Water Pollution

Drugs in the environment: Do pharmaceutical take-back programs make a difference?

The state of Maine experimented with drugs last year. The state had already tested several methods?for collecting unused pharmaceuticals, with varying degrees of success.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2010
Naomi Lubick
Environmental Health Perspectives
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Water Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Sewage Pollution, Canada, Waste Disposal, Landfill, Drugs, Legislation, Europe, United States Of America (US), Environmental Health Perspectives, Naomi Lubick
Solid Waste

Filth near abattoir: SC pulls up civic body for hollow promises

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed shock at the inaction of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in addressing the absence of a boundary wall to prevent the flow of waste from a 70-acre landfill site next to the Ghazipur abattoir.

Publication Date: 
08/04/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Slaughter House, Slaughter Waste, Drainage, Solid Waste, Landfill, Sanitary Landfill, Municipal Corporations, Supreme Court, Delhi
Water Supply

Drive to restore landfill jheel

The civic authorities on Wednesday started demolishing encroachments on Bikramgarh Jheel, off South City, that has shrunk from 100 to 20 bighas following rampant landfill by a section of realtors.

Publication Date: 
08/04/2010
Jayanta Basu
Telegraph (Kolkata)
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Water Resources, Landfill, Municipal Corporations, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Solid Waste

Waste treatment at Brahmapuram getting a boost

KOCHI: The managers of non-degradable waste in the city are a relieved lot as the Refuse- Derived Fuel (RDF) plant at Brahmapuram is all set to open on April 16.

Once the RDF plant becomes operational, the overall efficiency of the Brahmapuram solid-waste plant will increase considerably. This will help reduce the volume of waste materials that are otherwise used as landfill.

Publication Date: 
07/04/2010
New Indian Express (Kochi)
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Solid Waste, Landfill, Waste Treatment, Kerala, Kochi
Environment

Use of incinerator bottom ash for frit production

This article presents the results of an experimental activity aimed at investigating the technical feasibility and the environmental performance of using municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash to produce glass frit for ceramic glaze (glaze frit).

Publication Date: 
01/04/2010
Grazia Barberio, Patrizia Buttol, Paolo Masoni & et al
Journal of Industrial Ecology
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Environment, Landfill, Waste Conversion, Waste Incineration, Waste Treatment, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Grazia Barberio, Patrizia Buttol, Paolo Masoni & et al, Solid Waste
Water Pollution

Heavy metal contamination of groundwater resources in a Nigerian urban settlement

The aim of the study was to create awareness on the effect of dumpsite on groundwater in developing countries, especially Nigeria. In order to achieve this, water samples were obtained from 20 randomly selected hand dug wells and boreholes in the area, in February and August, 2006. 10 leachates samples were also obtained from the dumpsite.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2010
O. T. Oyeku, A. O. Eludoyin
African Journal of Environmental Science & Technology
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Water Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Heavy Metals, Landfill, Nigeria, African Journal of Environmental Science & Technology, O. T. Oyeku, A. O. Eludoyin
Climate Change

Garbage dump turns cash cow for Mumbai civic body

More than two years after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) closed one of the city

Publication Date: 
22/03/2010
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Emissions Trading, Certified Emission Reduction, Solid Waste, Garbage, Landfill, Waste To Energy, Municipal Corporations, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Solid Waste

Landfill project to utilise waste starts in Mumbai

Mumbai , March 14: This Rs 50-crore landfill project will recycle the city

Publication Date: 
15/03/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Certified Emission Reduction, Solid Waste, Landfill, Waste Conversion, Waste To Energy, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Science And Technology

Organic living: chemical breakthroughs set stage for Green revolution

Plastics derived from plants may solve waste crisis
San Francisco: Researchers at IBM on Tuesday said that they have discovered a way to make an Earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products, which are tough on the environment.

Publication Date: 
10/03/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Plastics, Landfill, Biodegradable Waste, Science And Technology, Research, Research Agencies, United States Of America (US)
Solid Waste

New, smaller vehicles for door-to-door garbage collection

After its segregated door-to-door garbage collection pilot project met success in the Capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to take the project a step further.

Publication Date: 
08/03/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Solid Waste, Garbage, Waste Disposal, Landfill, Municipal Corporations, Delhi

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