Abstract
An argumentative paper, exploring the chemical make up of uranium, showing that it is extremely difficult to dispose of this material in a complete way. It looks at current disposal practices in the world and analyzes their pros and cons.

From the Paper
"Radioactive material is defined as having atoms with extremely excited outer electron shells. This makes them unstable, excitable and an efficient means of providing energy to a population that can afford a nuclear power plant. The main source of this energy is Uranium. This is a naturally occurring element found in rocks and seawater. It is the most heavy element in the periodic table, having 146 neutrons and 92 protons in its stable form. The instable form has 143 neutrons and this is the kind that is used in cores to create energy (UIC website)."

Tags:disposal, nuclear, radioactive, sun, waste, water

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This paper examines the problem of nuclear wastes and how it presents a particular dilemma on various fronts including health and security issues. Nuclear energy and technology has become an endemic part of modern society. The paper points out that concomitant with the significant advances in the production of nuclear energy as well as its application to the areas of medicine and defense has been the escalation of the problems of nuclear waste disposal.
Includes several graphs and tables and diagrams.
1. Introduction
2. Classification of Types of Nuclear Waste
3. Sources of Nuclear Waste
3.2. Storage of Low Level Waste
3.3 Long-Term Storage of High Level Waste
3.4. The Storage of Plutonium
3.5. Transmutation
4. Conclusion

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"This debate emphasizes the dilemma and the importance of finding a permanent and less environmentally hazardous solution to the problems of nuclear waster. All of the methods discussed above provide some solutions to the problems - but they do not as yet present a permanent and fully acceptable means of waste disposal and many of the methods have significant drawbacks and are often manpower intensive and open to the vicissitudes of human error. The answer to what to do with nuclear waste has not yet been adequately answered."

Tags:disposal, energy

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This paper provides a literature review on the topic of waste disposal in the food service. The paper further examines issues such as how much waste food services generate, where and how does this wastage occur, what the disposal methods and techniques are available and which ones are being utilized. Finally, the paper evaluates research in the field of waste reduction in the food services.

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"This paper is a literature review on the topic of waste disposal in the food service. The aim of the paper is to examine the issues that pertain to this topic, mainly: how much waste food services generate, where and how does this wastage occur, what the disposal methods and techniques are available and which one are being utilized, and finally, if there is research in the field of waste reduction in the food services. There are two ways to examine and approach the topic is reducing the amounts of waste generated by food service. Some facilities and researchers have establish environmental programs and recycling and..."

Tags:food service, waste, review

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This paperfocuses on the Greater Toronto Area's curren, and historic reliance on land filling. It identifies the problems with landfilling and other aspects of the GTA's waste disposal plans and proposes alternatives.

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This paper discusses the hazardous effects of inadequate methods of solid waste disposal on the environment. The paper emphasizes the urgency of the need to deal with this issue, and describes fecal contamination as the major culprit. The writer illustrates how the lack of modern sanitation facilities and adequate health care in certain areas, are the main cause of fecal contamination.

From the Paper
"Fecal waste may contain an undetermined number of bacteria, viruses, and parasites capable of causing disease in humans and animals. Studies have focused on numbers of indicator bacteria (total coliforms, fecal coliforms, and fecal streptococci) or enteroviruses in feces and leachates, but have not estimated the total pathogen load or identified the major sources of these pathogens. This may be due to lack of detection methods for many of the pathogens in solid waste or leachate as well as potentially low numbers of viable but non-culturable organisms. Fecal waste is a breeding ground for diseases and even the smallest of contaminations can cause a great deal of problems."

Tags:bacteria, virus, parasites, garbage, recycling, health, hazard, water

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The paper discusses how waste is a non-avoidable result of high-technology industrialized economies; we live in a consumerist society that encourages us to shop and acquire more things. The paper provides statistics of the waste generated by Canadians in 2000 and looks at how it was dealt with. The paper explores three methods used to deal with waste: landfill, incineration and the 3Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle.

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"Waste is a non-avoidable result of high-technology industrialized economies. We live in a consumerist society that encourages us to shop and acquire more things. Hence more things are produced and more waste is generated. In 2000, Canadians generated 1021 kg of non-hazardous waste per capita (Statistics Canada, 2002). 747kg of this waste were disposed of per capita (Statistics Canada, 2002), while the rest was recycled. "Current waste management practices in Canada emphasize techniques and approaches that avoid or minimize the need for waste disposal" (MacLaren, 371). There are three methods used to deal with waste: landfill, incineration and the..."

Tags:waste disposal, incineration, 3rs

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This paper discusses how the accumulation of waste is an inevitable problem of highly industrialized, consumerist and rich nations, whose economies thrive on producing and creating demand for more products. The paper discusses three methods that are used to deal with waste: landfill, incineration and the 3Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle. The paper explains how all three methods are associated with various environmental and economic costs. The paper points out, however, that the 3Rs method of waste management has the greatest potential for growth and improvement.

From the Paper
"Waste is a non-avoidable result of high-technology industrialized economies. We live in a consumerist society that encourages us to shop and acquire more things. Hence more things are produced and more waste is generated. In 2000, Canadians generated 1021 kg of non-hazardous waste per capita (Statistics Canada, 2002). 747kg of this waste were disposed of per capita (Statistics Canada, 2002), while the rest was recycled. "Current waste management practices in Canada emphasize techniques and approaches that avoid or minimize the need for waste disposal" (MacLaren, 371). There are three methods used to deal with waste: landfill, incineration and the 3Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle."

Tags:products, economy, environment, costs, trash

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Toronto's waste management focuses on shipping and land filling. When the Adams mine proposal was defeated in the fall of 2000, significant new recycling and composting initiatives were announced. However, they were recently abandoned in a round of budget cuts. This paper examines the allure and the environmental danger, of land filling.

From the Paper
I -Waste Disposal and Recycling
1. History
"'What has four wheels and flies?' A garbage truck of course" (Melosi xiii).


Centuries ago, long before anyone even thought of trucking garbage far away from homes and businesses, people used to throw their refuse out the windows into the streets ... hopefully when no one was walking by. Trash thus accumulated till it would reach the top of the upper windows and, soon enough, till it would bury the houses. Archaeologists have cleared thick layers of decomposed and intact garbage and sand to discover entire cities and civilizations heretofore lost under their own garbage. As the field researchers dug and dug deeper, they unearthed six or seven cities, each interred in its own refuse, one city on top..."

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"The Disposal of Environmentally Damaging Fluids

Overview
Since 1971, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has implemented and enforced federal environmental laws. The United States Congress passed comprehensive environmental legislation that regulated virtually every potential environmental impact resulting from manufacturing or other commercial activities (Cheney). The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1971, established standards for all geological, air, noise, utility, light, traffic, and aesthetic areas of environmental impact (Dagodag, 1991, xi). Covered in the geological standards area is the disposal of potentially hazardous fluids. The provisions of these federal laws establish minimum national requirements and ..."