Waste Article Reviews Samples For Students

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E-Waste and technology
E-waste has been defined by several organizations and authors. According to the Basel Action network , E-waste ” includes a wide and developing range of electronic appliances ranging from large household appliances, such as refrigerators, air-conditioners, cell phones, stereo systems and consumable electronic items to computers discarded by their users”.
The European directive 2002/96/EC defines it as “Waste electrical and electronic equipment, like assembly items, and items which can be consumed, plus components which are part of a product as they are being manufactured”.. All these definitions are centered on the fact that E- waste is any ...

The Current State of Research on New Methods and Technologies for the Safety and Reliability of Assessment of Propellants, Explosives and Pyrotechnics1

Abstract

Materials with high energy have in the past and are still in use for both intensive military and civil purposes. Research and studies have been conducted recently to try establishing and inventing new materials likely to have enhanced high performance and that are less sensitive to heat and shock as compared to existing materials. In future military applications have a threshold to be adjusted to. This paper is mainly focusing on the on the advancements, possible formulations of ...

Sanitary Reform—introduction of the systematic sewerage in English and American cities

Sanitary Survey (the term did not exist at the time)—investigation of the sanitary conditions in a city and their correspondence with public health status for later use in planning of the sewerage system

Filth Theory—a theory stating that infections could be caused by “miasmatic affluvia” or “aeriform poison”

Cistern—a container for collection of rainwater
Cesspool—a receptacle for excrements and filth in the form of a pit
Privy Vault—a water closet from which the excrements were drained to a cesspool
Private Lot Waste Removal—a system of house-drains and common sewers, privy vaults and cesspools that were build by all households and businesses. The sewers were originally intended to provide drainage ...

Abstract

The need for economic development is the key success factor for any community since through economic development; people are able to sustain themselves by making the basic needs of food and shelter affordable. This as discussed in the article Economic Development and Jobs is the key determinant on the living condition of the people both at the local, regional and even national levels. It is through the community economic development that a country’s economic empowerment is possible. Economic development means creating those economical boosting activities while at the same time ensuring that the activity does not affect the social ...

1.0 Introduction
In an effort to move towards cleaner sustainable technologies, Philips, the Dutch based electronics company, has designed a microbial home project. The project envisions homes where traditional waste is recycled to address sustainability issues. As part of this project, Philips designers have developed the “bio-light” concept in which bacteria are made to produce a green glow when fed with methane gas that is derived from household waste digesters. The bacteria in this case create light in the similar way that living organisms like glow worms and fireflies do through a phenomenon known as bioluminescence . The bacteria produce the light ...

This article entitled Urban Pollution- Many Long Years Ago is an intriguing reminder of humanities ongoing struggle with the pollution of their major cities. This article shows how humanities necessity to colonize and industrialize a particularly profitable location inevitably leads to contamination of this area. This article analyzes some of America's largest cities Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Milwaukee, and New York. It shows society's progression from the excessive use of the horse as a means of personal and commercial transportation; to the utilization of the automobile for these same purposes, and more, from 1850 to 1920's. This article identifies ...

1. Anderson, L.V. (2016, May 19). Ethics compliance training is a waste of time. Slate Magazine.
This article, despite the cynical title, provides good research concerning the process by which companies implement ethics compliance training programs, including what incentive they have and how the external legal environment influences them to do this. The article begins by stating that the predominant form of ethics compliance training that all onboarded employees typically take in corporate organizations in the United States are in the form of eLearning courses. The article describes the typical mandatory basic ethics, harassment and discrimination training that are ...

Businesses relying on renewable energy sources to power their ventures as well as foster environmental sustainability have attracted the attention of environmentalist and activists. PepsiCo is one such company investing in various sustainable practices where they use light energy to power their water stewardship for factory use and community assistance (Environmental Sustainability, 2014). It reduces the emissions of the greenhouse gasses by finding alternative energy sources like electricity. The company boosts agriculture sector as one of its main sources of raw material by creating community outreach programs that foster best farming practices. PepsiCo has also invested heavily in reducing ...

Article Reviews of Crime Scenes with Nuclear and Biohazard Materials

Bruce Budowle, Steven E. Schutzer, James P. Burans, Douglas J. Beecher, Thomas A. Cebula,Ranajit Chakraborty, William T. Cobb, Jacqueline Fletcher, Martha L. Hale  Robert B. Harris,
2012 Oct; 72(10): 6431–6438

Abstract

Hazardous materials are handled carefully during a crime scene. The hazardous and biohazard materials can be deadly if not handled properly. The dangerous items are analyzed and made safe for disposal to ensure no explosions occur during the clean-up process of the crime scene.

Introduction

The main point of this article is to discuss the proper safety of hazardous materials at crimes scenes. “The proper disposal ...

In this article Adolph Loos criticized present-day sphere of ornaments. The author called these decorations a waste of time, materials and workers’ efforts. Loos criticized ornaments because they lost the connection with culture and does not reflect past or present important trends of the society. Ornaments became just a way to make people buy new things each time the fashion changes its direction. Loos mentions modern consumers often want to find the cheapest proposition, regardless of goods’ true value. The author supports this wish in case of ornaments. He believes it is a waste of valuable materials when they ...

Who

As the 34th president of the United States, Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower is responsible for bringing peace after the events of the World War II. The ancestors of Dwight Eisenhower came from Germany and migrated to America in the early 18th century. He was born on October 14, 1890 in Texas although he considered Kansas as his hometown. Eisenhower has two sons with her wife Mamie Geneva Doud. He graduated in West Point Military Academy in 1915 and the infantry at Texas and Georgia. He served most of his life in the military as a general in the World War ...

The Accident took place in May 2013. A Mack Granite truck was being operated by Alban Waste headed to the northwest on a private road in Rosedale. The truck was ferrying waste to a recycling center. A freight train owned by CSX consisting of two locomotives with 30 empty cars and 13 loaded cars was headed southwest. The two meet at a private grade crossing; the train horn sounded the required times, but the Mack Granite truck failed to stop and collided with the train. The derailed cars released their products; three carried inside them hazardous materials, one contained sodium chlorate crystals, ...

Introduction

The article chosen for the purpose of critical analysis and evaluation is ‘Fewer People Mean Fewer Worries’. It was published in ‘The Australian’ edition of January 16, 2008 in the Higher Education Section of the newspaper. The author of the article is Allen Greer who is a famous zoologist of Australia and has produced research over biology and evolution of certain Australian animals including lizards, snakes and tigers. As the name indicates, the article is about growing world population and the number of limited resources available on the earth for its habitants. Greer is of the view that if this ...

Long before industrialization, our great grandparents enjoyed the luxury of accessing fresh and clean water always. With increased industrialization, the water was put into production processes in the companies. The waste products from these industries were and still are dumped in fresh water sources. Industrialization has also brought about global warming which affects the sources of the fresh water. They did not care about the future generation.
Water shortage problem has already hit the world. The people in power are forced to come up with measures to ensure that the problem does not intensify. Industries and companies are ...

- What are the potential benefits and problems associated with providing foreign aid to countries? How might foreign aid be helpful or harmful according to the two theories discussed in the paper? What does the evidence suggest?
It is a common assumption of Benign Dollar Hypothesis that when poor countries are supplied by financial aid from rich countries, they grow economically and alleviate the living conditions of their people. However, the assumption has been falsified by Bauer (1972, 2000) as in his view, foreign aid does not contribute towards economic alleviation of any poor country; rather it prevents any ...

Introductory section

- Does this material define the primary government? The document has defined the primary government in which the city operates under as the council manger form with six members who are elected for a four year term.
- Does the introductory section discuss the government’s financial condition at the balance sheet date? The introduction briefly discusses the financial position of the government where it states that on a government wide basis, the city’s net assets grew by $19.6 million in that fiscal year which was generated by governmental activities it continues to state that the city’s combined ...

The first article titled Home Economics: Will Rising Food Prices Ruin the Recovery written by Michael Schuman in the Time discloses the problem of food prices and its importance to the global economy. The rise of prices is usually caused by droughts and other unsuitable weather conditions. However, the food is one of the basic conditions of life on the Earth. Therefore, the rising of food prices causes two very important changes. First, it is consumption effect. Families, who are to allocate larger share of their weekly income on food basics, are forced to save money on something else: ...

Article review

Sexual harassment is one of unethical practices that have been ignored for a long time. Management has however realized that this behavior is affecting the performance of activities in the work place in various ways. The article ‘organizational justice, sexual harassment’ by N. Cole has analyzed the ethical issue in detail. According to the article, workplace romance is an issue that has existed for a long period in history (Cole, 2009). However, this activity has always been done secretively. Recent studies have shown that work place romances are no longer secretive. They are done in public working environment going to an ...

. Journal 1 Findings:
According to Ozores-Hampton et al (2002), greenhouse pot trials conducted using immature and mature Municipal Solid Waste-biosolids (MSW) composts as a mulch decreased the percentage emergence and increased MDE (Mean Days to Emergence) of the seeds of several weed species. The greater the depth of composts, the more pronounced were the beneficial effects. Also, it was found that the immature composts, having higher percentages of acetic acid, required less depth of mulch to have the same effect. However, it was noted that the immature compost use would be most suitable where: a) the vegetable crop and the ...

Sustainable Agriculture

Introduction

Agriculture is considered as a science and art of animal and plant keeping, therefore in land utilization there are basically two methods by which crops are produced for food and income generation (Pimentel, 2005). They include: conventional and organic systems of farming. Conventional land farming entails the usage of artificial fertilisers that are chemically made so as to increase yields of plants, pest protection, and higher animal output using hormones and antibiotics (Acs et al., 2009). Alternatively, organic land usage is the reliance of techniques such as plant waste, rotation of crops, animal waste, and natural-pest controls to improve ...

According to Shaner (2011), pollution is something that is created unconsciously everyday with US hospitals alone producing about 1% (over 6000 tons) daily. The major pollutant in the health care field is the medical wastes incinerators which produce dioxin, a chemical compound that can potentially cause cancer, damages immune system, cause hormonal imbalance as well as reproductive and development complications. It is for this reason that most hospitals in Vermont no longer prefer having onsite incinerators prompting the setting up of Safety Medical Systems which specializes in incineration of medical wastes products together with steam sterilization of medical wastes as ...