This will allow industry to solve waste problems through competition and innovation.
"The outbreak is likely to continue as the water and sanitation situation is worsening, with severe shortages of potable water, sewage and waste disposal problems reported in most of the populated areas, " the statement said.
Highland Council has tackled other waste-related problems in the past.
Consumerism has brought with it plastic packaging and new problems of waste management.
To tackle all the problems of waste and dirty water, therefore, politicians must concentrate on making public utilities more efficient, weeding out corruption, and cutting subsidies.
The Mountain Pass mine, which had been bought in 1977 by Unocal, the oil company, began running into all kinds of regulatory problems concerning waste disposal, just as it was losing market share to cheaper Chinese competitors.
In 1990, the Municipality of El-Agustino District, located in the Metropolitan area of greater Lima in Peru, asked the German Volunteer Service (DED) for technical assistance to ameliorate the burning problems of waste management within the district boundaries.
There have been documented cases of leaking gas ruining nearby well water, of air pollution and of problems from the waste the drilling generates.
Carl Iwan Clowes, of People Against Wylfa B (Pawb), said the waste from nuclear power stations created problems for future generations.
Anybody who promises to solve California's problems by simply attacking government waste should take note.
While waste occurred globally, broader food production problems seem to be more prevalent in less developed areas.
At the most recent GOP presidential debate, for instance, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich insisted he could address most fiscal problems by controlling, yes, waste, fraud, and abuse.
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But the summiteers should not waste too much time on self-congratulation as problems abound.
Ashoka Fellows work on the hardest problems in society from human trafficking to medical waste to saving orangutans.
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Our energy problems essentially boil down to the fact that we waste too much energy and get too much of that energy from polluting sources.
These either burn fossil fuel and thus contribute to global warming, or use uranium, which brings problems such as how to get rid of the waste, as well as political opposition.
Some background: Donziger has spent more than a decade trying to collect money for Ecuadorean villagers he says have suffered a variety of health problems due to millions of barrels of oil and waste products left behind at drilling sites that Texaco, now part of Chevron, operated until it left the country in 1990.
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In recent years, problems have fouled acquaculture's reputation: pollution from waste runoff, high disease and parasite rates due to a high density of fish and the uptake of industrial chemicals harmful to humans have combined to make fish less healthy to eat.
This tells me that while we may not yet be able to wrap our heads around big data in healthcare to solve specific problems, we are starting to shed light on areas of waste or misuse because of our ability to tap into bits and pieces of these vast data reserves.
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When Cory Environmental Services took over waste collection services in April, Cornwall Council was inundated with calls about collection problems.
The information harvested from each compactor allows waste managers to optimize collection routes and schedules and prevent hot spots from becoming problems.
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Crew member Sachin Sharma of India said workers had no problems with being thrust into the icky job of handling the red bags filled with human waste.
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So if the internal fan seems annoyingly loud, or you run into other problems that a quick tech-support call can't resolve, don't waste lots of time on the phone getting fixes particularly if they involve waiting for parts.
As well as animal welfare concerns over rearing large numbers of farm animals in close proximity, the water use, farmland for animal feed, waste and greenhouse-gas emissions associated with meat production make it one of the most significant environmental problems in the world today.
Also, a police report of an 11-year-old girl found playing on waste ground was picked up by a health visitor whose records showed the girl's mother suffered from mental health problems.
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