Essays about: "Hazardous activities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words Hazardous activities.

  1. 1. Local NGOs combat against Child Labour : A case study in Mwanza, Tanzania

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Halima-Sadiya Ahmed Abdullahi; [2023]
    Keywords : NGO; child labour; artisanal small-scale mining; agriculture; Mwanza; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Children engage in paid and unpaid work that is damaging to them daily all around the world. They are categorized as child laborers, however when they are either too young to work or are engaged in dangerous activities that may jeopardize their physical, mental, social or educational development (Unicef 2021). READ MORE

  3. 2. Isocyanates formation from thermal degradation of polyurethane foam during welding of district heating pipes

    University essay from KTH/Ergonomi

    Author : Muhammad Akram; [2023]
    Keywords : Polyurethane; Isocyanates; District Heating Pipes; Oxy-fuel Welding; Manual Metal Arc Welding;

    Abstract : Polyurethane insulation foam, which is used as insulation on district heating steel and copper pipes, is made from polymerisation of polyol and diisocyanates monomers. Installation of new district heating pipes or replacement of old pipes involves masses of welding activities. READ MORE

  4. 3. Circular Economy Practice Applied to Reverse Logistics : A Multiple Case Study from Fashion Retailers Perspective

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Anna Nilson Törnqvist; [2020]
    Keywords : Circular Economy; Reverse Logistics; Fashion Industry; Organizational Change; Institutional Theory;

    Abstract : The fashion industry has been criticized due to environmental issues, such as the causation of increased scarcity of landfills, hazardous emissions, and exhaustion of non-renewable resources. At the same time, customers, and governments require organizations within the industry to be transparent, offer sustainable consumption, and take responsibility for textile waste. READ MORE

  5. 4. Metal mobility and transport from an oil-shale mine, Lake Nõmmejärv, Estonia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Åsa Ekelund; [2020]
    Keywords : Mine waste; Heavy metals; Oil shale; Lake sediments; Lake Nõmmejärv; Human impact; Kurtna kame field; Estonia.;

    Abstract : Mining activities have a large impact on the environment, for example by the release of heavy metals from acid mine drainage and erosion of mine waste. North-eastern Estonia has the largest commercially exploited oil-shale deposit in the world. READ MORE

  6. 5. Correlations related to fuel usage patterns in rural Kenya : A comparison of local surveys to facilitate future local sustainable fuel actions.

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Agnes Eklund; [2019]
    Keywords : Energy; fuel; wood; charcoal; biogas; usage patterns; local solutions; Kenya; Energi; bränsle; trävirke; kol; biogas; förbrukningsmönster; lokala lösningar; Kenya;

    Abstract : Human activities affect the climate. If the utilization of fossil and other hazardous fuel methods is eliminated, it would reduce the impact on climate change. READ MORE