Browsing Environment, Enterprise and Development by Subject "waste management"
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A Big Tiny Problem: Flows of Primary Microplastics in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)Microplastics are ubiquitous across ecosystems, posing chemical and physical risks to wildlife and human health. To effectively monitor and manage the microplastics problem, a baseline of the mass of primary microplastics ... -
Electronic waste in Ontario: Case study of a primary processing facility
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-20)Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest expanding, and valuable waste streams due to its content of precious, critical, and base metals. E-waste is comprised of electronic devices operated below 10,000 volts that ... -
Integrating Community‐Based Social Marketing Theory to Improve Waste Sorting Behaviour at the University of Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)Improving waste sorting has become an urgent matter in the global North since 2017 when China, the world’s largest waste importer, announced that it would no longer accept highly contaminated waste. Consequently, new ...