hazards management

. The garbage should be segregated at the source - home, office, shops, etc. This should be followed by door to door collection. The recyclable material can automatically be sent to recycling plants. Many non-biodegradable materials are recyclable. For example, plastic, polythene, glass, metallic o..

Proper methods should be adopted for management of solid waste disposal. Industrial wastes can be treated physically, chemically and biologically until they are less hazardous. Acidic and alkaline wastes should be first neutralized; the insoluble material if biodegradable shoul..

Accumulation of wastes due to its improper disposal is a major problem in our country. Population in India has been growing at a rapid rate. With this increase, there has also been an increase in the amount of wastes being produced especially in the cities. Every person, on an average generates ab..

How Does Waste Affect the Environment? - Accumulation of wastes due to its improper disposal is a major problem in our country. Population in India has been growing at a rapid rate. With this increase, there has also been an increase in the amount of wastes being produced especially in the cities. ..

Summary - Environment is defined as the surroundings in which the organism lives. It has two components - abiotic and biotic. The abiotic environment includes the air (atmosphere), water (hydrosphere) and land (lithosphere). The biotic environment includes the plants, animals and the microbes. The ..

Green Chemistry - Simply stated, Green chemistry is the use of chemistry for preventing environment pollution in order to protect human health. It may give the impression that it is branch of chemistry involving plants, which is not true. Green chemistry may be defined as the design of new chemical..

Question: The Pollution Control Board has put together a plan to collect used dry cells and hand it over to an authorized industry to recycle them. So, very soon, bright blue and red bins, shaped like dry pen-torch cells will appear in the markets, at petrol bunks, your favourite cinema halls..

>Space-based remote sensing is a new technology. It has high potential for applications in nearly all aspects of resource management. India recognized the potential of this technology quite early. India conducted several remote sensing experiments in the late '60s and '70s using airborne ..