Found 6 Articles for Waste Management

Introduction With the world's population growing at an unprecedented rate, the amount of waste generated is also increasing exponentially. Improper waste management has severe environmental and health consequences, which include soil, water, and air pollution. To counter this problem, various waste management systems have been developed, one of which is Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT). MBT is a method of treating waste by combining mechanical and biological processes to convert it into a less harmful form that can be safely disposed of. This article will discuss the mechanical biological treatment system in detail, including its working principle, benefits, and drawbacks. ... Read More

Introduction More innovative, more efficient, and resource-saving cities are possible with the help of technology and innovation that optimizes existing processes. With a larger population comes a greater and greater quantity of garbage. As a result, there is a great need to enhance waste management practices. Most current methods of garbage collection need to be updated and result in unneeded or late pickups. The annual cost of garbage collection is 70% greater due to unnecessary pickups. How Do Cities Manage Their Waste Currently? The garbage trucks in the city take a set route to pick up and drop off residents' ... Read More

Plastic pollution is the most hazardous and most impactful pollution on earth. Unnecessary piling up of the plastic waste in the Earth's environment is adversely affecting the wildlife, wildlife habitat, and humans. Plastic pollution has its effects on land, water, and air along with plants and animals.The implication for animalsMany times we litter the earth with plastic without knowing the dangers that it can cause to other animals and creatures that also co-exist with us on the same planet. Many animals mistake the plastic that we throw away as food and they eat it. In many cases, it has been ... Read More

The typical view on Indian streets is piled up garbage in every corner and in some areas, stretching for 50 to 100 meters if not more. Most ordinary citizens who commute across these streets have become used to the ugly sight and the unbearable stink of the contaminating filth. This acceptance of filth and stink all over is the main problem facing the Swach Bharat campaign that the government has initiated.Complaints about the filth and stink are few and far between today even with a national level cleanliness drive underway. Till about three years back the very concept of complaints ... Read More

Recycled plastic or for that matter, any plastic when mixed with the bitumen used to build asphalt roads tend to make the roads stronger and more durable. Considering the total number of roads that are already there and newer roads that will be built in a huge country like India, the total amount of plastic waste generated by the country is way too much to be absorbed entirely in this road building and repairing activity.Hence, building roads with recycled waste plastic can be part of the overall plastic recycling efforts but on its own, it can't absorb all of the ... Read More

Cruise ships are sometimes carrying 10, 000 and more people on board which amounts to the population of a small town. When they are set for a sail it will be usually 10 days to one month for a commercial ship to touch the land. Meanwhile, they have to take care of food, washing of clothes and disposing of human excreta for that period.Not just human waste, there can be leftover food, bottles, cans, cardboard and everything which has to be handled on the land, has to be handled on the ship too.Where does the waste go from the ships? ... Read More