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1995

Salkie, Fiona J., Adamowicz, Wiktor, Luckert, Martin K.

Canadians produced 1 tonne of solid waste per capita in 1988 (CCME 1989). This level of solid waste production places Canada among the largest producers of solid waste per capita in the world. Due to decreasing landfill capacity, and the increasing cost of solid waste disposal in landfills to 50%...

1996

Luckert, Martin K., Dosman, Donna, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Laplante, B.

Solid waste management is becoming less a matter of personal household initiative and more an institutionalized system of legislation and programs. In order to decrease the amount of waste that is produced, discarded, and disposed of (landfilled or incinerated), governments, non-profit...

2022-01-01

Kotecha, Twisha

We use plastic every day. Plastics can be found anywhere, in households and businesses. Plastic dependency has fueled the global production of plastic resins and fibers, growing at an annual compound rate of 8.4 percent. As a result, strong waste management is critical. A traditional waste...

2003

Williams, D. J., Wilson, G. W., Panidis, C.

Potentially acid forming (PAF) waste rock contained in dumps formed as a result of open cut mining of metalliferous orebodies are conventionally sealed or covered using a near-saturated, low permeability compacted clay layer, protected with a mulch layer and/or vegetated growth medium. The...

2003-01-01

Handiko, D., Scott, P.

Kaltim Prima Coal, an open cut coal mine located in Sangatta, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, operates two deep pits and two shallow pits with a truck and shovel operation. KPC produced 17 Mt of coal in 2002 by removing 120 Mbcm overburden. Geochemical investigations have indicated 20 per cent of...

2022-08-12

Shariff, Sofiyah

2005

Habib, Mohammad Rashedeen

Spring 2003

Alberta Centre for Active Living

Fall 2018

Boger, Tracy

This postphenomenological study is a timely investigation into the hidden curriculum of surveillance technology in schools. Drawing on literature from the fields of Surveillance Studies, Education, and Philosophy of Technology the purpose of this inquiry is to expose the hidden curricula of...

Fall 2017

Robertson, Nicole Lee M.

Natural fiber reinforced polyethylene biocomposites are an environmentally friendly alternative to non-biodegradable thermoplastic materials. The addition of natural fibers to polyethylene improves mechanical properties such as tensile modulus and tensile strength. Unlike thermoplastics,...