Introduction: About 50 to 70 percent of the waste management total cost is spent on collection operations, so any little progress in reducing collection costs could significantly reduce total costs. This study aimed to analyze the collection and transportation of municipal solid waste cost in Yazd in the next 15 years. Materials and Methods: The study location (five areas) was different urban ...

electronic  waste  or  e-waste  is  relatively  a  novel  addition  to  the  ever-growing  hazardous waste stream. it includes discarded electronic and electrical equipment. developing countries face enormous challenges which are related to the generation and management of e-waste which are either internally generated or imported illegally; india is no exception. however, the existing managemen...

The electronics industry is one of fastest growing manufacturing industries in India. However, the increase in the sales of electronic goods and their rapid obsolescence has resulted in the large-scale generation of electronic waste, popularly known as e-waste. E-waste has become a matter of concern due to the presence of toxic and hazardous substances present in electronic goods which, if not ...

Background & Aims of the Study:  Collection and transportation of municipal solid waste (MSW) for various reasons, especially economic and social are considered as one of the most important elements of the solid waste management system. More than sixty percent of the costs in solid waste management systems in different countries are due to the collection and transportation...

m.a. abdoli 1 , b. tavakoli *1,2, m.h. menhaj3 1- dept. of environmental engineering, university of tehran, faculty of environmental science, tehran, iran. 2-dept. of environment, faculty of natural resources, university of guilan, someh sara, iran 3- dept. of rural development, faculty of agricultural sciences, university of guilan, rasht, iran *corresponding author's e-mail: babak_13...

the mitochondrial dna (mtdna) mutations in mitochondrial coding and non coding regions seem to be important in carcinogenesis. the aim of this investigation was to evaluate coding region (mt-trnaphe and trnapro) and non-coding sequence, mitochondrial displacement loop (mtdna d-loop), in the cancerous and non-cancerous lesions of iranian patients with breast cancer (bc). genomic dna was extracte...

the construction industry is a major consumer of new materials. given that material production for construction work accounts for a significant percentage of all energy consumed nationally in newly developing countries, it becomes vital that the construction industry strives to reduce waste at all stages of construction. however, the importance of these construction wastes in terms of types and...