WASTE GENERATION&

MANAGEMENT

What is waste?Waste Is any substance which is discarded after primary use, or it is worthless, defective and of no use.

CATEGORIES OF WASTE

Domestic waste

Industrial waste

Agricultural waste

Municipal waste e-waste

DOMESTIC WASTE

KITCHEN WASTE

• Peelings of vegetables and fruits

• Shells taken off from eggs, groundnuts and other dry fruits

• Washing of rice, pulses etc.

• Any stale or rotten non-usable food items

PLASTICS

• Plastic plates, glasses etc

GLASS

• Broken glass utensils, mirrors, containers

• Broken electrical bulb

• Rotten Food wastes

RAGS

• Discarded worn out clothing, old bed-sheets, blankets

NEWSPAPER

• Newspapers and magazines

INDUSTRIAL WASTE

• Gaseous wastes from Industries is harmful for the living organisms

MINING OPERATIONS

• During mining operations huge quantities of waste are produced. Such waste is called mine tailing.

• THE TILDEN MINE, UPPER PENINSULA

• Tilden Iron Mine, Marquette County, Upper Peninsula.

• Mining operations produce large amounts of left-overs.

CEMENT INDUSTRIES

• The gaseous wastes include the flyash which consists of fine solid particles of non-combustible ash.

CONSTRUCTION UNITS

• Construction units produce huge quantities of waste stones, pebbles, broken bricks, wood wastes etc. which are dumped in landfills.