Sanitary behaviour is an important, but seldom studied, aspect of social living. Social insects have developed several strategies for dealing with waste and faecal matter, including dumping waste outside the nest and forming specialised waste-storage chambers. In some cases waste material and faeces are put to use, either as a construction material or as a long-lasting signal, suggesting that f...

The comparative analysis of solid waste management between rural and urban Ghana is largely lacking. This study investigated the solid waste situation and the organisation of solid waste management in both urban and rural settings from the perspective of households. The study employed cross-sectional survey covering both rural and urban districts in the Ashanti and Greater Accra Regions of Ghan...

backgrounds and objectives:today, one of the most important environmental issues is solid waste produced in dentistry that because of the presence of hazardous, toxic and pathogen agents has special importance. in this survey, solid waste produced in hamadan dentistry laboratories and practical dentist offices is studied.materials and methods: in this descriptive study, from 24 dentistry labora...

In the 1970s, Emelle, Alabama welcomed establishment of a new corporation and promise economic opportunities. The small settlement, almost exclusively African-American (94%) in poverty (67%) was selected by Waste Management, Inc., after lobbying Governor George Wallace to create largest hazardous waste landfill US. When state policy change significantly increasing costs, production slowed, jobs...

Environmental pollution is a big worry in the world's developing countries, particularly Nigeria. Pollution has dreadful detrimental vibration or effect on all living things and environment. of environment by human activities via air, land, water destructive to life creatures within civilization, which not an acceptable development. Several reasons contribute air pollution, including emissions ...

The management of medical waste is of great importance due to its potential environmental hazards and public health risks. In the past medical waste was often mixed with municipal solid waste and disposed of in residential waste landfills or improper treatment facilities (e.g. inadequately controlled incinerators) in Korea. In recent years, many efforts have been made by environmental regulator...