Type and Quantity of Shipborne Garbage at Selected Tropical Beaches

Quantitative analysis of small-plastic debris on beaches in the Hawaiian Archipelago.

Small-plastic beach debris from nine coastal locations throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago was analyzed. At each beach, replicate 20 l samples of sediment were collected, sieved for debris between 1 and 15 mm in size, sorted by type, counted and weighed. Small-plastic debris occurred on all of the beaches, but the greatest quantity was found at three of the most remote beaches on Midway Atoll a...

Overseas garbage pollution on beaches of northeast Brazil.

بررسی تأثیر مشارکت نوجوانان بر جمع آوری و دفع بهداشتی زباله توسط خانواده ها

  Background and Aim: One of the important factors in health maintenance and promotion is correct garbage disposal. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of adolescents’ participation on the sanitary collection and disposal of garbage.   Material and Method: In his quasi-experimental, before-after study, the research population consisted of all adolescents of 102 families living in Ro...

Determination of the Distribution of Bacterial and Parasitic Infection by House Fly in term of Type of Solid Waste Contact in Kerman Province

The aim of this study was to determine the parasitic and bacterial contaminations of houseflies found around various garbages, and to emphasize the necessity of fly control and taking more efficient strategies for garbage disposal. For this purpose, 800 houseflies from four garbage sources in the city of Kerman (hospital, urban, fruit & vegetable market, and slaughter house wastes) were collect...

Effect of cash subsidy on the quantity of domestic waste (Case study: Rasht, North of Iran)

Releasing prices and performing cash subsidy payment to all applicants with a different income level create differences in the method of household function and different services of organizations including waste and recycling management organization. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of cash subsidy payment on the quantity of domestic waste in Rasht (Guilan province, Iran)....