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Monahan, D. J. "Estimation of Hazardous Wastes From Employment Statistics: Victoria, Australia." Waste Management & Research 8, no. 1 (January 1990): 145–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242x9000800124.
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MONAHAN, D. "Estimation of hazardous wastes from employment statistics: Victoria, Australia." Waste Management & Research 8, no. 2 (April 1990): 145–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0734-242x(90)90037-n.
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Mendes, J. M. O. "Legal Aspects of the Disposal of Industrial Wastes on Soil." Water Science and Technology 19, no. 8 (August 1, 1987): 87–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1987.0047.
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It is, clearly, a Government responsibility to enact laws and promulgate regulations for control of industrial pollution. The main techniques for soil industrial wastes disposal, namely, landfarming and landfilling, profit from the extensive knowledge acquired, in past decades, in the field of water and air pollution control and must be analysed within a comprehensive system for hazardous waste management, with its legal and administrative aspects. This paper presents some general principles of a Hazardous Waste Management System, which are broadly applicable, regardless differences between States or Countries. Finally, it discusses the specific case of Hazardous Wastes Management in the State of Bahia, Brazil and makes some suggestions for its improvement.
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Sampaio, J. A. B. "Hazardous Wastes Management in Brazil: The Need for a Regional Synoptic Approach." Water Science and Technology 24, no. 12 (December 1, 1991): 11–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1991.0364.
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Hazardous wastes management in Brazil is a particularly difficult task to accomplish. The country's enormous area, the lack of tradition on dealing with this subject, few trained people, the high investment costs and the sophisticated technology involved make the regional management of hazardous wastes a mandatory approach to reduce costs and maximize benefits. In order to achieve this goal, a synoptic approach over an entire geographical region on all aspects of hazardous wastes management is proposed. On the other hand, several difficulties are foreseen, some of them in the socio-political arena, requiring a lot of an. environmental diplomacy and competent social communication in order to succeed. Despite the difficulties, there seem to be no options to deal with this problem when simultaneously considering its environmental, technical, and economic aspects.
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Alderwish, Ahmed M., and Fayad A. Alderwish. "Environmental Aspects of the Accelerated Urbanization in Sana’a, Yemen." Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science [SQUJS] 16 (December 1, 2011): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/squjs.vol16iss0pp1-12.
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From an environmental viewpoint, the prevailing health problems must be a “first priority” in all major development projects. Public water supply provides only 36% of domestic water. Disinfection of public water supply from the south well field is essential to avoid health problems. About 60% of the drinking water sold by ‘hygienic’ stations is of questionable quality. Expansion and upgrading in hospitals, pharmacies and industries (waste producers) will have an immediate impact on the amount of hazardous waste that will have to be disposed of. To achieve a sustainable urban development and to avoid environment/resources degradation, care should be taken now to monitor and improve handling and management of hazardous waste. Initiating management programs for reducing or preventing the generation of waste during production processes or other operations would be the first step to an economically and environmentally sound way of dealing with hazardous wastes. As complete elimination cannot be realized, ways to recycle the wastes should be sought. Major air pollutants in Sana’a include dust and SPM, carbon monoxide, photochemical oxidants, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, sulfur oxides and hydrocarbons. The main sources of pollution in the cities are the mobile sources. The emissions of gases from oil consumption are exceeding the permissible level and it is essential that the gases be monitored, at least in the congested areas of the cities. Integration of environmental concerns with economic growth in Yemen should occur at the planning stage, adopting a positive approach and focusing on improvement in the health and welfare of the residents of the program area. Mitigating measures relating to the protection of the urban environment and improving public health must be primary objectives of EIA investigation for any upgrading project within urban areas and any other projects impacting on an urban environment.
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Gour, Anunay A., and S. K. Singh. "Solid Waste Management in India: A State-of-the-Art Review." Environmental Engineering Research 28, no. 4 (October 27, 2022): 220249–0. http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/eer.2022.249.
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This paper presents the current scenario of solid waste management aspects and its challenges in India, which will benefit developing and low-income countries. The leading cause of waste generation is the growing population and the new lifestyle due to the increased per capita income. Consequently, the magnitude of solid waste is continuously growing along with its compositional diversity. In earlier days, the wastes were organic and could be disposed of in low-lying areas conveniently without causing any adverse impact on the environment. But today, the organic fraction of waste has steeply declined while the inorganic portion has increased manifold. Moreover, wastes from industries, hospitals, construction sites, households, and many other sources severely affect the environment and public health. Also, the chemicals generated from the improper disposal of these wastes enter the air, soil, and water resources, causing hazardous and toxic effects in countries that could not implement the adopted policy framework strictly. A state-of-the-art review is conducted in this paper to further search other primary and prevalent reasons behind the inability of proper waste management and to find a real solution.
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Weerasundara, G. Ajith. "A Review of Waste Management in Sri Lanka." Advanced Materials Research 878 (January 2014): 899–911. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.878.899.
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The purpose of this paper is to review the existing waste management practices, regulatory and institutional framework and technologies that are being employed currently for waste management in Sri Lanka in order to understand the magnitude of non-hazardous and hazardous waste problems and how to avoid these problems. This study is mainly based on information collected from literature review covering both municipal solid waste management and hazardous waste management. Sri Lanka has well-developed legislative and well-organized institutional framework with environmental related policies, strategies and guidelines on waste management. Technologies and methods used for waste management are well accepted, but innovative technologies and strategies have to be introduced to streamline and uplift the existing waste management practices. This study also revealed that there is a high potential in private sector involvement in waste management. Considering all these aspects, a detailed comprehensive technical review and potential technology development are necessary to deal with all categories of wastes generated in Sri Lanka.
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Cubel, Pablo. "Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes in International Law: The Special Case of the Mediterranean Area." International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 12, no. 4 (1997): 447–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157180897x00329.
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AbstractSince the early 1980s different organisations have tried to enact international instruments to control international waste trade. The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal was adopted in 1989 under the auspices of UNEP in order to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects which may result from the management of waste involved in transboundary movements of hazardous waste and its disposal. The Basel Convention has evolved significantly in eight years-whereas only 35 states and the EC signed the Convention at the time of its adoption, more than 113 states have ratified it as to August 1997. Several other instruments have been developed under the Basel Convention influence. Among those treaties that have been adopted, two deserve special attention. First, the Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa adopted in 1991 under the auspices of OAU. Second, the Fourth Lomé Convention adopted by the EC and its member states and 69 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. The first part of this article is devoted to a comparative analysis of those three Conventions. The second part of this article gives an objective analysis of the substantive regulation of the Izmir Protocol while criticising diverse aspects and proposing alternatives in view of the conventions treated in the preceding part.
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Lebedenko, T., G. Krusir, H. Shunko, V. Sokolova, and A. Makas. "Environmental management in the hotel and restaurant complex." Scientific Messenger of LNU of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies 23, no. 96 (December 2, 2021): 54–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.32718/nvlvet-f9610.
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In the current context, significant changes are taking place in the structure of Ukrainian industry. Powerful productions of some spheres of activity lose their urgency and, on the contrary, acquire the development of power of other branches, namely, craft productions, to the composition of which the company belongs. The result of the activity of the businesses complex is the formation of significant volumes of food waste (about 160 thousand ton), discharges of concentrated wastewater, wastewater discharges. The wastes of the restaurant industry have a wide nomenclature and a specific composition, under the conditions of their placement in the components of the environment form the ecological aspects of the negative effects. Food wastes of facility in this branch contain a significant amount of nutrients, organic substances and require complex processes of their processing. Meanwhile, according to their composition, production wastes can be involved in the transfer process with the removal of secondary raw materials and energy sources. Thus, there is a need to improve existing and new technologies for the transfer of hazardous waste in order to reduce the load on the environment. The results of the analysis of world and domestic developments in the field of technologies for the utilization of food waste allowed to determine the main methodological approaches to the transition. In the case of the utilization of food waste, biotechnological methods represent a significant interest. Thus, the work is devoted to the connection of the actual scientific-practical task, which consists in the scientific substantiation and improvement of the technology of the transfer of the population's needs.
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Meta Puspita, Nadya. "THE URGENCY OF ELECTRONIC WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATION IN INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL (ASEAN) LAW WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION APPROACH." Padjadjaran Journal of International Law 3, no. 1 (January 31, 2019): 84–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.23920/pjil.v3i1.309.
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AbstractThe development of technology has been increasing rapidly thus almost all aspects of humans are supported by technology and electronic equipment. More electronic wastes are produced, but those could not be managed similar to the conventional wastes and do not have the same characteristics as hazardous wastes as regulated in the Basel Convention 1989 so that the Convention cannot be applied to electronic wastes management optimally. In this present time, there are still no instruments in international law regarding the management of electronic wastes, but the international community has begun to discuss this issue and argue that it is necessary to develop regulations in international and regional levels, especially in the ASEAN region. The analysis and conclusions of this research shows that the Basel Convention cannot optimally accommodate the regulation of electronic wastes management and it is necessary to establish a regulation in the form of a mechanism under the Basel Convention 1989 with regard to environmental aspects. Arrangements at the ASEAN regional level should be made by referring to the principles regulated in the mechanism and formed in a coordinative and non-coercive guideline.
Keywords: e-waste, e-waste management, environmental protection
AbstrakTeknologi semakin berkembang hampir semua aspek kehidupan manusia telah didukung oleh teknologi dengan peralatan elektronik. Produksi sampah elektronik semakin banyak, namun mereka tidak dapat dikelola seperti sampah konvensional dan juga tidak sepenuhnya memiliki karakteristik yang sama seperti sampah B3 yang telah diatur dalam Konvensi Basel 1989 sehingga Konvensi tidak dapat diterapkan pada pengelolaan sampah elektronik secara optimal. Saat ini, belum ada instrumen dalam hukum internasional mengenai pengelolaan sampah elektronik, namun masyarakat internasional sudah mulai membahas isu ini dan perlu adanya untuk mengembangkan peraturan di tingkat internasional dan regional, khususnya di ASEAN. Analisis dan kesimpulan penelitian ini memperlihatkan pengaturan dalam Konvensi Basel 1989 tidak dapat mengakomodasi secara optimal mengenai pemanfaatan sampah elektronik sehingga perlu dibuat suatu peraturan berupa mekanisme di bawah Konvensi Basel 1989 dengan memperhatikan aspek-aspek lingkungan. Pengaturan di tingkat regional ASEAN dapat dibuat dengan mengacu pada prinsip-prinsip yang diatur dalam mekanisme tersebut namun dibentuk berupa panduan yang lebih koordinatif dan tidak memaksa.
Kata kunci: sampah elektronik, pengelolaan sampah elektronik, perlindungan lingkungan
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Jalkanen, H., H. Oghbasilasie, and K. Raipala. "Recycling of steelmaking dusts: The Radust concept." Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy 41, no. 1 (2005): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/jmmb0501001j.
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Recycling of dusts and other wastes of steelmaking is becoming to a necessity of two reasons: due to high contents of iron oxides dusts are valuable raw material for steelmaking and tightening environmental legislation makes the landfill disposal of wastes more expensive. Fine dust fractions from various stages of steelmaking route contain besides iron and carbon heavy metals especially zinc and lead and heavy hydrocarbons that are acceptable neither for landfill disposal nor for recycling back to processes without any spe4cial treatments. Some theoretical and practical aspects concerning high temperature treatments of steelmaking dusts for removal of hazardous components and production of clean high iron raw material for recycling is discussed in this paper. The Radust technology developed at Koverhar steelwork in Finland for treatment of the most problematic fine fractions of blast furnace and oxygen converter dusts is shortly presented and discussed.
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Abbott, David. "Disaster Public Health Considerations." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 15, no. 4 (December 2000): 32–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00025267.
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AbstractThis paper provides an overview of disaster public health preparedness, response, and recovery activities with particular reference to examples that have occurred in California. It discusses the public health considerations from two aspects: 1) general public health effects; and 2) public and environmental health control measures. The latter discussion is divided into: 1) drinking water; 2) human wastes; 3) food; 4) personal hygiene; 5) mass care and shelter; 6) solid waste and debris; 7) hazardous materials; 8) injury prevention programs and public health information; 9) vector control; and 10) disease control and surveillance. Two tables summarize the disaster medical and health functions as they relate to public health.
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Vyas, Neha. "Environmental Aspects of Project Management." Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers 33, no. 2 (April 2008): 65–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0256090920080205.
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The primary challenge in project management is to achieve all of the defined project goals and objectives while adhering to typical constraints which are usually scope, quality, time, and budget. Often, the basic flaw in project planning and design is the complete neglect or minimal consideration of environmental and social costs and dependence only on economic analysis for project preparation and investment. A failure to understand and internalize adverse or negative impacts on environment during project preparation could lead to several undesirable consequences, which may ultimately jeopardize the very objectives of growth and development for which the project was proposed. In this paper, the author stresses upon the need for environmental management for successful project completion and discusses the challenges of addressing the key environmental issues. Environmental management is not just about the ‘trees and bees’ but also about health, safety, profits, quality assurance, reduced risks to reputation, and increased global competitiveness, states the author. Overall, it is about efficiency and reducing environmental and legal liabilities. It is argued that sound environment management reduces the unforeseen obstacles and bottlenecks that may otherwise hamper the delivery of project objectives while helping to improve the environmental performance of project operations. The key environmental issues resulting from agricultural, mining, manufacturing, and urban operations include: severe degradation of air quality due to industrial and vehicular pollution contamination of land and water resources due to pesticides, fertilizers, and dumping of hazardous wastes depletion of raw material reserves contamination of surface and ground water sources due to discharge of sewage and industrial effluents deforestation. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) study is suggested as a tool for formulating an environment management plan. EIA should, however, not be treated just as a tool for regulatory compliance but as an instrument for improving project management per se with proper expertise, time, and budget allocations made for the purpose. In environmental management, the moot question is: How to get started? The author's advice is to start small and simple and gradually turn them into action plans for a worksite and subsequently up-scale them for the entire company. It is ultimately the actions taken at personal or community level or as a project manager that matters the most when it comes to environmental sustainability. Policies and plans merely show the way. It is becoming increasingly important to make environmental management an economic driver that would serve to minimize environmental damages and promote resource efficiency and cost savings to businesses.
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Little, R. D., P. R. Maul, G. M. Smith, and P. A. Towler. "A Comparison of Hazardous and Solid Radioactive Waste Treatment and Disposal." Energy & Environment 5, no. 3 (September 1994): 255–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0958305x9400500309.
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Comparisons have been frequently drawn between the radioactive and hazardous waste industries. However, they have tended to focus on particular aspects of the industries rather than the totality of waste management practices. In this paper a “cradle to grave” approach is taken, summarising and comparing practices in the two industries at all stages of the waste management cycle in OECD countries. In these countries there has been a convergence of approaches in recent years, with the hazardous waste industry now employing many of the practices which were developed for radioactive waste at a much earlier date. There is increasing emphasis on waste minimisation and volume reduction in both areas, and near surface engineered disposal facilities for the two types of waste now share many common features. The most notable outstanding difference between the two industries is the timescales of concern considered in post-disposal performance assessments. For radioactive waste, the impacts of disposal have been considered for timescales of many thousands, or even millions, of years into the future. The question of whether it is necessary to consider environmental impacts over such extended periods is only now becoming an issue for hazardous wastes.
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Vallini, G., S. Di Gregorio, A. Pera, and A. CF Cunha Queda. "Exploitation of composting management for either reclamation of organic wastes or solid-phase treatment of contaminated environmental matrices." Environmental Reviews 10, no. 4 (December 1, 2002): 195–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/a02-008.
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This paper is an overview of the potential use of composting technology in programmes aimed at organic waste recycling (product-oriented perspective) or decomposition of hazardous materials (process-oriented perspective). This latter approach includes composting as a tool for bioremediation of environmental matrices, such as contaminated soils and sediments. In all above-mentioned cases, biological reactions that characterize composting must be managed carefully to allow putrescible residues to become a humified agricultural fertilizer with no phytotoxic effects, or the degradation of organic pollutants (e.g., aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons or halogenated solvents) to proceed to the highest extent with formation of innocuous end products. Thus, the fundamental aspects of controlling the microbial environment in composting matrices are singled out as a means for better evaluating the range of adverse conditions possibly responsible for hindering the correct evolution of the process within different applications. Key words: biopiles, bioremediation, composting, ex situ soil biotreatments, in-vessel systems, open systems, organo-nitro explosives, organic waste reclamation, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, soil composting windrows.
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Sivaraman, Chandhinipriya, Shankar Vijayalakshmi, Estelle Leonard, Suresh Sagadevan, and Ranjitha Jambulingam. "Current Developments in the Effective Removal of Environmental Pollutants through Photocatalytic Degradation Using Nanomaterials." Catalysts 12, no. 5 (May 17, 2022): 544. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/catal12050544.
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Photocatalysis plays a prominent role in the protection of the environment from recalcitrant pollutants by reducing hazardous wastes. Among the different methods of choice, photocatalysis mediated through nanomaterials is the most widely used and economical method for removing pollutants from wastewater. Recently, worldwide researchers focused their research on eco-friendly and sustainable environmental aspects. Wastewater contamination is one of the major threats coming from industrial processes, compared to other environmental issues. Much research is concerned with the advanced development of technology for treating wastewater discharged from various industries. Water treatment using photocatalysis is prominent because of its degradation capacity to convert pollutants into non-toxic biodegradable products. Photocatalysts are cheap, and are now emerging slowly in the research field. This review paper elaborates in detail on the metal oxides used as a nano photocatalysts in the various type of pollutant degradation. The progress of research into metal oxide nanoparticles, and their application as photocatalysts in organic pollutant degradation, were highlighted. As a final consideration, the challenges and future perspectives of photocatalysts were analyzed. The application of nano-based materials can be a new horizon in the use of photocatalysts in the near future for organic pollutant degradation.
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ALECU, GEORGETA, and WILHELM KAPPEL. "PRECIOUS METALS RECOVERED BY URBAN MINING." Journal of Engineering Sciences and Innovation 7, no. 1 (March 5, 2022): 29–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.56958/jesi.2022.7.1.29.
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The circular economy generates major environmental benefits, which result from the use of energy and renewable materials or from reuse and recycling. Being a complex mixture of materials and components, from an economic point of view, the separate collection and recycling of electronic and electric wastes can be cost-effective for products because they contain many hazardous substances, rare or precious metals. This paper presents some aspects regarding the waste with high content of precious or nonferrous metals contained in the electronic/electrical components. Their presence in electronic/electrical waste makes it necessary to recycle and treat them in an ecological way, generating a true industrial symbiosis. In the paper this fact is exemplified by the presentation of a reconditioning-recovery technology that allows the full recovery of all components of some types of electrical contacts widely used in economics. Disposable or defective electrical contact waste was used, as well as technological waste resulting from the manufacture of electrical contact pieces.
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Fazli, Ali, and Denis Rodrigue. "Sustainable Reuse of Waste Tire Textile Fibers (WTTF) as Reinforcements." Polymers 14, no. 19 (September 20, 2022): 3933. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14193933.
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Waste tire textile fibers (WTTF), as a by-product (10–15% by weight of tires) of end-of-life tires (ELT) mechanical recycling (grinding), are classified as hazardous wastes and traditionally burnt (thermal recycling) or buried (landfilling), leading to several environmental and ecological issues. Thus, WTTF still represent an important challenge in today’s material recycling streams. It is vital to provide practical and economical solutions to convert WTTF into a source of inexpensive and valuable raw materials. In recent years, tire textile fibers have attracted significant attention to be used as a promising substitute to the commonly used natural/synthetic reinforcement fibers in geotechnical engineering applications, construction/civil structures, insulation materials, and polymer composites. However, the results available in the literature are limited, and practical aspects such as fiber contamination (~65% rubber particles) remain unsolved, limiting WTTF as an inexpensive reinforcement. This study provides a comprehensive review on WTTF treatments to separate rubber and impurities and discusses potential applications in expansive soils, cement and concrete, asphalt mixtures, rubber aerogels and polymer composites.
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Faishal, Muhammad, Muhammad Noor Arfan, and Hayati Mukti Asih. "Reducing Environmental Impact on SME Metals Production Process Using Life Cycle Assessment and Analytical Hierarchy Process Method." Jurnal Ilmiah Teknik Industri 19, no. 1 (June 23, 2020): 84–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.23917/jiti.v19i1.10041.
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The ABC metal SME produces some wastes, such as liquid waste, solid waste, and smoke. The problem is hazardous waste dumped directly into the environment without any waste treatments which had bad impact on the environment around its SME. Therefore, this research is proposed to improve the production process of metal that can reduce the environmental impacts. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method is developed to identify all the processes that have an impact on the environment and also to calculate the energy used. The values of environmental impact are calculated using Simapro 9.0 Software. In addition, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method is employed to determine the best alternative fuel according to four criteria, such as temperature, price, emission, and fuel consumption. The results show the process that has the greatest environmental impact is the metal smelting process. It is caused by the source fuel in this process was used oil. The usage of used oil can be the sources of air pollution that causing health problems in the respiratory tract such as bronchitis and asthma. Some alternative fuel was proposed, however, fuel gas is the best alternative among others according to the expert opinions. For the managerial insight, this research can be suggestion for SME to choose the best fuel in the production process that considering economic and environmental aspects.
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Zohra, Tanzeel, Ali Talha Khalil, Faryal Saeed, Bushra Latif, Muhammad Salman, Aamer Ikram, Muhammad Ayaz, and H. C. Ananda Murthy. "Green Nano-Biotechnology: A New Sustainable Paradigm to Control Dengue Infection." Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications 2022 (August 8, 2022): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3994340.
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Dengue is a growing mosquito-borne viral disease prevalent in 128 countries, while 3.9 billion people are at high risk of acquiring the infection. With no specific treatment available, the only way to mitigate the risk of dengue infection is through controlling of vector, i.e., Aedes aegypti. Nanotechnology-based prevention strategies like biopesticides with nanoformulation are now getting popular for preventing dengue fever. Metal nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized by an eco-friendly process, through extracts of medicinal plants have indicated potential anti-dengue applications. Green synthesis of metal NPs is simple, cost-effective, and devoid of hazardous wastes. The recent progress in the phyto-synthesized multifunctional metal NPs for anti-dengue applications has encouraged us to review the available literature and mechanistic aspects of the dengue control using green-synthesized NPs. Furthermore, the molecular bases of the viral inhibition through NPs and the nontarget impacts or hazards with reference to the environmental integrity are discussed in depth. Till date, major focus has been on green synthesis of silver and gold NPs, which need further extension to other innovative composite nanomaterials. Further detailed mechanistic studies are required to critically evaluate the mechanistic insights during the synthesis of the biogenic NPs. Likewise, detailed analysis of the toxicological aspects of NPs and their long-term impact in the environment should be critically assessed.
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Mladenović, Milica, Mica Petković, and Irina Cenić. "ECONOMIC ASPECTS AND LEGAL REGULATIONS OF RECYCLING IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA." KNOWLEDGE - International Journal 54, no. 3 (September 30, 2022): 397–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.35120/kij5403397m.
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The topic of waste management and recycling is becoming very important both in our country andthroughout the world. The goal is to emphasize the importance of the environment, its protection and thepreservation of the world around us. Recycling is a key component of modern waste reduction. It promotesenvironmental sustainability by removing input raw materials and redirecting waste production into the economicsystem. The question of environmental protection is a question of the future. It is not possible to protect theenvironment if we do not prevent the accumulation of various wastes, the sanctioning of which is constantlypostponed. Urbanization and globalization bring increasing needs of each individual for packaged goods, whichleads to a huge increase in packaging worldwide. The development of industry leads to increased industrial waste.The only way to control waste is recycling treatment. By recycling, in addition to the reduction of waste disposed ofin landfills, we enable re-production, i.e. the use of waste for the re-production of a product. The recycling processhas a huge ecological and economic importance in the system of a country. For a recycling program to work, a large,stable supply of recyclable materials is essential. High-quality recycling can support economic growth bymaximizing the value of waste materials. Three legal options have been used to create such stockpiles: compulsorycollection of recycling, a law on depositing containers and a ban on waste. Compulsory collection laws set recyclingtargets for cities, so a percentage of the material must be diverted from the city's waste stream by a target date. Thecity is responsible for working towards this goal. Recyclable quality not only supports high-quality recycling but canalso bring significant environmental benefits by reducing, reusing and keeping products out of landfills. Anytreatment that is planned to be used in the recycling process must be justified by legal regulations. The keyinstitutional responsibility in the field of waste management lies with the Ministry of Environmental Protection ofthe Republic of Serbia, which, in accordance with the Law on Ministries, performs state administration tasks relatedto: waste management, including hazardous waste, except for radioactive waste; approval of cross-border transportof waste, as well as other tasks specified by law. The paper presents the principle of municipal waste management inthe Republic of Serbia. By reviewing data from abroad, the goals that the Republic of Serbia strives to achieve inthis matter are analyzed, as well as the legal frameworks that regulate the achievement of those goals. The analysisincludes the recycling process itself, its flows, as well as waste management treatments. Concrete ecological andeconomic aspects of recycling that affect life and work in the Republic of Serbia are presented.
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Purchase, Callun Keith, Dhafer Manna Al Zulayq, Bio Talakatoa O’Brien, Matthew Joseph Kowalewski, Aydin Berenjian, Amir Hossein Tarighaleslami, and Mostafa Seifan. "Circular Economy of Construction and Demolition Waste: A Literature Review on Lessons, Challenges, and Benefits." Materials 15, no. 1 (December 23, 2021): 76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15010076.
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Conventionally, in a linear economy, C&D (Construction and Demolition) waste was considered as zero value materials, and, as a result of that, most C&D waste materials ended up in landfills. In recent years, with the increase in the awareness around sustainability and resource management, various countries have started to explore new models to minimize the use of limited resources which are currently overused, mismanaged, or quickly depleting. In this regard, the implementation of CE (Circular Economy) has emerged as a potential model to minimize the negative impact of C&D wastes on the environment. However, there are some challenges hindering a full transition to CE in the construction and demolition sectors. Therefore, this review paper aims to critically scrutinize different aspects of C&D waste and how CE can be integrated into construction projects. Reviewing of the literature revealed that the barriers in the implementation of CE in C&D waste sectors fall in five main domains, namely legal, technical, social, behavioral, and economic aspects. In this context, it was found that policy and governance, permits and specifications, technological limitation, quality and performance, knowledge and information, and, finally, the costs associated with the implementation of CE model at the early stage are the main barriers. In addition to these, from the contractors’ perspective, C&D waste dismantling, segregation, and on-site sorting, transportation, and local recovery processes are the main challenges at the start point for small-scale companies. To address the abovementioned challenges, and also to minimize the ambiguity of resulting outcomes by implementing CE in C&D waste sectors, there is an urgent need to introduce a global framework and a practicable pathway to allow companies to implement such models, regardless of their scale and location. Additionally, in this paper, recommendations on the direction for areas of future studies for a reduction in the environmental impacts have been provided. To structure an effective model approach, the future direction should be more focused on dismantling practices, hazardous material handling, quality control on waste acceptance, and material recovery processes, as well as a incentivization mechanism to promote ecological, economic, and social benefits of the CE for C&D sectors.
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Al-Dabbagh, Riadh. "Waste management strategy and development in Ajman, UAE." Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability 6 (2021): 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/rees/2021005.
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Population growth, social and industrial activities have increased significantly, resulting in an increase in the quantities of wastes in UAE in specific the Emirate of Ajman. Most of the waste is still not thoroughly treated and ends up in municipal landfills, where organic waste generates many gases such as methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Currently, little of the waste is burned, and the rate of municipal waste recycling has been rapidly rising. Waste management in the Ajman is coordinated through local authorities. For this purpose the UAE has set Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure its performance against its targets of 2021. To support the national efforts, Ajman is continuously seeking to adopt vital initiatives and projects that are positively affecting all aspects of life. Waste issues are handled through recycling and converting waste to energy and resources, new technologies and improved waste separation and collection systems. Ajman Municipality and Planning Department has initiated plans and efforts in waste management, including converting waste to energy, treating wastewater, and controlling the movement of hazardous waste. The programs are implemented with the aim to reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of the city, including by paying particular attention to air quality and all types of waste. The paper presents an overview of the waste situation and the management practices according to the Municipality's plans and strategies. It is concluded that Ajman still lacks an infrastructure for organic waste recycling for residents. This organic waste is a significant contributor to methane emissions from landfills. Challenges are to be solved, such as the lack of adequate waste sorting and recycling facilities in the Emirate and weak community culture to adopt waste sorting. Many practices started to be implemented by the Municipality, for instance, creating an incinerator used to treat non-chemical medical waste generated from hospitals & clinics. As a result, Ajman has witnessed a reduction in the quantity of waste dumped in the landfill.
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Genoveva, Genoveva, and Lyliana Levina. "THE GREEN MARKETING MIX: A REVIEW OF CUSTOMERS’ BODY SHOP PURCHASE INTENTION." Jurnal Muara Ilmu Ekonomi dan Bisnis 3, no. 2 (October 30, 2019): 400. http://dx.doi.org/10.24912/jmieb.v3i2.7386.
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Industri kosmetik dan perawatan menyadari bahwa sebagian besar bahan baku dan kemasan produk terdapat kandungan bahan kimia yang dapat mencemari lingkungan. Limbah ini berbahaya dan tidak mudah terurai, sehingga dapat mengancam keanekaragaman hayati. Permasalahan lingkungan ini telah menciptakan permintaan produk ramah lingkungan. The Body Shop adalah salah satu perusahaan yang berhasil menangkap peluang tersebut dan menerapkan strategi pemasaran ramah lingkungan untuk memenuhi harapan konsumen. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh bauran pemasaran ramah lingkungan dari The Body Shop® terhadap niat pembelian konsumen. Peneliti menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan SPSS versi 25 sebagai alat analisis regresi berganda untuk mengetahui signifikansi hubungan antar variabel. Populasi terbatas responden yang berusia 18-24 tahun dan pernah membeli dan menggunakan produk The Body Shop® dari saluran distribusi di Jakarta dalam 1 tahun terakhir. Jumlah sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah 155 responden yang diambil dengan metode purposive sampling non-probabilitas melalui kuesioner online. Para peneliti menemukan bahwa ada pengaruh yang signifikan dari aspek bauran pemasaran ramah lingkungan terhadap niat pembelian konsumen, di mana harga memainkan peran dominan dalam hubungan ini. Bauran pemasaran ramah lingkungan itu sendiri, secara keseluruhan, juga memiliki pengaruh simultan yang signifikan terhadap niat pembelian konsumen. Studi ini menghasilkan informasi yang berguna bagi The Body Shop®, pembaca, dan penelitian di masa depan untuk lebih sadar tentang masalah lingkungan dan penerapan bauran pemasaran ramah lingkungan, juga menyediakan rencana aksi untuk melaksanakan strategi pemasaran ramah lingkungan ini. Cosmetics and personal care industry is aware that most of their products’ materials, mainly the chemicals content and packaging are polluting the environment. These wastes are hazardous and not easily decomposed, thus it may threaten the biodiversity. Consequently, this environmental issue has created the demand of the enviromental friendly products. The Body Shop® is one of the company who has successfully captured this demand and applied green marketing strategy to fulfill the consumers’ expectations. This research intended to find out the influence of green marketing mix of The Body Shop towards consumers’ purchase intention. The researcher will use quantitative method with SPSS version 25 as the tool for analysis of multiple regression analysis to reveal the significance relationship between variables. The population will be limited to those who are 18-24 years old and have ever bought and use the The Body Shop® products from Jakarta stores in the past 1 year. The sample size 155 respondends which were drawn with non-probability purposive sampling method through online questionnaire. Researchers found that there is a significant influence of green marketing mix aspects towards consumers’ purchase intention, in which green price is playing dominant role in this relationship. The green marketing mix itrself, as a whole, also having a significant simultaneous influence towards consumers’ purchase intention. This study resulted in a useful information for The Body Shop®, readers, and future research to be more aware about the environmental issue and the implementation of green marketing mix, also providing an action plan to execute this green marketing strategy.
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"4th international hazardous waste symposium on Environmental aspects of stabilization solidification of hazardous and radioactive wastes." Cement and Concrete Research 17, no. 3 (May 1987): 523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0008-8846(87)90019-6.
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Shobana, Shekar, Krishnan Amudhalakshmi, Golla Usha Rao*, and Monisha Khatri*. "COVID-19 Precautions Imperils Ecosystems." RGUHS Journal of Medical Sciences 11, no. 2 (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.26463/rjms.11_2_11.
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Though coronavirus disease COVID alarm is handled meticulously this pandemic situation has escalated the consumption of various non-woven single-use plastic-based polymers in the form of personal protective equipment masks and gloves etc. When these healthcare wastes are disposed the major negative aspects of secondary environment catastrophes associated with biomedical waste management BMW are emerging as a new issue to tackle. Environmental performance index is globally jeopardized due to this hazardous waste management. This review highlights the consequences of unplanned environmental disposal of medical waste the threats posed to our ecosystem by this unprecedented situation and the various eco-friendly options available to handle the current scenario.
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Valluri, Durga Kumari, Machiraju Subrahmanyam, Venkata Phanikrishna Sharma Mangalampalli, Krishna Reddy Jakkidi, and Lalitha Kannekanti. "Photocatalysis Approach for Energy and Environmental Challenges at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India." MRS Proceedings 1171 (2009). http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/proc-1171-s01-04.
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AbstractThe R & D developments in several aspects of catalysis area require cleaner and clean up technologies. Catalysts are used for energy conversion and to convert environmentally hazardous materials into harmless compounds. This presentation reviews the work currently under exploration at IICT that illustrates the perspective of photocatalyst technologies for solving energy and environmental issues for providing sustainable development. Studies on development of photocatalytic materials for degradation of phenolic wastes, common industrial effluent, H-acid, Calmagite (an azodye), Isopruturon (herbicide) and for E-coli disinfection are highlighted. Materials like Natrotantite, Ce-modified zeolites, Ag2O/TiO2, CuO/TiO2 and C,N-doped TiO2 are designed and evaluated for photocatalytic splitting of water for generation of hydrogen energy. Furthermore, potential applications of photo catalysts in the chemical synthesis of N-containing heterocyclic compounds like pyrazines and piperazines which are useful intermediates in the synthesis of various drugs, perfumes, herbicides and dyes are new interesting aspects in the presentation. Thus the present review describes the emerging trends in using photocatalysts for energy and environmental applications.
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Shaner-McRae, Hollie, Glenn McRae, and Victoria Jas. "Environmentally Safe Health Care Agencies: Nursing’s Responsibility, Nightingale’s Legacy." OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 12, no. 2 (May 31, 2007). http://dx.doi.org/10.3912/ojin.vol12no02man01.
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Florence Nightingale and subsequent nurse scholars have written about the impact of the environment on human health. Nightingale described, and staked out, the nurse’s role in optimizing environments for healing. Since Nightingale’s time numerous scholars have documented that environmental conditions play a major role in the health of individuals and populations. As nurses become more informed about the environment as a determinant of human health, they will be able to advocate more effectively for environmental conditions that promote health. This article provides both theoretical and practical perspectives to integrate environmental concerns into nursing practice. It recommends specific actions nurses can undertake to improve the environment within the health care setting. In particular the article provides a historical review of an environmental focus in nursing, discusses ways to manage both upstream waste and downstream waste (solid, biohazard, and hazardous chemical wastes) so as to decrease environmental pollution, and recommends specific nursing actions to promote a healthy environment within our health care agencies.
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Ki, Dongwon, Shin Young Kang, Gyeonghoon Ma, and Han Jin Oh. "Application of Waste Plastic Films in Road Infrastructure and Construction." Frontiers in Sustainability 2 (September 27, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2021.756723.
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Recycling waste synthetic resins, including rigid and film plastics, is a pressing issue worldwide due to the issues associated with waste treatment. Using products originating only from plastic wastes could be a promising way to improve the waste recycling rate and address plastic consumption. This study presents the applications of waste plastic films (WPFs) in urban infrastructure and construction materials, especially bearing loads. WPF-recycled products (WPF-RPs) were evaluated for mechanical properties, including strength (compressive and tensile), thermal expansion coefficient, accelerated weathering, dynamic stability, and environmental aspects, such as the presence of hazardous substances. Subsequent tests confirmed moderate strength, good weathering stability against solar irradiation, and superior road pavement vehicle load through wheel-tracking tests compared with the standards for asphalt. Additionally, hazardous substances were mostly not detected or were under permissible limits in the composition and leachate contents of WPF-RPs. After using temporary pavement blocks (TPBs) from WPFs at a field site for one month, we conducted slip resistance tests which gave a result of ~33 British pendulum number, indicating the possible application of WPF-RPs in low-speed driving sections, according to the Korean standards of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Moreover, it was confirmed that fastening structures installed between the TPBs can improve backfilling and compaction defects. This practical research highlights the possible applications of products produced from WPFs for infrastructure development, such as filling materials for burial pipes or tubes; however, these potential aspects should be tested further.
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Zhuravlev, PV, AS Kalyuzhin, NV Aleksanina, MA Kalyuzhina, MN Gapon, and TI Tverdokhlebova. "Solid Household and Medical Wastes and COVID-19 Pandemic: An Overview." ЗДОРОВЬЕ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ И СРЕДА ОБИТАНИЯ - ЗНиСО / PUBLIC HEALTH AND LIFE ENVIRONMENT, January 2022, 71–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.35627/2219-5238/2022-30-1-71-78.
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Introduction: This overview provides information on epidemiological aspects of solid waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic. It describes the contribution of health care to the increase in the global waste generation and its impact on environmental pollution. It also highlights up-to-date methods of countering the biological threat of pollution with solid household and medical wastes contaminated by SARS-CoV-2. Objective: To analyze publications on changes in the structure and amount of waste during the pandemic with account for the specifics of work of municipal services. Methods: We searched for scientific papers published in 2020–2021 in electronic databases (Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, eLIBRARY and ResearchGate) using the following keywords: COVID-19, medical wastes, environment, and plastic pollution. Out of 97 sources found, we selected 55 papers taking into account the keywords and then reviewed 40 publications for this work. Results: We established that the production of medicinal and other disposable products increased sharply during the coronavirus pandemic. Apart from the additional burden on the environment due to improper disposal of contaminated items, the latter increased the risk of the disease spread. Numerous studies have confirmed the three-day viability of SARS-CoV-2 on plastics, which suggests the persistence of the virus on waste and is important for epidemiological assessment of the situation. This overview describes solid household and medical waste management solutions developed in Russia and abroad. Conclusions: The review confirms the global problem of environmental pollution with solid household wastes. In addition to the increased burden on the environment, inappropriate biologically hazardous waste management and treatment pose the risk of COVID-19 spread in the general population. Effective measures for the disposal of medical waste are being developed around the world now. New standards of solid waste transportation and municipal personnel safety during the pandemic are being elaborated. The overview discusses the existing systems of municipal waste management in different countries and the specifics of work of municipal services related to the novel coronavirus disease.
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Haddad, Yousef, Emanuele Pagone, Rodrigo Valdez Parra, Nicholas Pearson, and Konstantinos Salonitis. "How do small changes enable the shift to net-zero? a techno-environmental-economic analysis." International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, August 4, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-022-09869-8.
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Abstract With many of the world’s governments committing to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by mid-century, with well-defined milestones along the road, it is important to investigate how each sector can contribute towards achieving this global goal. The manufacturing sector, with its energy-intensive processes, large amounts of wastes, and hazardous and harmful emissions, is one of the main contributors to global GHG emissions, as well as other sustainability aspects, and, thus, it has great potential to contribute substantially to achieve net-zero objectives. This paper presents a techno-environmental-economic analysis of technologies that can play a key, enabling and leading role in the quest towards net-zero. Such technologies typically bring modest improvement in the environmental performance; however, the aim of this paper is to demonstrate how such small changes, when implemented in an industrial setting, can contribute significantly to the collective improvement in the environmental performance. In order to put the potential improvements into perspective, a real case study from the UK aerospace manufacturing sector is conducted. In the case study, metrics measuring potential improvements from the installation of a low-to-medium waste heat recovery system, and the upgrade of electric motors in the shopfloor to more energy efficient ones, are calculated through environmental and economic models. The models are then subject to a series of sensitivity analyses experiments to help understand the impact of different sources of uncertainty on the perceived GHG emissions, and economic and energy savings. The techno-environmental-economic analysis results revealed that these small changes, when implemented in an industrial setting, can indeed bring valuable improvements in the environmental performance of a manufacturing institute. Further, the sensitivity analysis experiments demonstrated how the environmental and economic performances are not adversely affected by different levels of fluctuations in key, likely to fluctuate, input parameters.
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"Book Review: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF STABILIZATION AND SOLIDIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS AND RADIOACTIVE WASTES, STP 1033. Edited by Pierre Côté and Michael Gilliam. ASTM Philadelphia. 1989. $64. pp.450. Reviewed by J. Dale Ortega, Lamont University, Beaumont, Texas, U.S.A." Waste Management & Research 8, no. 1 (January 1990): 317–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242x9000800153.
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"Book Review: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF STABILIZATION AND SOLIDIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS AND RADIOACTIVE WASTES. By P. Cote and M. Gilliam (eds), 1989. STP1033 ASTM, 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, U.S.A. 440 pp., £58.00. Reviewed by Dr. Robert B. Dean." Waste Management & Research 9, no. 1 (January 1991): 149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734242x9100900120.
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Latif, Rr Vita Nur, Ristiawati Ristiawati, and Nor Istiqomah. "STRATEGI PERLINDUNGAN BRANDING BATIK KOTA PEKALONGAN MENYONGSONG AFTA 2015 : IDENTIFIKASI, DAN SOLUSI PENERAPAN SOP (STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE) “HEALTH ENVIRONMENT & SAFETY WORKER”." JURNAL LITBANG KOTA PEKALONGAN 7 (January 24, 2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.54911/litbang.v7i0.90.
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Background : AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Area) is a form of free trade which requires Indonesia to be
excellentin terms of products that promote not only quality products but also processes, ensuring quality and
standards. Indonesian batik has been recognized by UNESCO as an in tangible cultural Indonesian nation, which
mustbeone of exellent products that will participate in the AFTA. Branding the world city of batik for
Pekalongan, a positive consequence very proud. But on the other side of the batik processis generally still
dependent on raw materials hazardous material negative impact on workers and the environment. The purpose of
this study rests on the demands of AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Area) in 2015 is to improve the quality and the
quality and the protectionof domestic products (batik) to be able to compete with foreign products brought
marketable products, wherethe production process considering various aspects of health and safety works.
Technical outputis generated in the form of data on workers health problems batik, and identification of wastes
in this production of Pekalongan City in 2014 through the study and measurement of epidemiology and
Environmental Health. Such data as one of the keyst in batik branding strategy formulation protection in the
form of a draft SOP and healthy environment for the workers to wards the implementation SMK3 the batik
industry with zero accident and zero cases. Results. Batik worker health problems in the form of 67.5%
lungcapacity disorders; 33.8% decrease invisual function; dermatitis extremities 30%. Distribution of workers
with impaired lung capacity, decreased visual function, and dermatitis extremities were observed at the stage of
wax sticking, respectively 64.8%; 48.1%; and 66.7%. While the profile of batik waste outlet or point before
entry into free waters showed temperature (30
o
C), pH(9), and COD (18.7 ppm) waste is under the maximum
level (safe), where as the levels of BOD(162 ,2ppm) as of yet safe because it is still above the maximum levels
of environmental quality standards. Conclusion :Some of the health problems in batik workers found that lung
capacity disorders, visual impairment, and dermatitis extremities. While batik waste profile shows temperature,
pH, TSS, and COD are under environmental quality standards, but still above the levels of BOD quality
standards.
Keyword: Batik, health problems, waste