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Hospitals are health institutions providing patient care services. It is the duty of hospitals and health care establishments to look after the public health. This may directly be through patient care or indirectly byensuring a clean, h...
Water bodies are being overwhelmed with bacteria and waste matter. Among toxic substances reaching hazardous levels are heavy metals (Regine and Volesky, 2000). Heavy metals of concern include lead, chromium, mercury, uranium, selenium, zinc,...
The Kosi is a “river in Nepal and northern India. With its tributaries, the Kosi drains the eastern third of Nepal and part of Tibet, including the country around Mount Everest. Some of its headstreams rise beyond the Nepalese border in...
As the natural resources are used up in the world, chemists and biotechnologists are being asked to come up with innovative ways in which renewable resources can be used to replace nonrenewable ones. But there will continue to be a de...
In the race of technological advancements in the country it is not surprising for computers and other electronic equipments to become obsolete within few years. The e-Waste has been mounting rapidly with the rise of the information society. I...
Introduction Medical waste is broadly defined as any solid or liquid waste that is generated in the diagnosis, treatment of immunization of human beings or animals in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biological...
We have had it good for many years, using and misusing fuels supplies at will for countless years. In the United States, the average consumption of oil equates to three gallons per day. That is for every man, woman and child of the population...
STATUS OF BIOMASS ENERGY Biomass materials are used since millennia for meeting myriad human needs including energy. Main sources of biomass energy are trees, crops and animal waste. Until the middle of 19th century, biomass dominated ...
1970s - Indian Government invites UCC to set up Sevin plant - Plant built in Bhopal to central location and transport infrastructure - Indian Government has 22% stake in UCIL (UCC’s India Subsidary) - Plant initially approved for fo...
INTRODUCTION Medical care is vital for our life, health and well being. But the waste generated from medical activities can be hazardous, toxic and even lethal because of their high potential for diseases transmission. The hazard...