Waste Of A Nation

Author : Assa Doron
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674986008

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Waste of a Nation by Assa Doron Pdf

In India, you can still find the kabaadiwala, the rag-and-bone man. He wanders from house to house buying old newspapers, broken utensils, plastic bottles—anything for which he can get a little cash. This custom persists and recreates itself alongside the new economies and ecologies of consumer capitalism. Waste of a Nation offers an anthropological and historical account of India’s complex relationship with garbage. Countries around the world struggle to achieve sustainable futures. Assa Doron and Robin Jeffrey argue that in India the removal of waste and efforts to reuse it also lay waste to the lives of human beings. At the bottom of the pyramid, people who work with waste are injured and stigmatized as they deal with sewage, toxic chemicals, and rotting garbage. Terrifying events, such as atmospheric pollution and childhood stunting, that touch even the wealthy and powerful may lead to substantial changes in practices and attitudes toward sanitation. And innovative technology along with more effective local government may bring about limited improvements. But if a clean new India is to emerge as a model for other parts of the world, a “binding morality” that reaches beyond the current environmental crisis will be required. Empathy for marginalized underclasses—Dalits, poor Muslims, landless migrants—who live, almost invisibly, amid waste produced predominantly for the comfort of the better-off will be the critical element in India’s relationship with waste. Solutions will arise at the intersection of the traditional and the cutting edge, policy and practice, science and spirituality.

Author : Allison Macfarlane,Rodney C. Ewing
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780262633321

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Uncertainty Underground by Allison Macfarlane,Rodney C. Ewing Pdf

Experts from science, industry, and government discuss the unresolved scientific and technical issues surrounding the Yucca Mountain site as a geologic repository for high-level nuclear waste.

Author : Susan Strasser
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0805065121

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Waste and Want by Susan Strasser Pdf

Originally published: New York: Metropolitan Books, 1999.

Author : Peter Thorsheim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107099357

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Waste into Weapons by Peter Thorsheim Pdf

During the Second World War, the United Kingdom faced severe shortages of many essential raw materials. To keep its armaments factories running, the British government enlisted millions of people in efforts to recycle a wide range of materials for use in munitions production. Recycling not only supplied British munitions factories with much-needed raw materials - it also played a key role in the efforts of the British government to maintain the morale of its citizens, to secure billions of dollars in Lend-Lease aid from the United States, and even to uncover foreign intelligence. However, Britain's wartime recycling campaign came at a cost: it consumed many items that would never have been destroyed under normal circumstances, including significant parts of the nation's cultural heritage. Based on extensive archival research, Peter Thorsheim examines the relationship between armaments production, civil liberties, cultural preservation, and diplomacy, making Waste into Weapons the first in-depth history of twentieth-century recycling in Britain.

Author : Rawani, A. M.,Sahu, Mithilesh Kumar,Chakarabarti, Siddharth S.,Singh, Ajit Kumar
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781668475751

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Sustainable Approaches and Strategies for E-Waste Management and Utilization by Rawani, A. M.,Sahu, Mithilesh Kumar,Chakarabarti, Siddharth S.,Singh, Ajit Kumar Pdf

In this contemporary world, urbanization, industrialization, and digitalization have drastically expanded to provide better living standards for human beings. The rate of change in technology is also very high, which introduces updated electronic devices very frequently in the market, which results in a huge garbage dump of e-waste. With the increase in the use of electronic devices, the e-waste generated over the globe is also increasing drastically, which becomes a barrier to sustainable development. Therefore, it is essential to formulate strategies and manage the e-waste generated from all sources to achieve sustainable goals. Sustainable Approaches and Strategies for E-Waste Management and Utilization assesses the activities involved in e-waste generation; identifies the potential impacts of e-waste on society, the economy, and the environment; and recommends appropriate e-waste handling and disposal measures following the rules of regulatory bodies. Covering key topics such as sustainable development, waste recovery, and innovation, this reference work is ideal for industry professionals, environmental scientists, administrators, policymakers, researchers, academicians, scholars, instructors, and students.

Author : Vasudevan Rajaram,Faisal Zia Siddiqui,Sanjeev Agrawal,Mohammad Emran Khan
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9788120352452

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SOLID AND LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTE TO WEALTH by Vasudevan Rajaram,Faisal Zia Siddiqui,Sanjeev Agrawal,Mohammad Emran Khan Pdf

Economic development of any nation is possible only if the environmental protection laws are followed seriously. Wastes, if not treated effectively, may harm public health leading to the deterioration of ecosystem and ultimately to the growth and economy of the nation. The coverage of both solid waste as well as liquid waste management in a single volume makes this book unique. It discusses various economical methods to manage wastes providing a practical approach to the book. It gives the knowledge of important techniques for converting wastes into the products useful for the mankind and also informs readers about the Indian legal framework relating to the solid and liquid waste management. The technologies explained in the book are field-tested and have been practically implemented either in India or the United States. Hence, these techniques are highly viable for communities and industries to improve their waste management practices. Blending theory and practices of waste management, the authors provide extensive case studies from their on-job experiences to exemplify how solid and liquid wastes can be managed successfully. The chapter on 'municipal waste management' exclusively covers the technologies applied to convert construction and demolition wastes and organic wastes into useful products. With the increase in electronic wastes, a chapter on 'electronic waste management' has found place in the book. Besides, the text covers management of plastic wastes, biomedical wastes, radioactive wastes, hazardous wastes, and also operations and maintenance of the treatment facilities. The chapter on 'liquid waste management' is focused on municipal wastewater and common effluent treatment plant for industrial wastewater. The review questions at the end of each chapter help students to assess their knowledge and develop self-efficacy in the subject. Whereas, the appendices provide performance evaluation of solid waste management systems and sewage treatment plants, numerical problems for practice, and glossary of important terms. The book primarily caters to the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Environmental Science and Engineering; Energy and Environmental Engineering; Environmental Engineering and Management; Municipal Solid Waste Management. Besides, it provides practical information to environmental professionals and to the students of Industrial Management, Civil Engineering and Biotechnology.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Radioactive waste disposal
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111518077

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The Nation's Nuclear Waste by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015090386379

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108-1 Hearing: Meeting Our Nation's Waste-Water Infrastruction Needs, (108-14), March 19, 2003, * by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Environmental monitoring
ISBN : UCR:31210008424564

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The Nation's Hazardous Waste Management Program at a Crossroads by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Environmental engineering
ISBN : UIUC:30112112942849

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Cleaning Up the Nation's Waste Sites by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kathleen M. Millar
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822372073

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Reclaiming the Discarded by Kathleen M. Millar Pdf

In Reclaiming the Discarded Kathleen M. Millar offers an evocative ethnography of Jardim Gramacho, a sprawling garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, where roughly two thousand self-employed workers known as catadores collect recyclable materials. While the figure of the scavenger sifting through garbage seems iconic of wageless life today, Millar shows how the work of reclaiming recyclables is more than a survival strategy or an informal labor practice. Rather, the stories of catadores show how this work is inseparable from conceptions of the good life and from human struggles to realize these visions within precarious conditions of urban poverty. By approaching the work of catadores as highly generative, Millar calls into question the category of informality, common conceptions of garbage, and the continued normativity of wage labor. In so doing, she illuminates how waste lies at the heart of relations of inequality and projects of social transformation.

Author : Mary K. Pratt
Publisher : Searchlight Books (TM) -- What
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781467795173

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How Can We Reduce Household Waste? by Mary K. Pratt Pdf

"This title delves into different issues pertaining to household waste and its causes, effects, and how we can proactively deal with it to make our planet a cleaner and healthier place."--

Author : Max Liboiron,Josh Lepawsky
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262369510

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Discard Studies by Max Liboiron,Josh Lepawsky Pdf

An argument that social, political, and economic systems maintain power by discarding certain people, places, and things. Discard studies is an emerging field that looks at waste and wasting broadly construed. Rather than focusing on waste and trash as the primary objects of study, discard studies looks at wider systems of waste and wasting to explore how some materials, practices, regions, and people are valued or devalued, becoming dominant or disposable. In this book, Max Liboiron and Josh Lepawsky argue that social, political, and economic systems maintain power by discarding certain people, places, and things. They show how the theories and methods of discard studies can be applied in a variety of cases, many of which do not involve waste, trash, or pollution. Liboiron and Lepawsky consider the partiality of knowledge and offer a theory of scale, exploring the myth that most waste is municipal solid waste produced by consumers; discuss peripheries, centers, and power, using content moderation as an example of how dominant systems find ways to discard; and use theories of difference to show that universalism, stereotypes, and inclusion all have politics of discard and even purification—as exemplified in “inclusive” efforts to broaden the Black Lives Matter movement. Finally, they develop a theory of change by considering “wasting well,” outlining techniques, methods, and propositions for a justice-oriented discard studies that keeps power in view.

Author : Norman J. Crampton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351422185

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Preventing Waste at the Source by Norman J. Crampton Pdf

After a day's work is finished, take a look around at your company. Do standard production processes and day-to-day operations leave you with loaded trash bins from the front office to the factory floor-and every place inbetween? Such "solid waste" does far more than squander resources and imperil the environment... it's undoubtedly eating up countless dollars of your profits. Corporations throughout the nation are learning to tame solid waste, by implementing improved management of materials. Preventing Waste at the Source demonstrates how more than 50 companies have effectively reduced solid waste throughout all departments-and achieved dramatic reductions in operating costs. Beginning with a strategic framework, readers can then zero in on wasteful practices affecting all aspects of a business. Paper reduction measures for administrative offices, for instance. Ways to minimize packing materials over in the shipping department, while still protecting the product. There's also steps where suppliers and customers can take part in waste minimization efforts. Case histories prove it can be done, to everyone's advantage. Researched and compiled by the Indiana Institute on Recycling, Preventing Waste at the Source offers practical, on-the-job assistance to environmental managers, plant managers, manufacturing and quality engineers. Put its techniques and real-life guidance to work. You'll save more than money: you'll help save the environment.

Author : Merrill D. Peterson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1106 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1986-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199840526

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Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation by Merrill D. Peterson Pdf

The definitive life of Jefferson in one volume, this biography relates Jefferson's private life and thought to his prominent public position and reveals the rich complexity of his development. As Peterson explores the dominant themes guiding Jefferson's career--democracy, nationality, and enlightenment--and Jefferson's powerful role in shaping America, he simultaneously tells the story of nation coming into being.