循环经济的国际发展趋势

从几个方面重点介绍了循环经济的国际发展趋势;把发展循环经济纳入法制化轨道;形成政府倡导、全民参与的意识和环境;大力促进循环经济产业化;鼓励技术创新,促进循环经济的发展。为我国发展循环经济,实现全面建设小康社会目标提供借鉴经验。     

加快开发废橡胶能源利用的必要性分析

废橡胶能源利用有各种途径,从环境保护、回收利用难度、处理消耗量等多个方面的分析,可以看出废橡胶能源利用很有必要,我国必须要加快废橡胶能源利用的研究与开发。     

关于呼和浩特市中水回用系统的设想

呼和浩特市地处北方干旱缺水区,而中水回用系统能实现污水资源化,增加可利用的水资源;同时实现生活污水无害化,减少水污染。     

合肥市环城水体的生态补水研究

合肥市的环城水体没有天然补给水源,极易引起水体污染,开展生态补水工程很有必要。由于水资源紧缺,拟采用中水补水。选用一维河道稳态水质模型及均匀混合水质模型研究了不同量的生态补水对银河、包河、雨花塘水体影响,以及流动后对南淝河亳州路桥一长江路桥段的影响,评估了生态补水工程的可行性,最终确定了最佳的生态补水量。     

沈阳市新农村生活垃圾调查及治理对策研究

沈阳农村人口众多,生活垃圾数量巨大,却没有很好地得到处理,带来了一系列问题,针对这些问题,通过对沈阳市典型五个农村生活垃圾组分、性质的采样调查、分析、化验,可知农村平房区和楼房区村民产生的生活垃圾成分含量差别很大,主要与居民的燃料结构有关。生活垃圾的热值、含水率、灰分也有差异,主要因素是垃圾成分的差异。明确了垃圾成分,参阅“穿越环境高山理论”对照发达国家的发展历程,提出了沈阳市农村生活垃圾处理方法与对策。     

浅谈再生资源产业发展

随着改革开放进一步扩大和经济建设的持续快速发展,我国再生资源回收利用事业得到了较快发展。但是,再生资源产业存在着市场混乱、法律政策不完善及综合利用水平低等问题。通过对我国再生资源现状分析对我国再生资源产业发展作了展望。     

An integrated approach to the toxicity assessment of Irish marine sediments: validation of established marine bioassays for the monitoring of Irish marine sediments

This paper describes the ecotoxicological evaluation of marine sediments from three sites around Ireland representative of a range of contaminant burdens. A comprehensive assessment of potential sediment toxicity requires the consideration of multiple exposure phases. In addition to the evaluation of multi-exposure phases the use of a battery of multi-trophic test species has been advocated by a number of researchers as testing of single or few organisms may not detect toxicants with a specific mode of action. The Microtox(R) solid phase test (SPT) and the 10-d acute amphipod test with Corophium volutator were used to assess whole sediment toxicity. Porewater and elutriates were assessed with the Microtox(R) acute test, the marine prasinophyte Tetraselmis suecica, and the marine copepod Tisbe battagliai. Solvent extracts were assayed with the Microtox(R) and T. battagliai acute tests. Alexandra Basin was identified as the most toxic site according to all tests, except the Microtox(R) SPT which identified the Dunmore East site as being more toxic. However, it was not possible to correlate the observed ecotoxicological effects with a specific and/or class of contaminants based on sediment chemistry alone. Therefore porewaters found to elicit significant toxicity (Dunmore East and Alexandra Basin) with the test battery were selected for further TIE assessment with T. battalgiai and the Microtox(R) system. The results of this study have important implications for risk assessment in estuarine and coastal waters in Ireland, where, at present the monitoring of sediment and water quality is predominantly reliant on chemical analysis alone.     

Evaluation of compost blankets for erosion control from disturbed lands

Soil erosion due to water and wind results in the loss of valuable top soil and causes land degradation and environmental quality problems. Site specific best management practices (BMP) are needed to curb erosion and sediment control and in turn, increase productivity of lands and sustain environmental quality. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of three different types of biodegradable erosion control blankets- fine compost, mulch, and 50-50 mixture of compost and mulch, for soil erosion control under field and laboratory-scale experiments. Quantitative analysis was conducted by comparing the sediment load in the runoff collected from sloped and tilled plots in the field and in the laboratory with the erosion control blankets. The field plots had an average slope of 3.5% and experiments were conducted under natural rainfall conditions, while the laboratory experiments were conducted at 4, 8 and 16% slopes under simulated rainfall conditions. Results obtained from the field experiments indicated that the 50-50 mixture of compost and mulch provides the best erosion control measures as compared to using either the compost or the mulch blanket alone. Laboratory results under simulated rains indicated that both mulch cover and the 50-50 mixture of mulch and compost cover provided better erosion control measures compared to using the compost alone. Although these results indicate that the 50-50 mixtures and the mulch in laboratory experiments are the best measures among the three erosion control blankets, all three types of blankets provide very effective erosion control measures from bare-soil surface. Results of this study can be used in controlling erosion and sediment from disturbed lands with compost mulch application. Testing different mixture ratios and types of mulch and composts, and their efficiencies in retaining various soil nutrients may provide more quantitative data for developing erosion control plans.     

Determining advanced recycling fees and subsidies in "E-scrap" reverse supply chains

Primarily due to environmental concerns and legislative mandates, the disposition of end-of-life (EOL) electronics products has attracted much attention. Advanced recycling fees (ARFs) and government subsidies may play important roles in encouraging or curtailing the flows of recycled items. We present a Stackelberg-type model to determine ARFs and socially optimal subsidy fees in decentralized reverse supply chains where each entity independently acts according to its own interests. The model consists of one leader (the government) and two followers (a group of manufacturers, importers, and sellers (MISs) and a group of recyclers). To maximize social welfare, the government determines the ARFs paid by MIS and the subsidy fees for recyclers when MIS sells new products and recyclers process EOL products. We find that MIS and recyclers behave at the equilibrium status by choosing optimal selling quantity in the market and optimal reward money for customers bringing EOL products to recyclers. Under this approach the two fees achieve the maximum of social welfare at the equilibrium status, while both MIS and recyclers gain the maximum of profits. For comparative purposes, we also develop a conceptual model describing the current practice by which ARFs and the subsidy fees are determined on the basis of fund balance between revenues and costs along with recycling operations. We conclude that our results outperform current practice.     

Sustainable recycling model: A comparative analysis between India and Tanzania

Higher economic growth in developing countries has caused higher amounts of wastes. Local government authorities in these countries usually fail to provide adequate services to dispose the increasing amounts of waste, resulting in threats for both the population and environment health. There is therefore an urgent need for recycling as a form of waste management in order to stop the devastating effects of solid waste in developing countries. Using a qualitative method of analysis, this study presents a model to measure and rank the sustainability of recycling programs in India and Tanzania. The model consists of six main constructs including “production, economic, governmental, social, technological, and international factors”. The results showed that India outperforms Tanzania in sustainable recycling programs: per capita waste generated per day in Delhi is higher than in Dar es Salaam; the government of India focuses more on developing recycling plans and techniques as compared to the government of Tanzania where the country is not actively involved in the recycling process; and the solid waste management planning in India is being performed better than Tanzania.