Several research programs investigated energy crops (aquatic and marine plants, grasses, and woods) and municipal solid wastes (MSW) coupled with anaerobic digestion for generation of renewable substitute natural gas. These programs integrated research on crop production and harvesting, collection of municipal solid wastes, conversion of these feedstocks to methane by anaerobic digestion, and s...

UNLABELLED Poor solid waste management is among the major challenges facing urban slums in developing countries including Uganda. Understanding community concerns and willingness towards involvement in solid waste management improvement initiatives is critical for informing interventions in slums. METHODS We used a cross-sectional study to collect quantitative data from 435 residents in two u...

electronic wastes (e-wastes) is the most rapidly growing segment of the municipal waste stream. e- wastes comprise 2-5 percent of municipal solid wastes, including many different electronic products. iran is the biggest consumer of electronic products in middle east. approximately, 1.2 million computers are assembled in iran every year. there are more than 40 million active cell phones in iran....

The increase of healthcare facilities in Shinyanga municipality has resulted in an increase of healthcare wastes, which poses serious threats to the environment, health workers, and the general public. This research was conducted to investigate management practices of healthcare wastes in Shinyanga municipality with a view of assessing health risks to health workers and the general public. The ...

In this research samples from solid wastes coming out from various process steps during manufacturing of garment sheep skins, shoe upper goat skins, shoe upper hides and sole leathers have been collected. These samples have been classified among themselves and their characteristics have been determined by various chemical analysis. By characterization of solid wastes which state problems for th...

Presently in India, about 960 million tonnes of solid waste is being generated annually as by-products during industrial, mining, municipal, agricultural and other processes. Of this 350 million tonnes are organic wastes from agricultural sources; 290 million tonnes are inorganic waste of industrial and mining sectors and 4.5 million tonnes are hazardous in nature. Advances in solid waste manag...

The production of a notable and highly effective pectinase and cellulase, by the commercial baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cervisiae utilizing potato processing wastes, was achieved in 5-day solid state fermentation (SSF) cultures, at temperature 25 °C, pH range 4.0-5.0 and additive of ferric chloride. Pectinase and cellulase activities were stimulated by using potato wastes supplemented with urea...

Presently in India, about 960 million tonnes of solid waste is being generated annually as by-products during industrial, mining, municipal, agricultural and other processes. Of this 350 million tonnes are organic wastes from agricultural sources; 290 million tonnes are inorganic waste of industrial and mining sectors and 4.5 million tonnes are hazardous in nature. Advances in solid waste manag...