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INTRODUCTION
Wastes ordinarily
refers to everything that no longer has a use or purpose and needs to be
disposed of, however, according to The U.S Environmental Protection Agency, it
defines solid waste as "any garbage or refuse, sludge from a wastewater
treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control
facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or
contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and
agricultural operations, and from community activities." Based on this
definition, examples of solid waste generated by veterinary clinics include,
but aren't limited to: animal tissues, fluids and carcasses; animal waste;
chemicals used in laboratory, cleaning or radiographic procedures; syringes and
other medical supply waste; some medications, such as epinephrine and
nitroglycerin; chemotherapy agents; mercury from thermometers; light bulbs and
batteries; pesticides; paint and other solvents; and more. While wealth
according to www.businessdictionary.com generally refers to General Tangible or
intangible thing that makes a person, family, or group better off.
Lump Waste
Wastes
generally have been a major environmental menace in many parts of the world,
majority of the wastes generated by the plastics and allied materials are
non-biodegradable unlike wastes from woods, papers, water, human excretions,
foods etc. Apparently, under-developed and developing economies bears the
greatest burden of waste hazards, some of these countries are seen as dumping
grounds for all classification of wastes such as e-waste, agricultural waste,
bio-waste, industrial waste, human waste and all kinds of waste imaginable. In
Nigeria today, there is hardly any state of the federation not faced with the
challenge of nylon and plastic waste management.
Many things should be taken into consideration when starting plastic/polythene/nylon recycling business.
The most common questions are:
- Is this a thermoplastic?
- Which one?
- Is it only one kind of plastic?
- If more than one, are they compatible?
- Is this font of scraps constant and reliable?
- How much this scrap costs?
- Which is the market for the finished product?
- How much can I sell the finished product for?
- Which one?
- Is it only one kind of plastic?
- If more than one, are they compatible?
- Is this font of scraps constant and reliable?
- How much this scrap costs?
- Which is the market for the finished product?
- How much can I sell the finished product for?
Recycling Machine
Unfortunately,
administrators and stakeholders at all levels of governance in Nigeria are
today still confronted with the burden of Nylon and plastic wastes management,
used nylon shopping bags, pure-water sachets and pet bottles from different
product brands, this environmental menace is a common eye-sour on our roads,
drainages, streets and work areas causing hazards in terms of pollution,
flooding, impeding free flow of water channels and ultimately aiding the spread
of communicable diseases via stagnated water impurities. As a result of these
environmental challenges,
