...Waste and Energy Paper Team A ENV 100 February 13, 2012 Instructor - Onesimus Otieno Waste and Energy Paper Oil is formed when large quantities of dead organisms, usually zooplankton and algae, are buried underneath sedimentary rock and undergo intense heat and pressure. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling. Oil is then refined and separated into different products – such as gases, jet fuel, heating oil, diesel, and asphalt. Oil is also used to make petrochemicals, compounds used to make products such as fertilizers, plastics, paints, pesticides, medicines, and synthetic fibers (Berg & Hager, 2009). Most environmental problems associated with oil are caused by burning and transporting it. Burning oil produces carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, so it contributes to global warming. It can also lead to acid deposition because the combustion of oil is the leading cause of nitrogen oxides. Nitrogen oxides inhibit plant growth and they are involved in photochemical smog and acid deposition (Berg & Hager, 2009). They can also lead to acidification of soils, affecting the plant varieties that are able to grow in the soil. This leads to a decrease of diversity in the environment. Plants that cannot handle acidic soils die off. In turn, animal species in the area decrease as only the species that can live off of those particular plants will thrive. Others will move on to new areas looking for plants that they have become accustomed to. Another...
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...Final Project Report Topic: - Feasibility of waste-to-energy projects in Industries Submitted by: - Sanchita Tiku Roll No. 13020243022 Submitted to :- Dr. Prakash Rao Contents Topics Page No. 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………1-9 2. Literature Review………………………………………………………………..10-13 3. Methodology……………………………………………………………………………14 4. Analysis & Interpretation…………………………………………………….15-17 5. Main Findings………………………………………………………………………17-21 6. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………..22 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Waste as described in Basel Convention: - Wastes are those materials which are supposed to be disposed or are intended to be disposed under the national law. Waste is any substance that is off no more use or that should be disposed off e.g. waste of leftover construction material, food waste, e-waste, hazardous waste, sludge from industries, packaging items, garden waste etc. There are numbers of ways available through which waste can be prevented, reduced, re-used and recycled. So, the leftover substance which cannot be treated should be land filled. Wastes are of following types:- 1. Municipal Solid waste: - Municipal solid waste is generated by households, commercial activities...
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...Topic of Assignment : Paper Waste of Etap Hotel CONTENTS TITLE PAGES 1. Executive Summary 1 2. Introduction of Etap Hotel 2 3. Concept of Green Plan that introduced by Etap Hotel 3 – 4 4. Purpose to create a controlling paper waste program 5 5. Current Issues that Etap Hotel facing 6 – 7 6. Goals and plans that we should have in our program 8 – 12 6.1 Goal Settings 6.2 Ways will proceed in paper waste recycle program 6.2.1 Paper for procedure, communication, information to customer 6.2.2 Paper roll, tissue, tray liner and packaging paper 6.2.3 Recycle bins, signs and brochure 6.2.4 Staff education program and collecting paper waste process 6.2.5 Form paper waste reduction team and coordinator 6.2.6 Monitoring program and getting feedback 7. Conclusion 13 8. References 14 1. Executive Summary Etap Hotel located all around the world with the total of 460 well-known hotel and is even the shining star in Europe offering the best place to enjoy and relax once you step your foot into its main door with a splendid service. Through internal research, we get to know that our company are using too much of money on buying stuff made up of paper. So we are planning to control paper waste in our company. Human factor is the most important area when talking about paper waste. In most of the travelers mind...
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...Just about everyone knows our environment is in danger. One of the most serious threats is the massive amount of waste we put into the air, water, and ground every year. All across the world are thousands of places that have been, and continue to be, polluted by toxic waste, radioactive waste and just plain garbage. It is imperative that we are aware of all the things that we can do to help our environment by diminishing the amount of trash and garbage that we produce each year. One easy way of doing that is by a method called recycling. Many might not know the importance of recycling and what it can do to our environment. While recycling has become part of the daily routine for many people, the full importance of recycling is not always understood. In general, people do understand that recycling helps to minimize the drain on the limited resources of our planet. However, there are several other factors that make recycling important which will be discussed in this paper. Although recycling may seem like a modern concept introduced with the environmental movement of the 1970s, it's actually been around for thousands of years. Prior to the industrial age, you couldn't make goods quickly and cheaply, so virtually everyone practiced recycling in some form. However, large-scale recycling programs were very rare -- households predominantly practiced recycling. The mass production of the industrial age is, in many ways, the very reason we need to worry about large-scale recycling...
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...Materials1 Renewable Energy………………………………………………………………………...2 Install Smart Power Strips…………………………………………………………...2 Utilizing Motion Sensors and Timers………...….…………………………………..2 Becoming Globally Efficient3 Ensuring That Tires Are Properly Recycled3 Creating Better Energy Efficiency in Trucks3 References………………………………………………………………………………… Reducing Our Carbon Footprint Introduction E227 Global Solutions has been committed to the research and development of green technologies. We are also dedicated to providing “greener” options to our customers. However, the company does not use many green practices internally. Reducing Office Waste We have a responsibility for the waste we produce and the proper disposal of such waste. While creating a recycling program internally is a great start, we can’t stop there. We must also reduce the amount of waste that is produced. Recycling and reducing waste can reduce operating costs and result in savings in waste collection. Creating a Recycling and Reduction Program Nearly 77% of all office waste can be recycled. By implementing a recycling program, the company takes a small step towards becoming greener. Color coded recycling bins can be set up within the office. For example, blue for paper, green for plastic and red for glass. These bins should be set up in centralized locations such as hallways, break rooms, and meeting rooms. Employees should be directed to print on both sides of the paper. This can drastically...
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...including the quick-service restaurant industry. In our industry, specifically, our most notable challenges are in the areas of energy, waste, water consumption and emissions. We are committed to taking steps that will minimize our environmental impact as we continue to serve great-tasting food at affordable prices while adding shareholder value. 40 ENVIRONMENT 41 re S taurant S One of our first steps is identifying where we currently stand with our restaurants. We have begun holding BURGER KING® Green Sessions for employees, members of our supply chain and key third-party partners who understand BKC operations best and who are passionate about making a difference. These sessions help us to identify our biggest opportunities for improvement and develop a realistic tactical plan for making positive changes going forward. We are committed to evaluating and identifying the most effective green design elements that can be applied to newly constructed restaurants and incorporated into the infrastructure of our existing restaurants. We know that small changes can have a big impact on energy efficiency and waste reduction. We will continue to evaluate and adopt efficient designs and technology when possible that will help us reduce our environmental impact and improve shareholder value through energy and fuel savings, waste reduction, and more. We introduced a restaurant design known as the Return on Capital (ROC) building. Many of...
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...provide a healthier, brighter and cleaner long term future for ourselves, for our children and their children. E227 Global Solutions has decided that we need to reduce our carbon foot print by 25% in the upcoming year in an effort to help our fellow human race. Also this will lead E227 Global Solutions to become one of the leaders in the industry that will use the three methods of solar energy to reduce electricity, paper/waste reduction, and focusing on green power. All of the money that we will be able to save because of the decrease in the energy can be used to fund future environmental safe projects or initiatives. It also allows E227 Global Solutions to possibly invest that money into hiring the additional employees who can come aboard and expand the E227 Global Solutions going green initiatives as well. * Background of the Problem In our recent findings we have noticed that several of our employees are leaving the lights on with there computers overnight and over the weekends and while on vacation. Many of the employees are constantly printing out stacks and stacks of paper that are most likely being left on the printer to only being thrown away. E227 Global Solutions has a duty to...
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...the economy, environmental issues have been a growing concern. When industrial companies do some items will be damaging to the environment, for instance air pollutants or hazardous waste that are able to have a negative impact on the environment. A growing number of these behaviors lead to the serious environmental pollution. In this situation, many companies began to implement a new management method that is environmental management system (EMS). The EMS is a tool beneficial to the company, according to implement this system can measure and manage the impact of business activities on the environment. The successful EMS is able to reduce the operating cost, improve the efficiency, decrease resource use and waste, it is conducive to the development of the company. Therefore, the EMS is really important to a company (J. Morrison, K. Kao Cushing, 2000). 2. The advantages of environmental management system (EMS) for a company. An effective environmental management system (EMS) will let the company have a good corporate culture; so that staff knows most responsibility for protecting the environment, at the same time using the more systematic and professional methods to assess the environmental impact of the company, and looking for opportunities to reduce in energy and water usage, minimize waste and pollution. In addition, it can set clear targets to reduce environmental pollution and improve operational efficiencies and cost savings. Through following the EMS can ensure...
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...| [pic] |Course Syllabus | | |College of Natural Sciences | | |ENV/100 Version 2 | | |Principles of Environmental Science | Copyright © 2011, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course will provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies that are required to identify and analyze risks associated with environmental problems, and examine alternative solutions for resolving or preventing these problems. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you...
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...Waste Waste is unwanted or useless materials. In biology, waste is any of the many unwanted substances or toxins that are expelled from living organisms, metabolic waste; such as urea, sweat or feces. Litter is waste which has been disposed of improperly. Feces contain large quantities of fresh and soft texturized waste products. Waste is directly linked to human development, both technologically and socially. The compositions of different wastes have varied over time and location, with industrial development and innovation being directly linked to waste materials. An example of this includes plastics and nuclear technology. Some components of waste have economical value and can be recycled once correctly recovered. Zero Waste America defines waste as "a resource that is not safely recycled back into the environment or the marketplace." This definition takes into account the value of waste as a resource, as well as the threat unsafe recycling can present to the environment and public health. The word 'waste' and the act of 'wasting' are human inventions. Waste doesn't exist in nature. In nature, everything has a purpose. Waste was created by humans for short-term convenience and short-term profit. Wasting results in long-term harmful consequences for both humans, nature, and the economy. Where does your waste go? Landfill As you can see from the chart most rubbish in Britain goes to landfill. We used to call landfills dumps or pits. We try to use old sandpits, gravel...
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...Assessment 1 Develop workplace sustainability Questions What are the sustainability issues? Unsustainable activities have led to changes in our environment, or have been identified as having the potential to lead to future changes. The types of changes that are occurring or are predicted to occur form the key issues for sustainability. The following Table 1 provides a summary of the key issues. They are related to changes to the physical and cultural (being the way we live) environments, which in turn relate to the economic environment. What does sustainability mean? Every day we hear the term ‘sustainable’ or ‘sustainability’ being used to describe a large number of issues and news items. There is the ‘sustainable economy’, ‘sustainable agriculture’, ‘economically sustainable’, ‘the need to be sustainable’, ‘sustainable work practices’ and ‘sustainable water supply’ to name a few. The Brundtland Report, Our Common Future, is seen by many as one of the first global reports to address sustainable development. This report defined sustainable development as: “…development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Brundtland (1987) National strategy for ecologically sustainable development Sustainable Development is defined by the Australian Government’s National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development as: “…using, conserving and enhancing the community’s resources...
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...to believe, but none of that is true for the majority of materials some metals like aluminum are better to recycle, but glass, plastic, and paper are better to make out of virgin material. I n calendar year two thousand nine, forty four landfills accepted almost forty six million gate cubic yards of solid waste; eight percent less waste than was accepted during two thousand eight Some of these landfills were not active during the full year. Twenty-four of the forty four landfills accepted five million three hundred thousand gate cubic yards of waste from other states. Capacity remaining at forty seven landfills on Jan. 1, 2010, declined by less than one percent. This total of more than one billion gate cubic yards of available capacity was down more than eight million gate cubic yards from data reported a year earlier. (Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity) The United States Environmental Protection Agency has a voluntary assistance program, meant to help reduce methane emitted from landfill by encouraging the recovery of said methane to eventually be used as an energy source. As solid waste decomposes it gives off a gas which is comprised of roughly fifty percent methane, fifty percent carbon dioxide, and trace amounts of non-methane organic compounds. Landfill gas can be collected, converted, and used as an energy source instead of being released into the atmosphere. This is done by using a series of wells and a blower/flare (or vacuum) system. The collected...
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...sit it on the curb, and the trash man comes to haul it all off to the landfill. A. According to the U.S. National Park Service the soda can you throw away can take 80-200 years to degrade in the landfill, or 450 years for a plastic bottle (Garbage). B. If we recycle that one can we can save “enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for almost four hours or run your television for three hours”(Cummings). III. We as consumers have the capability of altering our habits and influencing the outcome of our planet for years to come. Transition: I know many of us have thought about recycling, but we don’t take the initiative to do it consistently. Body I. I’d like to first have everyone consider the effects not recycling may have on our environment. A. With recycling we can conserve natural resources such as water, timber, and minerals. 1. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or EPA, “In 2009, Americans produced about 243 million tons of waste, or about 4.3 pounds of waste per person per day”, half of which is estimated to be recyclable (“Non”). 2. Facts from Headwater Cooperative Recycling show the effects of waste in our landfills. a. It takes approximately 1 million years for a glass...
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...recycling old paper into new paper, to making an old hubcap into a decorative birdbath. In reality, recycling can get pretty complex -- how it interacts with our environment, our politics, our economy and even our own human behaviour patterns will play a major role in the future of our planet. What is Recycling? Recycling can take many forms. On a small scale, any time you find a new use for something old, you're recycling. One example is making old cereal boxes into magazine holders Recycling becomes more important on larger scales. At this level, used consumer goods are collected, converted back into raw materials and remade into new consumer products. Aluminum cans, office paper, steel from old buildings and plastic containers are all examples of materials commonly recycled in large quantities, often through municipal programs encouraging bulk household collections. It's rare for a recycled product to be exactly the same as the original material from which it was recycled. Recycled paper, for example, contains ink residue and has shorter fibers than virgin paper (paper made from wood pulp). Because of this, it may be less desirable for some purposes, such as paper used in a copy machine. When a recycled good is cheaper or weaker than the original product, it's known as down-cycling (or downstream recycling). Eventually, goods move so far down the recycling stream it isn't feasible to recycle them any further. After being recycled a few times, paper is no longer...
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...“Waste includes all items that people no longer have any use for, which they either intend to get rid of or have already discarded” (European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production). Some examples of waste can include household rubbish, waste from manufacturing items, old televisions or any other electronic items etc. Thus, all of our daily activities produce waste in some form or the other. The fact is that the more we grow the more waste we will produce; there is a direct relationship between the increase in standard of living and the amount of waste that is produced to sustain this growth. “Waste is a part of the economy – it is a by-product of all economic activity undertaken by businesses, governments and households (DEFRA report).” The European Union produces around 1.8 billion tonnes of waste each year which amount to about 3.5 tonnes per person (European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production). The United Kingdom on its own produces around 220 million tonnes of waste every year. Managing all of this waste is a monumental task which governments have to undertake. With such vast quantities of waste being produced each year it is extremely important that it be managed in a way that will not harm the health of humans or the environment in which we live in. Waste has a considerable impact on the environment. The environment has the ability to transform waste over time into nutrients that can be used again. However, with the increase in...
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