An international perspective on hazardous waste practices

Hospital Waste Management as a Potential Hazard in Selected Primary Healthcare Centres in Zaria, Nigeria

“…High income and low income countries gene average 0. 5 h facilities generate waste; a common characteristic of hospitals and Primary Healthcare a common characteristic of hospitals and Primary Healthcare a common characteristic of hospitals and Primary Healthcare a common characteristic of hospitals and Primary Healthcare centres. However, improper handling of hospital waste constitutes potential risks to the environment and human centres.…”

Shipping hazardous waste: implications for economically developing countries

“…It can be stated without question that the best option is to minimize the generation of hazardous waste and-in cases where such generation cannot be avoided-that the next best option would be to recycle and reuse the waste (Alter 1997;Orloff and Falk 2003). Undoubtedly, recycling is an effective means of minimizing waste disposal, and trade remains a successful way of treating waste, particularly for countries that lack facilities and infrastructure to treat the waste in an ''environmentally sound manner''.…”

“…Neşer et al (2008) agree that on a global scale, shipbreaking may prove to be environment-friendly, if carried out properly, since it reduces the need for mining and production of new raw metal. Further, it is likely that restrictions on trade in hazardous waste would result in eliminating an economic source of raw materials for recycling operations (Alter 1997;Orloff and Falk 2003) and also reduce options for cost-effective waste disposal (Orloff and Falk 2003). Hence, industrialized countries were reluctant to move towards a complete ban for two reasons (Johnstone 1998).…”

“…However, trade in hazardous waste has given rise to great concerns by national governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) (Orloff and Falk 2003). In the light of this problem, parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal decided to address the issue as a matter of priority, taking into account that many materials carried on board by ships or contained in their structure, particularly in old ships, would be classified as hazardous wastes at the time of disposal.…”

Thermogravimetric coupled with Fourier transform infrared analysis study on thermal treatment of monopotassium phosphate residue

“…In recent years, the impact of hazardous wastes on the environment and human health has been a great concern for government and public opinion [1]. Incineration is widely used in China and many other countries, due to its ability to minimize the volume and disinfect waste and to the low levels of secondary pollution.…”