The study examined the problem of waste disposal and management in Ughelli. A field survey was undertaken to determine the types, volume, effects and methods of managing solid waste in the Ughelli. The volume of waste was measured at dumpsites in the four existing quarters and from household bins. Appropriate waste characterization methods were employed in classifying the waste into various com...

Depending on their nature and severity, disasters can create large volumes of debris and waste. The waste can overwhelm existing solid waste management facilities and impact on other emergency response and recovery activities. If poorly managed, the waste can have significant environmental and public health impacts and can affect the overall recovery process. This paper presents a system overvi...

The disposal and management of solid wastes are ancient problems. The evolution of practices naturally changed as populations grew and sites for disposal became less acceptable. The central search was for easy disposal at minimum costs. The methods changed from indiscriminate dumping to sanitary landfill, feeding to swine, reduction, incineration, and various forms of re-use and recycling. Virt...

OBJECTIVE Describing the self-perceived impact on health of people living near to a solid waste disposal site in Cali and on their physical and social environments. METHODS In addition to a cohort study, qualitative research was carried out to explore experiences amongst 16 residents in leadership positions in their communities. Seven semi-structured interviews and one focus group were conduc...

56 Waste Alternatives / Waste-to-Energy of the town’s wastes are burned in antiquated incinerators, but these lack pollution controls and are subject to continual breakdowns. Huntington can’t look to neighboring communities for help; most of those communities have similar problems. When looking for a solution to its disposal situation, Huntington N. El’s integrated approach to solid waste manag...

The safety and acceptability of many widely used solid waste management practices are of serious concern from the public health point of view. Such concern stems from both distrust of policies and solutions proposed by all tiers of government for the management of solid waste and a perception that many solid waste management facilities use poor operating procedures. Waste management practice th...

qualitative and quantitative analyses of hospital and municipal solid waste are necessary for selecting the best and most appropriate method of health care collection, storage, transportation and disposal of this kind of wastes. quantitative and qualitative analyses of hospital and municipal wastes have been studied in ahwaz city during spring 1996. the amount of solid wastes in five regions of...