Multimedia waste auditing in Hungary: a waste minimization feasibility study for a metal plating facility

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 233-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Halloran ◽  
T. E. Higgins ◽  
G. Mikéta
Keyword(s):  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Waste Minimization ◽  
Manufacturing Processes ◽  
Chemical Production ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
Metal Plating ◽  
Waste Production ◽  
Treatment And Disposal

Multimedia waste audits of three industries that generate significant quantities of waste and are vital to the future economic life of Hungary were performed by CH2M HILL; VRF (The Institute for Environment and Safety in the Chemical and Explosives Industry); and Post, Buckley, Schuh, and Jernigan (PBS&J). The industries were tanning, chemical production, and metal plating (galvanic). The seven plants selected for the audits were given detailed questionnaires concerning their manufacturing processes, waste production, energy consumption, and waste treatment and disposal practices. The plants were then visited, and the staff were interviewed. The results of the audits were general waste minimization strategies for the seven plants and detailed waste minimization feasibility plans for two of the plants. The plans included cost estimates for the waste minimization recommendations. The results of the audits were used by the Hungarian Ministry of Industry and Trade to provide potential foreign investors with information on how best to invest in these companies to modernize them and reduce their environmental risks and costs.

Waste Generation and Management in the Semiconductor Industry: A Case Study

1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (9) ◽  
pp. 331-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico G. A. Vagliasindi ◽  
Susan R. Poulsom
Keyword(s):  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Semiconductor Industry ◽  
Waste Minimization ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Waste Streams ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Toxic Organics ◽  
Treatment And Disposal

The production of semiconductors is an extremely complex process involving the deposit of several layers on silicon wafers, patterning the layers through photolithography and adding dopants to alter the conductivity. The process generates gaseous, liquid and solid waste streams consisting of many diverse and toxic components including toxic organics, variable pH, fluoride and arsenic. This paper presents the results of a study which investigated the manufacturing processes of semiconductors, including: generated pollutants, applicable regulations in the USA, waste minimization practices, and waste treatment and disposal alternatives. As part of this investigation, a case study was conducted on the waste generation and management of a semiconductor facility located in the USA.

scholarly journals The Current State of Management and Disposal of Wastes Related to COVID-19 : A review

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
pp. 739-746
Author(s):  
Jeongyeon Yoon ◽  
Younghan Yoon ◽  
Sang Leen Yun ◽  
Wontae Lee
Keyword(s):  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Treatment Guidelines ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Air Pollutant ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Waste Production ◽  
Infectious Waste ◽  
Treatment And Disposal ◽  
Future Direction

Objectives : This paper summarizes effective waste management and disposal methods for plastic and medical wastes during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.Methods : We reviewed the literatures reporting and identifying the current status and characteristics of wastes related to COVID-19, and the management and treatment guidelines for those wastes. We also investigated various technologies for waste treatment and disposal, and assessed the current status and future direction of the technologies in Korea.Results and Discussion : In the first half of 2020 in Korea, the amount of plastic waste produced had increased by 15.6% year-on-year, and medical waste production also increased significantly from 0.6 ton in January 2020 to 2,928 ton in August 2021. All of the infectious wastes are currently being incinerated in Korea, but there are concerns on air pollutant emissions and insufficient treatment facilities. Municipal solid waste also suffers from a lack of landfill capacity and low price competitiveness in the recycling industry.Conclusions : Policy and system need to be improved to reduce the infectious waste generation from the sources, and treatment and disposal technologies for produced wastes also need to be developed. Furthermore, hospitals and health care facilities should establish their own waste reducing systems which may include chemical treatment and sterilization units.

Process Description of an Unconventional Biofilm Formation by Bacterial Cells Autoagglutinating Through Sticky, Long, and Peritrichate Nanofibers

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihide Furuichi ◽  
Shogo Yoshimoto ◽  
Tomohiro Inaba ◽  
Nobuhiko Nomura ◽  
Katsutoshi Hori
Keyword(s):  
Formation Process ◽  
Biofilm Formation ◽  
Extracellular Polymeric Substances ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Large Cell ◽  
Dlvo Theory ◽  
Bacterial Cells ◽  
Chemical Production ◽  
Discontinuous Surface ◽  
Cell Cell

<p></p><p>Biofilms are used in environmental biotechnologies including waste treatment and environmentally friendly chemical production. Understanding the mechanisms of biofilm formation is essential to control microbial behavior and improve environmental biotechnologies. <i>Acinetobacter </i>sp. Tol 5 autoagglutinate through the interaction of the long, peritrichate nanofiber protein AtaA, a trimeric autotransporter adhesin. Using AtaA, without cell growth or the production of extracellular polymeric substances, Tol 5 cells quickly form an unconventional biofilm. In this study, we investigated the formation process of this unconventional biofilm, which started with cell–cell interactions, proceeded to cell clumping, and led to the formation of large cell aggregates. The cell–cell interaction was described by DLVO theory based on a new concept, which considers two independent interactions between two cell bodies and between two AtaA fiber tips forming a virtual discontinuous surface. If cell bodies cannot collide owing to an energy barrier at low ionic strengths but approach within the interactive distance of AtaA fibers, cells can agglutinate through their contact. Cell clumping proceeds following the cluster–cluster aggregation model, and an unconventional biofilm containing void spaces and a fractal nature develops. Understanding its formation process would extend the utilization of various types of biofilms, enhancing environmental biotechnologies.</p><p></p>

Wastewater treatment and risk assessment in ocean outfall evaluations

1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 309-316
Author(s):  
William F. Garber
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Advanced Treatment ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Ocean Outfall ◽  
Treatment And Disposal ◽  
The City

Past evaluations of the success of wastewater treatment and submarine outfall placement and operation have considered only a limited number of parameters affecting the marine and onshore environments. Important questions regarding the best allocation of available funds have not been adequately addressed. The relative contamination of the sea from airborne and landwash contaminants has not been considered. Neither has the increased air pollution deriving from the energy required for advanced treatment. Similarly, regular epidemiological studies to evaluate actual changes in morbidity arising from drastic changes in treatment and disposal have not been made prior to very large committments of funds. Most importantly, little attention has been given to the relative ranking of all environmental risks within a catchment area. The net result is that, when all factors are considered, the very large expenditures and increased energy use for sanitary wastewater treatment and outfall disposal will have a net negative effect on the physical and societal environment. The City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Metropolitan area can be used to illustrate this probability.

A hydrochemical and isotopic case study around a near surface radioactive waste disposal

2007 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zs. Szántó ◽  
É. Svingor ◽  
I. Futó ◽  
L. Palcsu ◽  
M. Molnár ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Radioactive Waste Disposal ◽  
Ion Chemistry ◽  
Continuous Transition ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Disposal Facility ◽  
Treatment And Disposal ◽  
Site Characterisation

As part of the site characterisation program for the near surface radioactive waste treatment and disposal facility (RWTDF) at Püspökszilágy, Hungary, water quality and environmental isotope investigations have been carried out. Water samples for major ion chemistry, tritium,The chemical composition of groundwaters presented a continuous transition from waters situated on one side to waters on the top and on the other slope of the disposal suggesting the mixing of the three hydrochemical “endmembers”.Most of δ

Waste disposal site selection techniques in Quaternary terraine Ontario, Canada

1991 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-217
Author(s):  
A. J. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Quaternary Geology ◽  
Disposal Site ◽  
Geological Investigation ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Clayey Silt ◽  
Treatment And Disposal ◽  
A Site

AbstractThick and predictable deposits of fine grained Quaternary materials have been used for the siting of waste management facilities in Ontario. The search for such sites is founded on the application of techniques in Quaternary geology and hydrogeology. Two examples are presented. Oxford County is located southwest of Toronto in an area of parallel morainic ridges separated by flat till plains. Conventional wisdom would focus on the till plains for thick, consistent fine grained Quaternary Sediments. However, the careful analysis of the Quaternary stratigraphy and glacial history revealed that better sites are located along the moraines. A site on the Ingersoll Moraine was studied in detail and defended at a public hearing. Concerns about the geology of the materials were allayed by the confirmation of homogeneous clayey silt materials exposed when the site opened in late 1986. A much wider ranging search was undertaken for a major hazardous and liquid industrial waste treatment and disposal facility for the Province of Ontario. Progressively more detailed investigations of the Quaternary geology were used to assist a multi-disciplinary site selection team. Initial interpretations covered an area of 75 000 km2 at a scale of 1:250 000. Eight candidate sites were then selected for further investigation with five continuously sampled stratigraphic boreholes. The chosen site is located in a depression in the bedrock filled with 40 m of glaciolacustrine clayey silt. Site specific hydrogeological and geotechnical studies were integrated with a detailed geological investigation.

Fuzzy multi-criteria decision analysis for environmentally conscious solid waste treatment and disposal technology selection

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 20-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoj Govind Kharat ◽  
Shankar Murthy ◽  
Sheetal Jaisingh Kamble ◽  
Rakesh D. Raut ◽  
Sachin S. Kamble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Technology Selection ◽  
Environmentally Conscious ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Analysis ◽  
Solid Waste Treatment ◽  
Treatment And Disposal
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