scholarly journals Assessment of the Farmers’ Perception on Vermicompost as Waste Management Practice and Economic Return in Some Areas of Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Shaikh Shamim Hasan ◽  
Sidhyartha Roy ◽  
Soumitra Saha ◽  
Muhammad Ziaul Hoque
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Economic Return ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Future Policy ◽  
Study Offer ◽  
Waste Management Practice

A study was conducted to determine the farmers’ perception on vermicompost as waste management practice and economic return at the Baliadangi and Sadar upazila of Thakurgaon district of Bangladesh. Utilizing the survey method and pretested interview schedule, data were collected by face-to-face interview from proportionate randomly selected 115 respondents. The findings of the study exhibited that on an average the respondents were 40 years of age with 4 members in their family and about 90% of them were educated either primary, secondary, or tertiary level. The respondents’ average family annual income was about 2870 USD and they earned an additional income of about 115 USD annually from vermicompost. Out of all the respondents 70% and 86% of them participated agricultural and vermicompost related training, respectively. Participation of different training programs helped the respondents to improve their knowledge on vermicomposting and vermiculture which was exhibited by their 88% moderate to better knowledge. Furthermore, 79% respondents exhibited moderately to highly favorable perception towards vermicompost as waste management practice and economic contribution. In addition, out of the selected attributes, five attributes, namely, respondents’ family size, family annual income, income from vermicompost, training received on vermicompost and knowledge of the respondents on vermicompost had significant contribution on the perception of vermicompost. As a whole, the findings of the study offer new empirical evidence on the farmers level perception to vermicompost as waste management practice which may be utilized by the policy makers to develop future policy to adopt and disseminate of the vermiculture technique to the general farmers of the country.

scholarly journals 398 Theatre Waste Management and the Impact of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Luney ◽  
C Little
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Surgical Case ◽  
Widespread Adoption ◽  
Period Data ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Contaminated Waste ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Waste Management Practice

Abstract Introduction Audit of waste management in an elective orthopaedic complex was interrupted due Covid-19 pandemic. We investigated the impact of the enforced changes on theatre waste due to Covid-19. Method Over a 1week period data on waste bag availability and number of bags of each category of waste per surgical case in an elective theatre complex was collated; this was compared to waste generated during Covid-19 pandemic. Results Prior to Covid-19 only clinical waste bins were available in many non-dominant clinical areas providing evidence of inappropriate routine disposal of domestic/recyclable waste. Pre-Covid-19 a mean of 6waste bags were used per surgical case (3.7yellow clinical bags, 1.3black domestic bags, 0.4clear recycling bags), with Covid-19 changes to waste management practice the mean number of waste bags used per case increased to 11 (9 orange contaminated bags, 0.5black, 0.3clear bags). Conclusions Clinical waste management has a significant economic and environmental impact. Covid-19 has led to nearly all waste being deemed to be contaminated and so requiring incineration, with increased volumes of waste generated per case through widespread adoption of PPE. This has increased cost and reduced the ability to recycle non-contaminated waste.

Impact of Pedagogical Method on Brazilian Dental Students’ Waste Management Practice

2014 ◽  
Vol 78 (11) ◽  
pp. 1528-1533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Victorelli ◽  
Flávia Martão Flório ◽  
Juliana Cama Ramacciato ◽  
Rogério Heládio Lopes Motta ◽  
Almenara de Souza Fonseca Silva
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Waste Management Practice

scholarly journals Housefly Larva Vermicomposting Efficiently Attenuates Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Swine Manure, with Concomitant Bacterial Population Changes

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (22) ◽  
pp. 7668-7679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hang Wang ◽  
Hongyi Li ◽  
Jack A. Gilbert ◽  
Haibo Li ◽  
Longhua Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Resistance Genes ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Antibiotic Resistance Gene ◽  
Tetracycline Resistance ◽  
Feed Additives ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Genes Encoding ◽  
Waste Management Practice

ABSTRACTManure from swine treated with antimicrobials as feed additives is a major source for the expansion of the antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) reservoir in the environment. Vermicomposting via housefly larvae (Musca domestica) can be efficiently used to treat manure and regenerate biofertilizer, but few studies have investigated its effect on ARG attenuation. Here, we tracked the abundances of 9 ARGs and the composition and structure of the bacterial communities in manure samples across 6 days of full-scale manure vermicomposting. On day 6, the abundances of genes encoding tetracycline resistance [tet(M),tet(O),tet(Q), andtet(W)] were reduced (P< 0.05), while those of genes encoding sulfonamide resistance (sul1andsul2) were increased (P< 0.05) when normalized to 16S rRNA. The abundances of tetracycline resistance genes were correlated (P< 0.05) with the changing concentrations of tetracyclines in the manure. The overall diversity and richness of the bacteria significantly decreased during vermicomposting, accompanied by a 100 times increase in the relative abundance ofFlavobacteriaceaespp. Variations in the abundances of ARGs were correlated with the changing microbial community structure and the relative abundances of the familyRuminococcaceae, classBacilli, or phylumProteobacteria. Vermicomposting, as a waste management practice, can reduce the overall abundance of ARGs. More research is warranted to assess the use of this waste management practice as a measure to attenuate the dissemination of antimicrobial residues and ARGs from livestock production before vermicompost can be safely used as biofertilizer in agroecosystems.

scholarly journals Islamic Ethics of Waste Management towards Sustainable Environmental Health

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhaila Mohd Omar ◽  
Ahmed Jalal Khan Chowdhury ◽  
Abdurezak Abdulahi Hashi
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Islamic Ethics ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Environmental Health Problem ◽  
Waste Management Practice

Islam is a religion that prescribes a way of life that goes beyond the rituals. It provides a holistic guide to human beings in almost every aspect of life in this world. However, the modernization and economic growth have taken the leads in the society governance and therefore tarnished some of the Muslim society’s perceptions on the holistic guidance of Islamic teachings. One of the consequences was readily displayed through attitudes and inefficient waste management practice of the majority of the Islamic country that lead to the environmental health problem. The paper discusses the existing waste management practice and positive roles of true Islamic understanding through the Qur’an and the Sunnah in terms of avoiding wasteful consumption and manners of cleanliness to resolve global environmental health problem caused by poor waste management.

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