Household waste is commonly referred to as garbage or trash. As the population of the world expands, so does the amount of waste produced. Generally, the more automated and industrialized human societies become, the more waste they produce. For...

Waste has been defined as a moveable object with no direct use that is discarded permanently. There are many different kinds of waste, including solid, liquid, gaseous, hazardous, radioactive, and medical. Wastes can also be defined by generator, for...

In 1999, the United States generated 230 million tons of municipal solid waste, compared with 195 million tons in 1990, according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates. On average, each person generated 4.6 lb (2.1 kg) of such waste per...

Generally described as that which is left over or surplus to requirements to the extent it is in need of disposal. In the UK waste has a defined meaning in law and includes scrap material, effluent or unwanted surplus substance or article that requires...

WASTE is a peer-to-peer and friend-to-friend protocol and software application developed by Justin Frankel at Nullsoft in 2003 that features instant messaging, chat rooms & file browsing/sharing capabilities. The name WASTE is a reference to Thomas...

Boston, which has been approaching its trash disposal problems at a leisurely pace, can learn from the conspicuous success achieved by the Springfield Materials Recycling Facility, which has reached the point of paying for itself through sales of paper, glass and metals that might...

Separate recycling bins outside houses are becoming the norm, yet take-up - the actual separating out of the recyclable material from the rubbish - is still too low, according to government figures. And that is when it is made easy for consumers with all...

Before you go to bed on the last Saturday in October, there’s one last thing you need to do. Set your alarm clock back one hour. And the clocks on your stove and microwave. Oh, and the one on your TiVo or VCR. Don’t forget...

Medicare provides an essential safety net for seniors and disabled individuals, but it has become obvious for some time that the way the health care program pays claims should be overhauled.We commented in July that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had major...

A term paper on the effects of garbage and types of garbage and how to prevent it.