Waste
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Rothschild heir to cross Pacific on boat made of plastic bottles...in which we dispose of waste material." Rothschild, who founded eco-awareness organization Adventure Ecology in 2005, says the problem of plastic waste polluting the world's oceans is enormous. "I was astounded to hear that that there... In this article: Pacific Ocean, Waste, United States, Buoyancy, CNN, Sydney, San Francisco, E mail, and Climate change |
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Daily Mail | November 18, 2009
Climate campaigners to cross ocean in plastic boat kept afloat by 12,500 bottles
...craft stopping off by the Eastern Garbage Patch in the Pacific ocean. Here an island of plastic waste twice the size of Texas has formed due to ocean currents. A UN report said the area was growing at an alarming rate. Sink or swim:...
In this article: Carbon dioxide, San Francisco, Buoyancy, Composting, Eastern Garbage Patch, Hormone, UN, and Pacific Ocean
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | November 01, 2009
Barangaroo to be 'climate positive'
...be 'climate positive' Sydney's Barangaroo harbour development will be water positive, carbon neutral and generate zero waste under an agreement signed with former US president Bill Clinton's climate change body. The 22-hectare site at...
In this article: Carbon, Sydney, Climate change, Bill Clinton, US, Melbourne, and NSW
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | November 11, 2009
Wharf residents join battle over waste fees
...Sydney's most exclusive apartment blocks, The Tower on Market Street, were locked in a dispute with the City of Sydney over an annual waste levy of $201 per person for a rubbish removal service the council does not carry out. Since they...
In this article: Sydney, Macquarie Bank, Swissotel, John Laws, and Russell Crowe
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The Australian | November 09, 2009
Fears over e-waste glut
...collected material. Mr Radhakrishnan said the national capacity for e-waste recycling stood at about 30,000 tonnes per annum, with 20,000 tonnes of that supplied by Sims' hi-tech plant at Villawood, in Sydney's west. NSW alone generates...
In this article: Peter Garrett, AIIA, Australia, Hazardous waste, Basel Convention, Sugar, and Australian Information Industry Association
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No rush for swine flu jabs means vaccine going to waste
...four hours. "GPs tend to be very efficient and very wary of waste, and they're often likely to say, 'Well, I'm going to do my swine flu on particular days and get people to come back on those days,' " Dr Morton said. Dr Morton, a...
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Sydneysiders 'dump food, degrade planet'
...pockets, an environmental expert says. Bernard Carlon of the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change says food is the single largest component of household waste in NSW - almost 38 per cent. "This amounts to an enormous 800,000...
In this article: Food waste, Sydney, NSW, Methane, Carbon footprint, and Australia
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Queue joining or jumping depends on if there is one
...of its lack of diversity of form within Anglicanism. It is this same narrow, righteous stance that has led to the patriarchal hubris and waste of $160 million on the stock exchange. It beggars belief that ''high-risk investment'' could be...
In this article: Medicare, Harry M. Miller, Australia, Kevin Rudd, Indonesia, Anglicanism, Fox Sports, and United Nations
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Aussie nuclear researchers join forces
...(ANSTO) - which runs Sydney's Lucas Heights reactor - and Canberra's Australian National University (ANU) will aim to develop a waste-free energy solution through so-called fusion power. But the research will also explore...
In this article: Uranium, Nuclear fusion, Coal, Nuclear fission, Hydrogen, and Australian Workers' Union
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The Australian | October 05, 2009
Pressure on for e-waste action
...said the e-waste market had been fairly quiet since Environment Minister Peter Garrett opened the company's e-waste plant in Villawood, Sydney, last year, as people await the outcome of government deliberations. But Mr Radhakrishnan said...
In this article: Sydney, Hazardous waste, DVD, Australian Information Industry Association, and Peter Garrett
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Waste is also referred to as rubbish, trash, garbage, or junk depending upon the type of material and the regional terminology. In living organisms, waste relates to unwanted substances or toxins that are expelled from them. Waste management is the control of the collection, treatment and disposal of different wastes. This is in order to reduce the negative impacts waste has on environment and society. There are many waste types, notably including municipal solid waste, commercial waste, and hazardous waste.
Waste is directly linked to the human development, both technologically and socially. The composition of different wastes have varied over time and location, with industrial development and innovation being directly linked to waste materials. Examples of this include plastics and nuclear technology. Some components of waste have economical value and can be recycled once correctly recovered.
Biodegradable waste, such as food waste or sewage, is broken down naturally by microorganisms either aerobically or anaerobically. If the disposal of biodegradable waste is not controlled it can cause a number of wider problems including contributing to the release of greenhouse gases and can impact upon human health via encouragement of pathogens.
As a nation, Americans generate more waste than any other nation in the world with 4.5 pounds of municipal solid waste (MSW) per person per day, 55 percent of which is contributed as residential garbage. The remaining 45 percent of waste in the U.S.'s ‘waste stream' comes from manufacturing, retailing, and commercial trade in the U.S. economy . However, on a per capita basis Canadians produce the most solid waste in the world - 5.05 pounds per day. . ==Composition of waste==
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