The Challenges with Waste Diversion from Landfill in Scotland

The WMP looks at the waste generated during the demolition and construction stages of a new development and ongoing management of the development, with attention on waste reduction.

Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001The three bins shown in Fig 12 are used to dispose of the recyclables and organics in common. In the airport construction, there is a central waste area at which the waste (including recyclables and organics) is stored. Stockpiles and bins are used for storing, which are labelled and monitored. The typical 3 Bin garbage system is located throughout the community elsewhere. The first type is yellow bin, which is used for collecting recyclables. And the second one is a green bin for green waste. The last one is red bin.

New Belgium is steadily looking for ways to completely eliminate the waste created in the beginning which reduces the damage on our ecosystem. It is successful in recycling activity which has a high waste diversion rate. In 2011, it added new items to their recycling program, including the plastic bags, super sacks, Mylar bags, compact discs, and compost. According to the data of New Belgium, the metal and compost wastes can possibly affect the diversion rate.

For WM the fuel, environmental charge included on a customer’s invoice is determined by first putting in the percentage of the WM Collection Fuel Surcharge Table or WM Disposal Fuel Surcharge Table into the overall invoice charges (excluding taxes). Next the environmental percentage is put in the sum of the total invoice charges and fuel surcharge calculation (excluding tax). Landfills produce harmful gases that if breathed in by people can cause serious health issues. The gases they let off also can ignite huge fires. If the water gets contaminated, then there is a long process to get to clean again and it cost 10 million dollars. Landfills also create a toxic soup of industrial and home-cleaning chemicals. These are just some of the impacts that solid waste management has on people and environments. My group has come up with different ways to solve these

Oak Flats is a community in Australia that has a growing population in 2529. Due to an increasing population I started to wonder whether the waste in Oak Flats was in control and how much of this waste is recycled. My aim is to find out how much waste is produced form each household and how much is recycled in each household and depending on my results ways to reduce the amount of waste produced from each household. My investigations have led to their being a moderate amount of waste being produced in Oak Flats community although it’s low it could be lower and I will explain strategies in to how we can reduce the amount of waste and ways to show what can be recycled and what can’t as I surveyed a few houses and found about

This report has been prepared to detail the operations and environmental compliance at the Dulverton Landfill and the Dulverton Compost Facility based on our visit on 28th April 2016. This report also covers the requirements of the six (6) “environmental issues of primary concern” listed in Section 1.2.2 of the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment publication Landfill Sustainability Guide 2004.

Everyday waste is produced, rather it be from throwing out food, old cloths or using plastics, humans generally create a plethora amount of garbage. Ever since garbage disposals were created by a Wisconsin architect in 1927 (History, 2017), garbage has increased exponentially (Stromberg, 2013). Much as Carolan, 2017 states, “We moderns really want our waste to just disappear.” Because of this notion, it has become socially acceptable to just throw anything away that humans just don’t want. In many places, a more recent trend is to be more green; recycle plastics and use the methane that goes into breaking down the waste to convert it to energy generation. However, regardless of how eco-friendly countries try to be, waste is still produced at a staggering level and this more than likely will not change

Recycling the waste or converting the waste is very crucial, waste to value is one of the leading cures to help the country economically and environmentally. Leaving the rubbish unattended will release harmful gases thus we have to take an action and think out of the box and think of a way to use the waste and convert it to a beneficial product creating a closed circle with no waste to concern about.

The proposals chosen are aimed more at trying to use waste as a resource that can be recycled and looking at its disposal as a secondary option to minimize on economic costs. This will be chosen according to adequacy and effectiveness of the chosen the proposal. They also aim at creating a system in which the locals will have to take responsibility for the waste emission during operation of the development project and provide waste management facilities to meet the needs of the locals. Moreover, to ensure that the waste is handled in a manner that would neither pollute the environment nor affect human health in a negative way.

Landfills are designed structures built into or on top of the ground to ensure refuse isolation. The design and operations act to ensure that there are minimal effects to public and environmental health. MSW landfills have 6 components: 1] Bottom liner systems, 2] Refuse wells 3] Storm-water drainage system, 4] Leachate collection systems, 5] methane collection systems, and 6] a covering cap. These components promote methane capture [Sawyer, 2007].

Pollution is a major problem globally and it becomes greater as the human population continues to rise exponentially. One of the major problems with increased population is higher waste production, which creates increased air, soil, and water pollution. To resolve this problem waste reduction must be of primary importance in preventing and reducing pollution. Waste management can be an expensive undertaking if not managed correctly so sustainable practices must be addressed. While pollution prevention and reduction programs can be expensive if not managed correctly, waste reduction is essential for the reduction and prevention of pollution.

According to Sujauddin et al. (2008) the generation of waste is influenced by family size, their education level and the monthly income. Households attitudes related to separation of waste are affected by the active support and investment of a real estate company, community residential committees’ involvement for public participation (Zhuang

Policy is needed to regulate which course of action should be taken and how it should be implemented. Because of this, many plans and policies revolving around the management of solid waste have been put in place. Sometimes however, a particular policy can have its shortfalls, potentially resulting in its negative aspects outweighing the positive ones. According to the Conference Board of Canada Report, “Canadians dispose of more municipal solid waste per capita than any other country” (2013). Solid waste management in particular, involves many aspects, ranging from packaging waste, food waste, etc. (White & Franke 1999), hence, the following analysis revolves around household and commercial waste – referred to as Municipal Solid Waste

Several activities leads to waste generation, which is an unavoidable occurrence in daily activities of humans, there is need for the proper management of waste generated. How this may be carried out poses a daunting task in the country. Development is incomplete when it cannot be managed, maintained or sustained which is very crucial in the modern day society. Growth in population size, industrial and domestic activities in the country have made waste management more difficult, more people in a particular location would mean more activities and more waste to be generated, hence more waste management would be required in that locality. Poor waste management is usually seen as hazards to the environment. Other factors

Municipal solid waste (MSW) publicly known as trash or garbage is defined according to the Landfill directive (1999) as waste from households as well as other waste streams that are similar in composition. Generally, MSW can be characterized as waste coming from residential, institutional, commercial and industrial sources and they include; product packaging, kitchen waste, papers, plastics, garden waste etc. MSW does not include construction and demolition debris, automobile industries, waste water sludge, etc. (EPA, 2006). Table 2.1 comprises as sources of MSW and their examples.