Industry

  Reprieved at last!

a sum of us $4.73 million! This is the total fine Greece paid for running an illegal waste dump. The European Commission, which had been fining the country since July 2000, stopped doing so

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Waste Disposal, Compensation, Hazardous Products, Greece, European Union (EU)
Environment

 Producer s onus paramount

One of the pioneers of the Extended Producers Responsibility EPR theory, Thomas Lindhqvist believes that plastic waste management will become increasingly expensive and EPR is the only logical solution. Excerpts of the inte

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
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Environment, Waste Disposal, Waste Incineration, Industry, Europe, India, Waste Recycling, European Union (EU), Plastics
India

 Garbage mine!

the Delhi government is planning to develop the reserved Bhatti mines area of the city into a garbage landfill site.

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Garbage, Waste Disposal, India, Delhi
Environment

Trace determination of fluoroquinolone antibacterial agents in urban wastewater by solid-phase extraction & liquid chromatograph

Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are among the most important antibacterial agents (synthetic antibiotics) used in human and veterinary medicine. An analytical method based on reversed-phase liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of nine FQs and the quinolone pipemidic acid in urban wastewater.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2001
Eva M. Golet, Alfredo C. Alder, Andreas Hartmann & et al
Analytical Chemistry
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Tags:
Environment, Water Quality, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Waste Disposal, Drugs, High Performance Liquid Chroma- tography (HPLC), Switzerland, Water Pollution
Mining

Mine reclamation using biosolids

The purpose of this report is to describe the current uses of biosolids in the United States, especially the progress being made at mine reclamation sites. The background section will define and describe the production and traditional uses of biosolids. It will respond to common concerns over biosolid use, such as leaching, and explain the safeguards associated with every biosolids project.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2001
Nathan Jenness
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Tags:
Mining Reclamation, Mining, Waste Disposal, Waste Treatment, Mining Waste, United States Of America (US)
India

 Ailing systems

Hospital waste management suffers from poor understanding and even poorer implementation

Publication Date: 
14/07/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
POPs, Health Effects, Plastics, Hospital Waste, Waste Disposal, Waste Incineration, Health Care, Technology, India, Delhi, Karnataka, Waste Recycling
Air Pollution

 Manufacturers to recycle

the European parliament has made amendments in a draft law making electronic equipment manufacturers respo

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Waste Disposal, Europe, Waste Recycling
Industry

 Microwarriors

Microorganisms to fight pollution

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Pollution, Land Pollution, Waste Disposal, Micro Organisms, Industry, Environmental Science, United Kingdom (UK)
Health

  Cleansing chronicle

this monumental book is a fascinating analysis and documentation of the development of urban sanitation infrastructure in the us . It takes one through an illuminating journey spanning almost 500

Publication Date: 
29/04/2001
Ravi Agarwal
Down to Earth
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Environment, Water Distribution, Health, Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Urban Management, Urban Sanitation, Waste Disposal, Industry, Technology, United States Of America (US), India, Delhi, Pollution
Transport

 Kodaikanal Mercury Dumping

Environmental activists in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, are protesting against Hindustan Lever Limited's (HLL) dumping of toxic mercury waste in the town and in the reserve of Pambar Shola. The waste,

Publication Date: 
14/04/2001
Down to Earth
Tags:
Glass Industry, Waste Disposal, Mercury, Tamil Nadu, Kodaikanal, Toxic Wastes

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