scholarly journals CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY DESIGNS WITHIN THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (88) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Waste Materials ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Global Awareness ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Production Methods ◽  
The People ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Production Stages

The negative effects of rapidly changing living standards in the world have become more visible in the last 10 years. The increase in production and consumption, depending on the main factor of the gradual increase in population, has expanded the framework of industrial areas. Increasing waste materials and depleted resources have begun to be dealt with within the waste management discipline. Sustainability is; It is interested in the characteristics of the measures that should be taken in a way that will not reduce the consumption and welfare levels of the people in the future compared to the present. These concepts, which offer positive concrete effects in the life processes of societies, act together; It has produced useful results with reuse, recycling and recovery methods. In this study, the usability of some solid waste materials in contemporary jewelry designs will be discussed in the upcycling process, which is evaluated within the scope of reuse. Since the beginning of the 1990s, pre- and post-production waste controls and recycling studies have been carried out in the jewelry sector, and sensitivity has been started to be increased. Along with the sector, the work carried out by contemporary jewelry designers at the level of global awareness is also geared towards sustainability. The designers preferred to use upcycling as a contribution to waste management -even on a small scale- in the materials, production methods and production stages to be used in their products. This attitude is related to the fact that waste materials evolve into a piece of jewelry other than their original use, and emerge directly as a design product. In addition, it has provided an effective popularity on the society in terms of environmental benefits and artistic features. Keywords: Contemporary, sustainable, waste, jewelry, design

scholarly journals The Effects of Small Scale Gold Mining on Living Conditions: A Case Study of the West Gonja District of Ghana

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mabel A. Hoedoafia ◽  
Benjamin Spears Ngmekpele Cheabu ◽  
Vida Korang
Keyword(s):  
Gold Mining ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The West ◽  
The People ◽  
Sampling Procedures ◽  
The Impact

In recent times, there has been a surge in small scale mining activities in Ghana which has made significant contributions to the national gold output, foreign exchange earnings, and employment among others. This paper investigated the impact of small scale gold mining on the living conditions of the people of the West Gonja District in the Northern Region of Ghana. The research involved: (a) the determination of gender and generation roles in small scale mining activities; (b) the determination of the effect of mining activities on employment, education, health, agriculture and cost of living of the people in the district and (c) The identification of the areas of interventions that will eradicate the negative effects of small scale gold mining in the district. Data of sampled households in four communities in Damongo was gathered and analyzed. The research methods included; semi structured interviews, validated self-administered questionnaires and observations. Sampling of communities and households was done using a combination of stratified and simple random sampling procedures. The study revealed varied effects with respect to small scale miners and the general community. Small scale mining has contributed positively in improving the lives of the people in the form of employment, revenue generation and meeting health, educational and basic family needs. It also confirmed the associated social, and environmental negative effects of small scale mining. The paper concludes that in the absence of a viable alternative source of economic livelihood, the West Gonja District Assembly should organize small scale miners into groups, assist them to acquire equipment needed for their operations and regularly monitor and control their activities.

scholarly journals Environmental components of pig health

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 29-39
Author(s):  
J. Svendsen ◽  
L. S. Svendsen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Production Methods ◽  
Respiratory Problems ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
Subclinical Disease ◽  
Production Stages ◽  
Overt Disease

AbstractOne of the limiting factors in pig production is the ill health of the animals. Besides the effect of overt disease, subclinical disease and more subtle disturbances in health may be a continual problem affecting all production parameters. These disturbances range from reproductive problems such as infertility, neonatal health problems, gastrointestinal and respiratory problems during the growing-finishing period, and injuries at all production stages.The causes of many of these disturbances and losses are multifactorial, resulting froman interaction between different environmental factors (stressors) and the animals. Many health problems are not initially due to infections but infections may appear as a secondary factor. Where bacteria, viruses and parasites are involved, the pig's immune status and ability for immune defence is often the determinant for disease. Unfavourable environmental factors do not result in a specific disease if the agent is missing.When animals are housed, their life form is altered. Housing creates limits in their choices, freedom of movement, activities, and feeding. While pigs generally have a talent for adapting to the environment, modern production methods have made it difficult for some animals to cope with their situation. They become stressed, and especially if this stress is prolonged, negative effects appear, generally reflected in their state of health.

scholarly journals Solutions and Integrated Strategies for the Control and Mitigation of Plastic and Microplastic Pollution

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 2411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana C. Prata ◽  
Ana L. Patrício Silva ◽  
João P. da Costa ◽  
Catherine Mouneyrac ◽  
Tony R. Walker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Plastic Pollution ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Recycled Plastics

Plastic pollution is generated by the unsustainable use and disposal of plastic products in modern society, threatening economies, ecosystems, and human health. Current clean-up strategies have attempted to mitigate the negative effects of plastic pollution but are unable to compete with increasing quantities of plastic entering the environment. Thus, reducing inputs of plastic to the environment must be prioritized through a global multidisciplinary approach. Mismanaged waste is a major land-based source of plastic pollution that can be reduced through improvements in the life-cycle of plastics, especially in production, consumption, and disposal, through an Integrated Waste Management System. In this review paper, we discuss current practices to improve life cycle and waste management of plastics that can be implemented to reduce health and environmental impacts of plastics and reduce plastics pollution. Ten recommendations for stakeholders to reduce plastic pollution include (1) regulation of production and consumption; (2) eco-design; (3) increasing the demand for recycled plastics; (4) reducing the use of plastics; (5) use of renewable energy for recycling; (6) extended producer responsibility over waste; (7) improvements in waste collection systems; (8) prioritization of recycling; (9) use of bio-based and biodegradable plastics; and (10) improvement in recyclability of e-waste.

Gasification/Cogeneration Using MSW Residuals and Biomass

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Schubert ◽  
Konrad Fichtner
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Agricultural Waste ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Waste Materials ◽  
Net Energy ◽  
Biomass Waste ◽  
Materials Recovery ◽  
The City

The City of Edmonton presently collects and processes about 230,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) and recyclables per year at the composting and materials recovery facilities located at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre. Over 60% of the waste materials that are brought to the facilities are recycled and composted. Remaining residuals from both the composting and materials recovery facilities have little value in terms of being further recycled and are currently being landfilled. The residuals do have a significant calorific value and have the potential to produce enough electricity to provide 100% of the power and heating for facilities at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre (EWMC), with remaining energy for adjacent developments. The City is considering advanced thermal treatment (not conventional incineration) of the residual waste (after recycling and composting) as a way to close the loop in waste management in terms of minimizing waste materials that are landfilled and reducing the net energy requirement for waste processing and disposal to nil. Other renewable biomass waste streams (e.g.: wood or agricultural waste) could complement operation of the facility and make it more economically viable (economies of scale). There are also other environmental benefits such as reductions in the overall greenhouse gas (GHG) and other harmful emissions by displacement of fossil fuel as an energy source.

scholarly journals Multifunctional Landscapes for Resilient Neighbourhoods

2021 ◽  
Vol 943 (1) ◽  
pp. 012030
Author(s):  
P K Amritha
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Multifunctional Landscapes ◽  
The People ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Social

Abstract The rise in population has affected the environmental quality and liveability of urban areas. This brings in new challenges to address the resilience capacity of the cities. The multifunctionality of urban areas are considered to be one of the strategies to build urban resilience. The paper explores the development of multifunctional landscapes from a neighbourhood planning perspective. For this, it considers open spaces within a neighbourhood as an element which can be conserved and transformed to productive spaces where waste generated within a neighbourhood is treated and used for developing green spaces. Besides, the system provides an opportunity to transform such land parcels within the city into productive spaces thereby integrating solid waste management and landscape development sustainably. The proposed concept discusses the social, economic and environmental benefits of implementing such spaces which are inevitable in the pursuit of wellbeing and quality of life of the people in a resilient city. At a broader level, the system proposed contributes in making green spaces in any neighbourhood and in the long run, this concept should find its place in urban planning policies of similar city contexts to ensure that our cities, its system of waste management and their landscapes remain sustainable.

scholarly journals The future of local waste material utilization in distributed energy production in Finland

2019 ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
Mika Horttanainen ◽  
Mika Luoranen ◽  
Niko Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
District Heating ◽  
Waste Incineration ◽  
Waste Materials ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
The European Union ◽  
First Case ◽  
Break Even Point

A very small part of waste management has been carried out by incineration in Finland.About 300 kt of waste is incinerated or burned with other fuels. Waste materials have beenused in energy production mostly as co-combustion fuels at several energy production plants.The waste incineration directive of the European Union sets tight regulations for the emissionlimits, their measurements, as well as for temperature and residence time conditions in thefurnace. The costs of solid recovered fuel (SRF) utilization will increase remarkablyespecially in small heating plants because of these demands.In this study we focus on the preconditions for the utilization of local waste materials indistributed energy production. We introduce two different cases where a fuel produced fromlocal waste materials is used in small-scale energy production (<l 0 MW). The first caseincludes an existing 3.5 MW district heating boiler which has used SRF with biofuels forseveral years with good experiences and low emissions. The fraction of SRF is only about I 0% of the total fuel. The second case is based on package and construction waste collectedfrom the economic area of about 75 000 people. It was assumed that the technology of thenew heating plant would not have to differ a lot from the modem biofuel-using plant becauseof the good SRF quality. The amount of the waste-derived fuel is 10 000 Ua.In the first case the continuation of the energy use of waste would cause at least a 38 % rise tothe waste management fee. In the second case the investment and operation costs could becovered without a gate-fee if the owner of the plant (e.g. a sawmill) could save about 25€/MWh (approximate price of heat for customer) in the purchase costs of heat for their ownconsumption. If the plant could sell the heat to the district heating network with the price of15.5 €/MWh, the gate-fee would be about 38 €/t at the break-even point, which is the same asthe gate-fee of the energy waste at the moment.

DAMPAK PENGELOLAAN SAMPAH PADA KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT DI TPA

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilda Emilda
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
The People ◽  
Clean Environment ◽  
The Impact

The limitations of waste management in the Cipayung Landfill (TPA) causing a buildup of garbage up to more than 30 meters. This condition has a health impact on people in Cipayung Village. This study aims to analyze the impact of waste management at Cipayung Landfill on public health in Cipayung Village, Depok City. The research is descriptive qualitative. Data obtained by purposive sampling. Data was collected by interviews, observation and documentation. Based on interviews with 30 respondents, it was found that the most common diseases were diarrhea, then other types of stomach ailments, subsequent itching on the skin and coughing. This is presumably because the environmental conditions in the form of unhealthy air and water and clean and healthy living behaviors (PHBS) have not become the habit of the people. The results indicated that there were no respondents who had implemented all of these criteria. In general respondents have implemented  3 criteria, namely maintaining hair hygiene, maintaining skin cleanliness, and maintaining hand hygiene. While maintaining clean water storage is the most often overlooked behavior. To minimize this health impact, improvements in waste management in Cipayung landfill are needed along with continuous socialization and education to develop PHBS habits and the importance of maintaining a clean environment.

GST - Sway On Small Scale Industries

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (10) ◽  
pp. 365-372
Author(s):  
Jayanti.G ◽  
Dr. V.Selvam
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Tax Reform ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
Tax System ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Single Tax ◽  
The People ◽  
Indirect Taxes ◽  
The Government

India being a democratic and republic country, has witnessed the biggest indirect tax reform after much exploration, GST bill roll out on 1 April 2017.  The concept of this reform is for a unified country-wide tax reform system.  Enterprises particularly SMEs are caught in a state of instability.  Several taxes such s excise, service tax etc., have been subsumed with a single tax structure. it is the responsibilities of both centre and state government to shoulder the important responsibility to cater the needs of the people and the nation as a whole.  The main basis of income to the government is through levy of taxes.  To meet the so called socio-economic needs and economic growth, taxes are considered as a main source of revenue for the government.  As per Wikipedia “A tax is a mandatory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed upon tax payer by the government in order to fund various public expenditure”   it is said that tax payment is mandatory, failure to pay such taxes will be punishable under the law.   The Indian tax system is classified as direct and indirect tax.   The indirect taxes are levied on purchase, sale, and manufacture of goods and provision of service.  The indirect tax on goods and services increases its price, this can lead to inflationary trend.  Contribution of indirect taxes to total tax revenue is more than 50% in India, therefore, indirect tax is considered as a major source of tax revenue for the government, which in turn is one of source for GDP growth.  Though indirect tax is a major source of revenue, it had lot of hassles.  To overcome the major issues of indirect tax system the government of India subsumed most of the indirect tax which in turn gave birth to the concept called Goods and Service Tax.

GERAKAN SOSIAL MASYARAKAT KAMPUNG LABALUBA DESA KONTUMERE KECAMATAN KABAWO KABUPATEN MUNA TAHUN 1960-1980

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurwan Nurwan ◽  
Ali Hadara ◽  
La Batia
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Movement Process ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Village ◽  
The City

ABSTRAK: Inti pokok masalah dalam penelitian ini meliputi latar belakang gerakan sosial masyarakat Kampung Labaluba Desa Kontumere Kecamatan Kabawo Kabupaten Muna, Faktor-faktor yang mendorong gerakan sosial masyarakat Kampung Labaluba Desa Kontumere Kecamatan Kabawo Kabupaten Muna, proses gerakan sosial masyarakat Kampung Labaluba Desa Kontumere Kecamatan Kabawo Kabupaten Muna dan akibat gerakan sosial masyarakat Labaluba Desa Kontumere Kecamatan Kabawo Kabupaten Muna? Latar belakang gerakan sosial masyarakat Kampung Labaluba yaitu keadaan kampungnya yang hanya terdiri dari beberapa kepala keluarga tiap kampung dan jarak yang jauh masing-masing kampung membuat keadaan masyarakatnya sulit untuk berkomnikasi dan tiap kampung hanya terdiri dari lima sampai dengan tujuh kepala keluarga saja. Kampung ini letaknya paling timur pulau Muna terbentang dari ujung kota Raha sekarang sampai kampung Wakuru yang saat ini. Kondisi ini juga yang menjadi salah satu faktor penyebab kampung ini kurang berkembang baik dibidang ekonomi, sosial politik, pendidikan maupun di bidang kebudayaan. Keadaan ini diperparah lagi dengan sifat dan karakter penduduknya yang masih sangat primitif. Faktor yang mendorong adanya gerakan sosial masyarakat Kampung Labaluba Desa Kontumere Kecamatan Kabawo Kabupaten Muna adalah adanya ketidaksesuaian antara keinginan pemerintah setempat dan masyarakat yang mendiami Kampung Labaluba pada waktu itu. Sedangkan proses gerakan sosial masyarakat Kampung Labaluba Desa Kontumere Kecamatan Kabawo Kabupaten Muna bermula ketika pemerintah seolah memaksakan kehendaknya kepada rakyat yang menyebabkan rakyat tidak setuju dengan kebijakan tersebut. Akibat yang ditimbulkan dari adanya gerakan sosial masyarakat Kampung Labaluba Desa Kontumere Kecamatan Kabawo Kabupaten Muna terbagi dua yaitu akibat positif dan akibat negatif.Kata Kunci: Gerakan Sosial, Factor dan Dampaknya ABSTRACT: The main issues in this study include the background of the social movement of Labaluba Village, Kontumere Village, Kabawo Sub-District, Muna District, Factors that encourage social movements of Labaluba Kampung Sub-village, Kontumere Village, Kabawo Sub-District, Muna District, the social movement process of Labaluba Village, Kontumere Village, Kabawo Sub-District Muna Regency and due to Labaluba community social movements Kontumere Village Kabawo District Muna Regency? The background of the Labaluba Kampung community social movement is that the condition of the village consists of only a few heads of households per village and the distance of each village makes it difficult for the community to communicate and each village only consists of five to seven households. This village is located east of the island of Muna stretching from the edge of the city of Raha now to the current village of Wakuru. This condition is also one of the factors causing the village to be less developed in the economic, social political, educational and cultural fields. This situation is made worse by the very primitive nature and character of the population. The factor that motivated the existence of the social movement of Labaluba Village in Kontumere Village, Kabawo Subdistrict, Muna Regency was the mismatch between the wishes of the local government and the people who inhabited Labaluba Village at that time. While the process of social movements in Labaluba Village, Kontumere Village, Kabawo District, Muna Regency began when the government seemed to impose its will on the people, causing the people to disagree with the policy. The consequences arising from the existence of social movements in Labaluba Village, Kontumere Village, Kabawo District, Muna Regency are divided into two, namely positive and negative effects. Keywords: Social Movements, Factors and their Impacts

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