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“One man’s waste is another man’s resource” goes the new saying. This simply means that what is a waste to you, might be a resource to some one else or even to put it better that what is a waste today might be a resource tomorrow. That way, I can comfortably define waste as that item, material or substance you as an individual consider useless at a given time and place. |
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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are natural substances composed of organic (carbon based) chemicals and mixtures that persist in the environment, thus they are highly
persistent to photolytic, biological and chemical degradation. They are toxic (poisonous) to humans and have a tendency of biologically accumulating in the food chain, a process known as bio-accumulation. They are semi-volatile (unstable) thus are able to move long distances in the atmosphere (air) before disposition (settlement) occurs. Humans can be exposed to POPs through food, occupation and accidents among other channels.
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27th September, 2008 Uganda joined the rest of the world to celebrate World Tourism Day. The celebrations took place in Kasese district at the Rwenzori Square. The day was commemorated under the local theme ’celebrating the beauty of the Rwenzori.’ |
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At the 1992 Earth Summit, several countries, including Uganda, signed the United Nations Framework convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) thereby committing them to combating Green House Gas (GHG) emissions to the atmosphere. The Kyoto Protocol (1997) also put in place a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as one of the mechanisms to allow developed and industrialized countries to invest in projects in developing countries that would realize GHG emission reductions. |
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