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Waste and resource management
Published in Stephen Battersby, Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health, 2023
Industrial waste comes from: Any factory (within the meaning of the Factories Act 1961);Premises connected with transport services;Premises used for gas, water, electricity or sewage services; andPremises used for postal or telecommunications services.Commercial waste means waste from premises used for trade and business or for sport, recreation or entertainment, but excludes inter alia household and industrial waste.
Waste
Published in Tim Deveaux, Bassett’s Environmental Health Procedures, 2019
Commercial waste means waste from premises used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a trade or business or the purposes of sport, recreation or entertainment excluding: (a) household waste;(b) industrial waste;(c) waste of any other description prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this paragraph (section 75).
Advancements Towards Biomass Conversion for Sustainable Management of Solid Waste
Published in Prakash K. Sarangi, Latika Bhatia, Biotechnology for Waste Biomass Utilization, 2023
Akanksha Kulshreshtha, Soumya Sasmal, Minakshi Sahu, O. N. Tiwari
Commercial waste. Commercial waste is comprised of waste from markets, restaurants, hotels, sports, waste generated from institutions like school’s research centers and non-profit organizations, waste from slaughterhouses, etc.
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on landfilling and recycling in the city of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Published in Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 2023
Biraj Saha, Md Tanbir Khan, Malachi Graupman, Hafiz Muhammad Umer Aslam, Anand K. Gupta, Grant Helmin, Mitchell Larson, Kylie Chard, Bailey Hayes, Rachel Anderson, Stephanie C. Bolyard, Kelly A. Rusch, Achintya N. Bezbaruah, Syeed Md Iskander
Fargo’s solid waste data (2019 – 2021) demonstrate the specific impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The monthly residential waste volume increased during the mandatory quarantine period in 2020 (April – November) compared to the same period in 2019 and 2021. Conversely, the monthly commercial waste collection volume decreased during the mandatory quarantine period in 2020. The commercial waste volume increased in 2021 as commercial activities became normal. While the COVID-19 pandemic did not significantly impact the total recycling volume, cardboard recycling increased in 2021 because people became used to online shopping during the lockdown, and the practice continues. This study will add to the knowledge of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on solid waste management and help develop strategies to manage solid waste disposal and treatment during future pandemics.
Take a ride on the green side: from sustainable customer orientation to good supply chains
Published in Production Planning & Control, 2021
Rébecca Stekelorum, Issam Laguir
The development of eco-friendly products has become widespread in the past decades (Albino, Balice, and Dangelico 2009; Fraj-Andrés, Martinez-Salinas, and Matute-Vallejo 2009; Katsikeas, Leonidou, and Zeriti 2016). As SMEs are the largest contributors to commercial waste, their environmental activities are an issue of concern (Environment Agency 2003). Hence, they have progressively introduced new product and production practices to reduce the ecological impacts of their activities (Agan, Acar, and Borodin 2013; Kumar et al. 2019). Eco-friendly products in SMEs are recognized through product stewardship declarations, eco-labels, green packaging, and compliance with environmental standards (Khare and Deshmukh 2006). Despite high costs in the conception stage, the development of eco-friendly products in SMEs is usually fostered by the personal values of the owner/manager, who controls the allocation of resources (Hoogerdoorn, Guerra, and van der Zwan 2015). SMEs are also increasingly aware of the benefits of eco-friendly product development, such as saving on material costs, meeting environmental imperatives, accessing new markets, and propelling future growth (Rizos et al. 2016).
Spatial distribution and ecological risk of heavy metal in surface sediment of Old Brahmaputra River, Bangladesh
Published in Chemistry and Ecology, 2023
Md. Sirajul Islam, Rifat Shahid Shammi, Rahiatul Jannat, Md. Humayun Kabir, Md. Saiful Islam
Pearson's correlation (PC): Pearson's correlation analysis is a useful statistical approach for displaying the level of dependence between two parameters [123,124]. Pearson's' correlation (PC) demonstrated that many of the metals tested had strong association (Table 3). The Cu-Cr, Pb-Cd, and As-Cu disclosed pointedly substantial positive associations (r = 0.761–0.915, at p < 0.01) within factors and they are 0.755, 0.726, 0.737, respectively, (Table 3), suggesting that poisonous substances are the consequence of typical unnatural contamination sources in the study region [125]. These examined harmful elements were discovered in sediments as a consequence of the dispersion of manufacturing effluents, commercial waste, municipal waste and agricultural runoff. Comparable inferences were likewise conveyed by Proshad et al. [53] in the Rupsa River, Ali et al. [59] in the Pasur River, Islam et al. [40] in rivers of Sundarban reserve forest, Bangladesh. In contrast, Cd-Cr, Pb-Cr, and As-Cr exposed significant (p< 0.05) positive correlation (0.649, 0.608, and 0.641, respectively), implying that the incidence of Cr is likely to be commercial rather than fertiliser runoff. Nevertheless, there was a negative association between Ni-Cr, Pb-Ni, As-Ni and As-Pb and they are −0.159, −0.023, −0.108 and −0.173, respectively. On the other hand, weak correlation (r= 0.462) was observed among Cu-Ni, Cd-Cu, Pb-Cu and As-Cd, pointing out the industrial activities and municipal wastes might be as the possible sources of them.