerful in the society. We hope that this book will assist our readers to think critically and understand the framework of socially and environmentally just waste management. Table of Contents: Introduction / Towards a Just Politics of Waste Management / Expertise, Indigenous People, and the Site 41 Landfill / Waste Management in the Global North / Waste Management in the Global South: A Sri Lankan Case Study / Assessing the Feasibility of Waste for Life in the Western Province of Sri Lanka
Author : Neil Morris
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836877551
Describes the problems posed by global warming, its causes, and how alternatives must be found to the fossil fuels that contribute to this problem.
Author : Hans Tammemagi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780195128987
Preface. 1. The Waste Crisis. 2. Starting from Basics. 3. Historical Perspectives. 4. Integrated Waste Management. 5. Recycling and Composting. 6. Wastes: Know Thy Enemy. 7. Landfills: How Do They Work? 8. Are There Better Disposal Methods? 9. Incineration: The Burning Issue. 10. Containment, Encapsulation, and Treatment. 11. Case Histories. 12. The All-Powerful NIMBY. 13. A New Approach. 14. Garbology: A Vision for the Future.
Author : Marie Miller
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 083687756X
Explores the causes of obesity, how its patterns develop in childhood, why it is a worldwide problem, and how programs have been developed to combat it.