Medical wastes include all solid and liquid wastes that are produced during the treatment,
diagnosis, and immunisation of animals and humans. A significant proportion of medical …

The environmental risk assessment and the factors influencing heavy metals (HM) in the soil
at the municipal solid waste landfill sites (MSWLs) were studied by literature review, field …

Transformation of natural and agricultural areas into towns and cities increases the number
of people living in urban areas. Altogether, this has led to contamination of soil, pollution of …

A landslide generated an environmental risk due to a provoked oil spill on April 7, 2020, with
the SOTE and OCP pipelines rupture. This research aims to determine the areas susceptible …

In July 2003, duplicated samples of roots, stems and leaves of sugar cane (Saccharum spp.)
were collected in 25 points of an area under direct influence of the municipal landfill site …

In recent years, incineration has been demonstrated to be a commercially available
technology for hazardous waste (HW) disposal (Richter and Johnke, 2004). However …

Solid waste management is a subject that still represents enormous challenges worldwide
and therefore also in Ecuador. In the current study, we evaluated the environmental impacts …