Environmental
The Impact of Privatization of Solid Waste Collection and Transportation in Delhi: The Impact on the informal Recycling Sector
he Impact of Privatization of Solid Waste Collection and Transportation in Delhi: The Impact on the informal Recycling Sector
Background
Since the late 1990s, two important public interest litigations have been filed in the Supreme Court, the highest court in India. Both demand greater accountability from the municipality for cleaner cities. The first, B.L. Vadhera Vs [...]
Recycling Electronic Waste
Here’s a Jeopardy question for you… What weighs 200 million tons? The answer: the amount of electronic waste that goes into our landfills every year. Computers, monitors, cell phones, DVD players, copy machines, TV sets… you get the picture.
Most, if not all of this electronic waste, contains hazardous chemicals like mercury, lead and chromium that [...]
Waste Management in Jordan: Any Lessons for Moving Ahead?
When countries adopted the Basel Convention on Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste in 1989, Jordan ratified this Convention and was a party to it. Consequently, this country has an obligation to enact relevant municipal legislation which conforms to the ideals of Basel, as required by this treaty. Amongst the requirements of Basel are that member [...]
Waste Processing Company Supplies Separation Technology
Waste Processing Solutions, the new company created by the Finlay Group to cater specifically for the recycling market, has supplied a specialist material recovery facility to Sackers Recycling.
The Carmac Light Separating Unit (LSU) C1200 is already increasing Sacker’s recovery of light material at its Ipswich-based plant by 20 per cent.
With a patent pending, the Carmac [...]
Why Do We Recycle Our Waste
Plastics production also involves the use of potentially harmful chemicals, which are added as stabilisers or colorants. Many of these have not undergone environmental risk assessment and their impact on human health and the environment is currently uncertain. Plastics have a low entropy of mixing, which is due to the high molecular weight of their [...]