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Aberfan disaster, collapse of a coal mining waste pile in Wales, 1966; Tui mine, tailings dam from the now abandoned in New Zealand, 1966 to 2013; Darvaza gas crater in Derweze, Turkmenistan, burning since 1971; Uranium mining controversy in Kakadu National Park in Australia, 1981 to 2009; Ok Tedi environmental disaster in Papua New Guinea ...
LACW Local Authority Collected Waste (all waste collected by the local authority. This is a slightly broader concept than LACMW as it would include both this and non-municipal fractions such as construction and demolition waste) LAPC Local Air Pollution Control; LARAC Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee; LAS Landfill Allowance Scheme
As a result of the ecological disaster, nothing survived because of the high acidity of the waste, which contained a mixture of lead, copper, zinc, cadmium and other metals, along with sulphides, [6] The industrial disaster led to a chain of serious environmental issues in the Andalusia region.
A detailed inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from upstream oil and gas activities in Canada for the year 2000 estimated that fugitive equipment leaks had a global warming potential equivalent to the release of 17 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide, or 12 percent of all greenhouse gases emitted by the sector, [9] while another report put fugitive emissions at 5.2% of world greenhouse ...
The quality of air is considered satisfactory and the air pollution poses minimal or no health risks. Fair — when the index is between 51 and 100 imecas. The quality of air is acceptable, however some contaminants could have moderate health effects for a small fraction of the population that has high sensitivity to some contaminants.
Air-drying and composting may be attractive to rural communities, while limited land availability may make aerobic digestion and mechanical dewatering preferable for cities, and economies of scale may encourage energy recovery alternatives in metropolitan areas. Sludge is mostly water with some amounts of solid material removed from liquid sewage.
The composition of municipal solid waste varies greatly from municipality to municipality, [1] and it changes significantly with time. In municipalities which have a well-developed waste recycling system, the waste stream mainly consists of intractable wastes such as plastic film and non-recyclable packaging materials.
Landfill gas is a mix of different gases created by the action of microorganisms within a landfill as they decompose organic waste, including for example, food waste and paper waste. Landfill gas is approximately forty to sixty percent methane , with the remainder being mostly carbon dioxide .