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Urban solid waste management in Chongqing: Challenges and opportunities

Waste Management, 2006
The dual influences of the resource supply and protection in ecological environments will pose a significant challenge to China's sustainable development. Solid waste management offers opportunities to improve profits by conserving resources and improving environmental performance.
Yuan, Hui, Wang, Li'ao, Su, Fenwei, Hu, Gang   +3 more
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HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE AND URBAN COLLECTION

Journal of Interdisciplinary Debates
The intensification of urbanization and consumption patterns has significantly increased the generation of urban solid waste, becoming one of the main socio-environmental challenges for Brazilian cities. In this context, this study aims to analyze the management of domestic solid waste in the municipality of Imperatriz-MA, with emphasis on collection ...
Elza Ribeiro dos Santos Neta, Luana Kellen Mota Bezerra   +1 more
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Incineration of urban solid waste containing radioactive sources

Radiation Measurements, 2011
Abstract Incineration of urban solid waste accidentally contaminated by orphan sources or radioactive material is a potential risk for environment and public health. Moreover, production and emission of radioactive fumes can cause a heavy contamination of the plant, leading to important economic detriment.
CAMPI, FABRIZIO, PORTA, ALESSANDRO ANTONIO, G. P. Ronchin   +2 more
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Urban Solid Waste Management In India

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
At present time management of solid waste is a big and serious problem of country. Urban solid waste+8 P87s are discarded from various sources due to anthropogenic activities. These wastes are produces from various activities. Solid waste consist various kinds of wastes generated from urban areas .In waste management system is not related to defuse the
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Effects of plastics in anaerobic digestion of urban solid wastes

Waste Management & Research, 1990
Anaerobic digestion is a possible method for treating urban solid wastes. This pilot plant study was undertaken to ascertain the effect of plastic refuse on the anaerobic digestion process of municipal solid wastes. The air-blown polyethylene film present in the air classified light fraction of solid waste from Pompono Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
S. Muthuswamy, N.L. Nemerow
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Urban observatories opportunities for environmental monitoring: Solid wastes

Waste Management, 2008
Towns concentrate around 50% of world-wide population and the trend is oriented to underscore an urban profile of population. In addition, towns have become important for their economic contribution to the Gross Internal Product. The negative side of towns is the environmental and social impacts as a result of productive and domestic activities ...
R I, Rojas-Caldelas, E A, Corona Zambrano   +1 more
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SOLID Waste Management And Indian Urbanization

International Journal of Scientific Research, 2012
One of the steps to economic development of any country is the development of its industries. Over, the last few decades therefore, rapid industrialization has taken place along with unprecedented urbanization leading to deterioration of various environmental media like air, water, soil and land.
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A cost allocation problem in urban solid wastes collection and disposal

Mathematical Methods of Operational Research, 2004
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FRAGNELLI, Vito, IANDOLINO A.
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Urban Solid Wastes and the Environment

2004
K. Jeevan Rao, M.V. Shantaram
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Solid Wastes in the Urban-Industrial Complex

Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal, 1967
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