environmental waste
51environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …
52Environmental policy of the United States — The environmental policy of the United States is federal governmental action to regulate activities that have an environmental impact in the United States. The goal of environmental policy is to protect the environment for future generations… …
53Environmental impact of shipping — A cargo ship discharging ballast water into the sea. The environmental impact of shipping includes greenhouse gas emissions and oil pollution. Carbon dioxide emissions from shipping is currently estimated at 4 to 5 percent of the global total,… …
54Environmental Protection Act 1990 — Infobox UK Legislation short title=Environmental Protection Act 1990 parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom long title=An Act to make provision for the improved control of pollution arising from certain industrial and other processes; to re… …
55environmental law — Introduction principles, policies, directives, and regulations enacted and enforced by local, national, or international entities to regulate human treatment of the nonhuman world. The vast field covers a broad range of topics in diverse legal… …
56Environmental impact of nuclear power — Nuclear power activities involving the environment; mining, enrichment, generation and geological disposal. The environmental impact of nuclear power results from the nuclear fuel cycle, operation, and the effects of nuclear accidents. The… …
57Environmental impact of the oil shale industry — Kiviõli Oil Shale Processing Chemicals Plant in Ida Virumaa, Estonia Environmental impact of the oil shale industry includes the consideration of issues such as land use, waste management, and water and air pollution caused by the extraction and… …
58Environmental Protection Department — Infobox Government agency agency name = Environmental Protection Department nativename a = 環境保護署 logo caption = seal width = seal caption = headquarters = 33/F 34/F 46/F 48/F Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong formed = 1986… …
59Environmental effects of coal — There are a number of adverse environmental effects of coal mining and burning.These effects include: * release of carbon dioxide and methane, both of which are greenhouse gases causing climate change and global warming according to the IPCC.… …
60Environmental effects of nuclear power — Nuclear power, as with all power sources, has an effect on the environment through the nuclear fuel cycle, through operation, and (in Europe) from the lingering effects of the Chernobyl accident.Waste heatAs with any thermal power station,… …
