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Waste minimisation in the bulk pharmaceutical industry
(1998)
Waste disposal is a major problem for today’s society. The traditional
outlets for wastes, like landfilling are fast disappearing and for many
types of wastes it is no longer an option. The problems of disposal of
hazardous ...
Astaxanthin production by Phaffia rhodozyma
(1998-06)
This project concentrated on the use of the commercially available Phaffia
rhodozyma NCYC 874 as an astaxanthin source. The purpose of this research
was to investigate the optimum conditions for a batch fermentation of ...
Development of a lake pollution monitoring system using periphyton in the littoral zone of Lough Gill
(1998-10)
Periphyton is a complex mat, predominantly made up of algae, found attached to submerged
surfaces in the photic zone of a waterbody. In the early 1990's this brown substance was
observed to cover plants, stones and most ...
The socio-economic costs of unemployment in Ireland with particular reference to the Arigna mining community
(1998-01)
The objective of this thesis is to investigate the socio-economic costs of unemployment in Ireland.
These are the related social costs of unemployment in terms of poverty, ill health, inadequate education and training. ...
Landfill as a future option for the disposal of treated electroplating chemicals such as metal bearing sludges and filtercakes in Ireland
(1998-06)
Currently the fifteen Irish electroplating plant that have applied for an IPC
licence produce 394.6 tonnes/annum electroplating sludge and 33.6 cubic
metres of waste solution. This electroplating sludge is exported for ...
An investigation into the ecological status of metalliferous mine tailings sites in Counties Galway, Sligo and Tipperary
(1998)
Metalliferous mining in Ireland is a multi-million pound industry and its operations are a "far-cry" from the first Bronze Age workings. With the modern industry however, comes the production of large quantities of mine ...
The removal of pollutants present in domestic wastewater by an inorganic medium.
(1998)
The removal of polluting parameters present in domestic wastewater, by the
Biolat septic tank was investigated. Results obtained indicate that the Biolat
media was responsible for the removal of ammonium and phosphate. ...