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  2. Economic effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia

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    BP's stock fell by 51% in 40 days on the New York Stock Exchange, going from $60.57 on 20 April 2010, to $29.20 on 9 June, its lowest level since August 1996. On 25 June, BP's market value reached a 1-year low. The company's total value lost since 20 April was $105 billion.

  3. Agricultural subsidy - Wikipedia

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    An agricultural subsidy (also called an agricultural incentive) is a government incentive paid to agribusinesses, agricultural organizations and farms to supplement their income, manage the supply of agricultural commodities, and influence the cost and supply of such commodities. Examples of such commodities include: wheat, feed grains (grain ...

  4. Food loss and waste - Wikipedia

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    In France, approximately 1.3–1.9 million tonnes of food waste is produced every year, or between 20 and 30 kilograms per person per year. [108] Out of the 10 million tonnes of food that is either lost or wasted in the country, 7.1 million tonnes of food wasted in the country, only 11% comes from supermarkets. [109]

  5. Landfill gas utilization - Wikipedia

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    The high-Btu processing equipment can be expected to cost $2,600 to $4,300 per standard cubic foot per minute (scfm) of landfill gas. Annual costs range from $875,000 to $3.5 million to operate, maintain and provide electricity to. Costs depend on quality of the end product gas as well as the size of the project.

  6. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    Percentage. In mathematics, a percentage (from Latin per centum 'by a hundred') is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often denoted using the percent sign (%), [1] although the abbreviations pct., pct, and sometimes pc are also used. [2] A percentage is a dimensionless number (pure number), primarily used for expressing ...

  7. Electronic waste in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the case of Guiyu China, the region with the world's highest levels of cancer-causing dioxins, [40] discharge water runs off into Lianjiang River. The Lianjiang River is considered to be a category 5 river; meaning that according to the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection, the water quality is not safe for human consumption or ...

  8. Iridium - Wikipedia

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    Iridium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ir and atomic number 77. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group, it is considered the second-densest naturally occurring metal (after osmium) with a density of 22.56 g/cm 3 (0.815 lb/cu in) [ 8] as defined by experimental X-ray crystallography. [ a] 191 Ir and 193 ...

  9. Waste Management (WM) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript - AOL

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    At the same time, our automation investments are providing consistent financial results, improving labor cost per ton by 30% to 35% and increasing the blended value on commodity sales by 15% to 20%.