South China Morning Post — 28 Oct. 2010 Its wave-like design aims to blend in with the coast in front and the hills behind, incorporates three heated swimming pools, a viewing platform with a vista of Deep Bay, and an environmental education centre, and will produce enough energy to meet its needs and also power [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2010’
INCINERATION POLICY IN AUSTRALIA
26 Oct. 2011 This following information refers to Australia but is relevant especially regarding temperature required Effective incineration requires: sufficient temperature sufficient residence time at that temperature maximum turbulence excess oxygen The control of these factors is essential. Temperature. The higher the temperature the more effective the incineration and the lower the possibility of any unburned [...]
Study backs incinerators but says five, not two, needed
South China Morning Post — 26 Oct. 2010 Five incinerators – one in each of the Legislative Council’s geographical constituencies – should be built to handle the city’s daily load of 10,000 tonnes of rubbish, not just the two proposed. That is among recommendations in a Baptist University study, released yesterday, into use of incineration [...]
Characterisation and Estimation of Dioxin and Furan Emissions from Waste Incineration Facilities
UNILABS E n v i r o n m e n t a l Characterisation and Estimation of Dioxin and Furan Emissions from Waste Incineration Facilities Prepared for: Environment Australia Download PDF File : dioxinemissions
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION DATA OF HONGKONG
21 Oct. 2010 http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/waste/data/stat_treat.html See Data
Association Between Fine Particulate Matter and Diabetes Prevalence in the U.S.
OBJECTIVE— Recent studies have drawn attention to the adverse effects of ambient air pollutants such as particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) on human health. We evaluated the association between PM2.5 exposure and diabetes prevalence in the U.S. and explored factors that may influence this relationship. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS— The relationship between PM2.5 levels and diagnosed [...]
COMMENTS ON THE GOVERNMENT’S CONSULTATION ON AIR QUALITY OBJECTIVES October 2009
Anthony J Hedley Department of Community Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong. October 2009 Everyone working in the environmental health field would want to support and promote, by any means, a strategy for eliminating pollution and protecting population health. However there are fundamental problems with the government’s current proposals for initiating this [...]