Sentences with phrase «dumping of waste materials»

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In our country the situation has become dire because of the abuse of our water bodies through the dumping of non-degradable waste like plastics, metals, chemicals and other poisonous material.

The former President said a report in the media that Ghana stood the risk of importing water by 2021 was a reality created by the abuse of our water bodies through the dumping of non-degradable waste such as plastics, metals, chemicals and other poisonous material.

Six unauthorized dump sites were evacuated in the Accra Metropolis and in addition, the Ministry will acquire and develop material recovery sites such as waste transfer stations and final disposal sites in every region to ensure the sorting and temporary holding of solid waste prior to treatment at the waste processing plants.

There have been cases where we have certainly needed to know — such as where people are disposing of waste material by dumping it off the coast of Africa.

Camillus officials unsuccessfully opposed the dumping of the dredge material, but Coogan said she and the rest of the Camillus Town Council would support the development of waste bed No. 12 into an inland port if it is selected.

«On a microscopic scale various layers of cement appear, and each one provides information on the moment when they precipitated, the conditions that existed, etc.» Secondly, they analysed the materials trapped in these cements where «we found foundry slag from the industrial revolution, even waste bearing the seals of European companies that used to dump their slag when they arrived with their vessels.

The wasted earth and other materials are either put back onto the mountaintop in an approximation of their original contours, wreaking havoc on local ecosystems and biodiversity, or dumped into neighboring valleys, polluting lakes and streams and jeopardizing water quality for humans and wildlife.

There are also potential industrial and environmental uses: Cellulose and woody stems from plants — in the form of paper, wood, and related materials — account for more than half of the biomass in waste dumps worldwide.

The Gili Eco Trust are taking action on the sheer volume of food waste mixed in with every other scrap material such as plastic, wood and metal taken to the dump every day.

This included fracking wastewater that state officials had allowed to be dumped at local sewer plants — facilities incapable of removing the complex mix of chemicals, corrosive salts, and radioactive materials from that kind of industrial waste before they piped the «treated» water back into Pennsylvania's rivers.

Both waste streams are being digested together in the system, helping to create significant biogas and avoiding the dumping of the food material into a landfill.

And the fact that private companies should not be disposing of this kind of material without serious government regulations (Mother Jones reports that the licenses for WSC «don't need detailed approval from federal nuclear regulators because the dump wouldn't handle the highest grades of radioactive waste») is only part of the issue.

While they represent just 2 % of the material in US landfills, electronics are responsible for 70 % of the toxic waste in dumps.

General Overview of Truck Driver's job Truck drivers drive different types of trucks and heavy vehicles in order to make deliveries, dump chemicals and waste and transporting materials from one place to another.

• Take and understand orders for sweeping streets and gutter in assigned areas • Ascertain that street cleaning equipment and motorized vehicles are in good shape prior to each shift • Fill water tanks at the beginning of each shit and ensure that they are refilled rom fire hydrants as and when needed • Drive sweeping vehicle to clean streets of debris, trash and other contaminants • Operate controls to activate rotary brushes and water sprays • Store collected waste in the vehicle's rear and transport it to designated dump areas • Empty waste in dump areas, maintaining awareness of any hazardous materials • Perform preventative and general maintenance on sweeping vehicles and also keep it fueled • Handle minor repair functions such as removing and replacing conveyors and repair tensioners and belts • Create and maintain logs of jobs for each day and ensure that they are submitted to the supervisor on a weekly / daily basis