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  2. Waste management - Wikipedia

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    Waste management is intended to reduce the adverse effects of waste on human health, the environment, planetary resources, and aesthetics. The aim of waste management is to reduce the dangerous effects of such waste on the environment and human health.

  3. Natural resource and waste management in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 46(1-4): 89-97. Stein, C., H. Ernstson, and J. Barron. 2011 A social network approach to analyzing water governance: The case of the Mkindo catchment, Tanzania. Yhdego, Michael. 1999 Urban solid waste management in Tanzania Issues, concepts and challenges. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 14(1): 1-10.

  4. Human impact on the environment - Wikipedia

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    The environmental impact of the oil shale industry includes the consideration of issues such as land use, waste management, water and air pollution caused by the extraction and processing of oil shale. Surface mining of oil shale deposits causes the usual environmental impacts of open-pit mining.

  5. Waste - Wikipedia

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    Waste management is intended to reduce the adverse effects of waste on human health, the environment, planetary resources, and aesthetics. The aim of waste management is to reduce the dangerous effects of such waste on the environment and human health.

  6. Global waste trade - Wikipedia

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    The hazardous waste trade has disastrous effects upon the environment and natural ecosystems. Various studies explore how the concentrations of persistent organic pollutants have poisoned the areas surrounding the dump sites, killing numerous birds, fish, and other wildlife. [ 29 ]

  7. Pollution in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Pollution from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. As with many countries, pollution in the United States is a concern for environmental organizations, government agencies, and individuals. Billions of pounds of toxic chemicals are released into the air, land, and waterways in the U.S. each year.

  8. Health and environmental impact of the coal industry - Wikipedia

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    Excluding contained waste and unintentional releases from nuclear plants, coal-plants carry more radioactive wastes into the environment than nuclear plants per unit of produced energy. Plant-emitted radiation carried by coal-derived fly ash delivers 100 times more radiation to the surrounding environment than does the normal operation of a ...

  9. Plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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    In the marine environment, plastic pollution causes "Entanglement, toxicological effects via ingestion of plastics, suffocation, starvation, dispersal, and rafting of organisms, provision of new habitats, and introduction of invasive species are significant ecological effects with growing threats to biodiversity and trophic relationships.