Household Green Waste Articles & Analysis
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC The impact of this waste is evident. Tens of thousands of tons of medical and pharmaceutical waste generated by the health response to the COVID-19 pandemic have put enormous pressure on medical waste management systems around the world. ...
Whitespace Work Software’s CEO, Mark Garvey, looks back at the recent letsrecycle.com webinar which discussed the role technology has had to play in helping local authorities continue to deliver waste and recycling services during the Covid-19 ...
Ever since definitions of a ‘healthy’ bodyweight changed in the 1990s, the world seems to be facing an obesity epidemic. The World Health Organisation (WHO) convened an expert consultation in Geneva that formed the basis for a report that defined obesity – not merely as a coming social catastrophe, but as an “epidemic”. The word “epidemic” is crucial when ...
Medical waste management is of a great importance due to its potential impact to environment and consequently to human health. In the recent years, many efforts have been made by environmental regulatory agencies and waste generators to better managing the wastes from healthcare facilities. In the past, medical waste was often mixed with municipal solid waste and disposed in residential waste ...
Serving the needs of commercial, industrial and residential customers, Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. (Vaughan, ON) is the third largest non-hazardous solid waste management company in North America. Their history began in 2000 when they acquired some of the Canadian waste assets of Browning Ferris International, or BFI, which itself had been acquired by Allied Waste. CEO Keith Carrigan, with ...