Waste Wheelers

Can somebody please answer the following questions for me:
How do nuclear waste dumps effect the environment? such as if it is dump in the ocean, what happens?
In countries that have nuclear reactors, where is the waste buried?
How does nuclear waste affect people?
What will happen to the earth if nuclear waste is burried in there?

There are many classes of nuclear waste. Everything from the radioactive sources used in medical treatment to sources used in manufacturing processes to the spent fuel from nuclear reactors. Each is handled differently, and in many cases the same type of waste is handled differently from one country to the next.

It sounds like you are talking about spent fuel. In the U.S. there have been over 100 nuclear reactors operating since the 60’s/70’s. All of that spent fuel is still sitting on site where it was produced, since the U.S. has no waste repository. These plants are spread all around the country, yet no significant accident involving this waste has ever occurred or else would be sure to hear about it from Greenpeace to this day.
The term "spent fuel" is misleading in itself. The spent fuel taken from a reactor actually has a huge amount of usable nuclear fuel left in it. The problem is that over time, the fragments of fissioned uranium act to "poison" the reactor so that the remaining burnable fuel is not actually usable. If you read the linked page about France you will see mention of "reprocessing". What they do is take out the good fuel still left in the spent fuel, and then only bury the "poisonous" parts. The usable fuel is then put back into a reactor to produce more energy. These reactor "poisons" sound bad, but in actuality their high radioactivity means that they decay away much faster.
When the greenies complain that waste is deadly for 10’s of thousands or even millions of years they are really talking about the uranium and plutonium that should be getting reused. The U.S. has a stupid policy of not reprocessing our spent fuel because the same people who don’t understand nuclear power in the first place are afraid of reprocessing as well.

My Uncle, who is 80 years old, and cannot lift heavy objects anymore, had a homeless laborer stay on his property until he caught him stealing tools, but unknown to my Uncle, this person left behind a bucket of human waste, solid and liquid, in the back of the barn, now he needs to have it disposed, but since it is a health hazard, how can it be safely disposed without any of us becoming sick from the waste?
No Jokes, please, this is serious!
No Jokes, please, this is serious!

Simply flush it down the toilet. Or dump it out in the pasture somewhere. People have been doing their duty in pastures for years. That amount won’t hurt anything. Wear gloves while you are doing this. Take another bucket of water with you to water it down. While it’s not a pleasant thing to have to do, just do it & be done with it.

To The Deadly Licker: HE SAID THE GUY WAS HOMELESS!!!

I know most of the actual trash that we put out goes to a landfill, but what happens to the yard waste? I see a potential gold mine (or green mine if you will) for the city to privatize the collection of yard waste, turn it into compost, and sell it back to consumers for personal or commercial fertilization. Does anyone know where it goes?

Many municipalities do exactly that. Some also separate out branches, run them through a chipper, and sell the chips as landscaping material.

How does waste water from houses and buildings is treated and purified?

Depends on where you live.

In some places it is piped into the nearest river, lake, or ocean. In others, it goes through primary treatment (allow solids to settle) and then is piped into the nearest river, lake, or ocean. In some cases, it goes through multiple layers of treatment (secondary treatment might consider of filters, bacteria to remove heavy metals, chemicals to kill harmful bacteria or reduce the PH level, etc.), and then it piped into the nearly river, lake, or ocean.

In some cases, treated water might be recycled back into housing for non-drinking water, into agricultural uses, etc. Some communities have separate water for say lawn watering, outdoor fountains, etc. vs. drinking water.

I am going in for cholonic hydration tomorrow. Good old clean out. However it will be my first time. What is the normal amount of waste an adult male carries in his stomach?

Don’t know the amount.
Percentage is 4%.
While you eat something, some waste with food gets inside your stomach.

What is the process od disposing waste materials and how the garbage is dosposed?

You may find this interesting. This looks like a research question. http://www.sikhnet.com/hemkuntsahib/environ.htm This is a good site, and it does not all hit you at once or bombard you with words.

We want to collect food scraps in the kitchen for composting in the yard. What is the best solution for collecting the food waste so that you can periodically take it out? We don’t want something stinky or icky that might attract bugs. Are there any good products? Thanks!

We got a small trash container that has a flip top and a bucket inside. It holds about one gallon. The container is black which is almost invisible in our kitchen. It ts the best solution we have come up with. Food scraps, coffee grounds, flower stems and cuttings go in and we empty every two or three days. No problems with odors or ants.

We want to collect food scraps in the kitchen for composting in the yard. What is the best solution for collecting the food waste so that you can periodically take it out? We don’t want something stinky or icky that might attract bugs. Are there any good products? Thanks!

We got a small trash container that has a flip top and a bucket inside. It holds about one gallon. The container is black which is almost invisible in our kitchen. It ts the best solution we have come up with. Food scraps, coffee grounds, flower stems and cuttings go in and we empty every two or three days. No problems with odors or ants.

I have this assignment at school and i have to talk about nuclear power and nuclear waste and make an opinion on whether it’s worth it. Just wondering how much do any of you guys know about nuclear waste, and what is your opinion on nuclear power?

Well i will try and keep it kinda simple here so everyone can understand. While it really seems very complex it really isn’t.

Nuclear waste can be generally classified a either "low level" radioactive waste or "high level" radioactive waste. Low level nuclear waste usually includes material used to handle the highly radioactive parts of nuclear reactors (i.e. cooling water pipes and radiation suits) and waste from medical procedures involving radioactive treatments or x-rays. Low level waste is comparatively easy to dispose of. The level of radioactivity and the half life of the radioactive isotopes in low level waste is relatively small. Storing the waste for a period of 10 to 50 years will allow most of the radioactive isotopes in low level waste to decay, at which point the waste can be disposed of as normal refuse.

High level radioactive waste is generally material from the core of the nuclear reactor or nuclear weapon. This waste includes uranium, plutonium, and other highly radioactive elements made during fission. Most of the radioactive isotopes in high level waste emit large amounts of radiation and have extremely long half-lives (some longer than 100,000 years) creating long time periods before the waste will settle to safe levels of radioactivity.

As for my opinion on nuclear power, well while i believe that there are other ways that we could be producing cleaner, more renewable energy, ( which i would be happy to get into if you or anyone is very interested ) I do believe that while there are some very serious issues with nuclear power; however i also believe that as long as it is treated with the respect and care that is warranted it is a sufficient temporary alternative.

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I have some decoratives and some gravel in my fish tank, i just bought it and i’m not very good at these things. I can see lots of waste and hair and poop at the bottom between the gravels and on top the gravel, i have a filter but it wont vacuum out the waste. I heard that if i change the water the fish might die. Is there a way i can get the waste out of the gravel with out hurting the fish?

Well, 25% water changes are very good for your fish, they are needed and healthy…
And when you do those whater changes, you stir up the gravel witha Gravel Vac, which is reall just a Siphon….

If you don’t have one, just buy one. They are not that much money, but get on appropriate to the size of your tank.
A huge gravel vac is not going work well in 10 gallon tank and vice versa.

Once you get the siphon effect going and the water starts getting sucked up, push it down in to the gravel and pull it back up, creating a stir-up effect. You will be able to see and suck up all the "junk" you are talking about.

Works well. But don’t change all the water!! Only 25%.
And don’t try to get all the "junk" out, first it would reallllly hard to do, and some of that is beneficial to your tank!!

While it may look icky, when you add the new treated water, and get the filter going again, those suspended floating "icky" particles will get taken in by the filter creating even more of an estblished bacterial colony filer which is good for your tank!!!!!!!!!!

That is called keeping and developing an esatblished tank, whic h is always what you want to keep maintaining at all times. It is best for your fish, it’s a biological filter. Good Stuff.
The bacteria breaks down the ammonia and nitrite into nitrates, which is what we clean, whic his easily maintainable, but we don;t want to take it all out, or the initial process starts all over again, which is sooooooooooo not good.
So don’t think you have to rinse that filter cartridge off till it shines when you are cleaning he tank either…
that pouch holds alot of beneficial bacteria.
You are going ot want to leave as much "be" as possible"
It is a very interesting and delicate cycle.
So keep that water change to a 25% minimum.

You seem freaked out about hurting your Mollly so ofcouirse you the have the option of transferring your Molly gently into a tupperware or glass bowl full of existing water from your current tank before this process takes place. Make it gentle and swift and netless. Just dip the tupperware container into the tank until the Molly swims into it. This works well so that you can gently pour or even underwater release the Molly back in rather than having to "net" the fish at all. This is what I do with one of my smaller tanks.

Hope this helped you.

Peace
Eco