Municipal solid waste management in Dalian: practices and challenges

The fast growing of urban areas in developing countries has brought serious problems on municipal solid waste (MSW) management. It will be rational to adopt an integrated approach to deal with such a challenge so that the overall eco-efficiency of MSW management could be improved. To better examine how attributes of integrated MSW management are being interpreted and put into practice, and to explore what changes should be made to improve the application of integrated MSW management, we employ a case study method so that lessons learned could be used to inform initiatives in other cities and the potential solution may offer feasible strategies. The case study city is Dalian, a typical seaport city with fast growing rate in economy. The outcomes of this case study show us that fragmented management structure, ineffective and inefficient enforcement of relevant regulations, backward technologies, limited financial resources and lack of public participation are main barriers for the implementation of integrated MSW management. Consequently, in order to overcome these barriers, we propose an integrated management framework on MSW management, aiming to maximize the overall eco-efficiency of MSW management.     

The Effect of Protective Gloves on Manual Dexterity in the Cold Environments

This article presents a study on the effect of different protective gloves (which are commercially available and commonly used in the cold) on manual dexterity in cold environments. The experiments compared statistically four different types of gloves and two different types of gloving (outer or double) at +19 °C and -10 °C. Performance was determined both objectively and subjectively using two manual dexterity tasks: bolt-nut and pick-up tasks. The response measured was the time of performing each task. Statistical analysis showed that all independent factors such as glove type, participant, object size, and temperature had significant effects on the hand cooling reaction. A significant difference in the performance between the gloves was found in the bolt-nut task. It was also found that outer-inner combination gloving may be an approach to use for precision tasks.     

环保职业教育中环保行指委的角色期待

在分析目前环保职业教育存在问题的基础上,提出为进一步发挥环保行指委的作用,推动环保职业教育的发展与创新,环保职业院校对环保行指委的角色期待。环保行指委在环境保护职业教育中应该扮演专家、组织者、指导者、支持者、平台和桥梁以及监督者的角色。     

散装液体危化品码头的污染原因分析及防控对策

介绍了液体危化品的特点,对散装液体危化品码头的污染原因进行了分析,并提出了相应的防控对策,为确保码头安全稳定运行提供了保障.     

生物曝气滤池治理医院污水实例及运行管理

废水经格栅去除杂物后,用潜污泵抽至斜板沉淀池,同时加入去磷剂,出水自流进入曝气生物滤池,DO控制在3-5 mg/l,出水进入清水池后再进入消毒池,二氧化氯加入量为30 g/M3 废水,停留时间1.5 h.曝气生物滤池12～24小时进行反冲洗一次,反冲洗出水再返回调节池、斜板沉淀池每天排泥一次,排入污泥沉淀池,其上清液进入调节池,剩余污泥定期消毒后环卫清污车运走.经处理后水质达到(GB8978-1996)一级排放标准.以曝气生物滤池为主工艺处理医院污水,工艺可靠、出水稳定,但必须按严格的管理程序、即质量测试、操作设备、工艺技术管理环节,同时设备必须一年进行一次大修,处理后水质稳定达标排放是可行的. 控制在3-5 mg/l,出水进入清水池后再进入消毒池,二氧化氯加入量为30 g/M3 废水,停留时间1.5 h.曝气生物滤池12～24小时进行反冲洗一次,反冲洗出水再返回调节池、斜板沉淀池每天排泥一次,排入污泥沉淀池,其上清液进入调节池,剩余污泥定期消毒后环卫清污车运走.经处理后水质达到(GB8978-1996)一级排放标准.以曝气生物滤池为主工艺处理医院污水,工艺可靠、出水稳定,但必须按严格的管理程序、即质量测试、 作设备、工艺技术管理环节,同时设备必须一年进行一次大修,处理     

中国环境影响评价管理的现状、问题及展望

文章在客观分析中国环境影响评价的发展历史、现有法规体系、管理体制和主要成绩的基础上,指出了环境影响评价管理中存在的规划环评滞后、监管环节薄弱、公众参与不足以及队伍能力欠缺等主要问题。结合中国环境影响评价管理的特点和相关领域的发展变化,对未来环境影响评价工作的开展进行了展望。认为应该重点加强四个方面的工作,即通过确立环境目标来促进经济增长方式的转变,通过完善空间规划体系为规划环评提供基本依据,通过加强环境监管来促进环保措施落实,通过加强队伍能力建设来提高环评质量。     

Effects of the "Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program" on the water budget of the Jinghe River catchment in China

In 1999 China adopted the "Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program" (CCFGP), a nationwide ecological recovery program, to minimize wide-scale soil erosion and vegetation degradation in China, as well as to improve water budgeting results. In the 10 yr since implementation, the CCFGP has resulted in the recovery and reforestation of >100,000 km of cropland and bare land, though the quantitative effect of this program on catchment water budget is not entirely clear. Therefore, we used the Soil and Water Assessment Tool to evaluate and quantify the effects of the CCFGP on the water budget of the Jinghe River catchment, a tributary of the Yellow River covering the central region of the Loess Plateau. Our results indicated that precipitation had dropped by 12.0% from the 1970s (611.6 mm) to the 2000s (538 mm) and that there was a corresponding 25.2% decrease in humidity index from 0.48 to 0.36. Before the CCFGP's implementation, forest and grassland had been decreasing, while bare land, cropland, and shrub land had been increasing. After the implementation of the CCFGP, the opposite trend was observed. Moreover, streamflow increased by about 15 and 20% for the upstream and middle stream subbasins, respectively, while soil water content also showed an obvious increase. Over the same period, evapotranspiration decreased by 5.2 and 13.5 mm and runoff decreased by 37.5 and 38.6% in the two subbasins. The same trends were obtained in the downstream subbasin, where changes were even greater. As a result of the reduced runoff and evapotranspiration, utilization of water resources was more efficient and ecological environment was improved under the CCFGP policy. Our results indicate the CCFGP resulted in a favorable ecological impact and should therefore be maintained.     

季节性雪被对青藏高原东缘高寒草甸土壤氮矿化的影响

依据自然雪被分布的差异,在青藏高原东缘高寒草甸中设置3条样带(即深雪、中等厚度雪被和浅雪),于2008年的秋冬过渡期,连续监测各样带中的雪被厚度和土壤温度,并采用原位培养法测定每月的土壤氮素氨化、硝化和矿化速率,以研究不同厚度雪被对高寒草甸土壤氮矿化的影响.结果表明,月均土温、每月日最高土温均值分别与雪被厚度极显著相关,二次函数关系拟合较好(R2=0.576,0.685),且根据每月日最高土温均值与雪被厚度的二次函数关系方程可知,25 cm厚的雪被可以起到较好的隔绝效果;土壤含水量受雪被厚度和土壤温差两个因素的显著影响.在秋冬过渡期末,浅雪梯度下土壤硝态氮含量显著降低,且雪被下的净氮矿化速率与月均土温、每月日最高土温均值、每月日最低土温均值都分别呈极显著相关,二次函数关系拟合较好(R2=0.589,0.541,0.601).研究表明,不同厚度的雪被对土壤温度和含水量影响显著,从而显著地影响着土壤氮的矿化,深雪更有利于氨化、硝化和氮矿化.图7表2参36     

(N-[2-(2-氧-1-咪唑烷基)乙基]-N '-苯基脲(EDU)对环境臭氧胁迫下的水稻和小麦生长的影响

通过对作物定期喷施不同浓度(0、150、300和450 mg·L-1)的N-[2-(2-氧-1-咪唑烷基)乙基]-N'-苯基脲(ethy lenediurea,EDU)溶液,研究EDU对环境O3胁迫下水稻“粤晶丝苗2号”(Oryza sativa L.Yuejingsi 2)和小麦“北农9549”(Triticum a...     

硫酸锰废渣浸出液对斑马鱼的毒性及抗氧化酶活性的影响

已有研究表明,堆积在湘西花垣河河岸的硫酸锰废渣含有多种重金属,可能是导致花垣河河水和沉积物重金属污染的主要原因.为了评价硫酸锰废渣的潜在生态风险和对水生动物的毒性,本研究分析了硫酸锰废渣浸出液中的主要重金属成分,用漫出液对斑马鱼进行了急性毒性实验,观察在急性胁迫下斑马鱼的体征变化,测定了斑马鱼在亚致死浓度下的生化指标的...