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Waste Management
BYASWATI A
ROLL NO: 510
AYSHA ASHARAF
ROLL NO: 511
BIMS
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INTRODUCTION Since the beginning, human kind has been
generating waste.
It could be in the form of :
Bones
Other parts of animals they slaughter
Wood
With the progress of ciili!ation the wastegenerated became of a more comple"
nature.
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#t the end of $%thcentury&Industrialreolution' there was rise in the world of
consumers.
(he increase in population andurbani!ation was also largely responsible
for the increase in solid waste.
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What are Wastes
Waste &also known as rubbish, trash, refuse,
garbage,junk, litter, and ort' is unwanted or
useless materials. In biology, waste is any of
the many unwanted substances or to"ins that
are e"pelled from liing organisms, metabolic
waste) such as urea and sweat.
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Base! C"n#ent$"n De%$n$t$"n "% Wastes
*substances or ob+ects which are disposed
of or are intended to be disposed of or are
reuired to be disposed of by the proisions
of the law-
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D$s&"sa! means
*any operation which may lead to resource
recoery, recycling, reclamation, direct re
use or alternatie uses nne" I/B of the
Basel conention'-
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'$n(s "% Wastes
S"!$( )astes: wastes in solid forms, domestic,
commercial and industrial wastes
Examples: plastics, Styrofoam containers,
bottles, cans, papers, scrap iron, and other trash
L$*+$( Wastes: wastes in liquid form
Examples: domestic washings, chemicals,
oils, waste water from ponds, manufacturing
industries and other sources
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C!ass$%$,at$"n "% Wastes a,,"r($ng
t" the$r -r"&ert$es
Bio-degradable :can be degraded &paper, wood, fruits and
others'
Non-biodegradable :
cannot be degraded &plastics, bottles,
old machines , cans, Styrofoam containers
and others'
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C!ass$%$,at$"n "% Wastes a,,"r($ng t"
the$r .%%e,ts "n H+man Hea!th an( the.n#$r"nment
a!ardous wastes :
Substances unsafe to use commercially,
industrially, agriculturally, or economicallyand hae any of the following propertiesignitability, corrosiity, reactiity 0to"icity.
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a!ardous Waste
19
# solid waste, or acombination of solid wastes,
which because of its:
uantity,
concentration,
physical,
chemical,
infectious characteristics may
pose a ha!ard to human health
or the enironment.
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PPT048-01 18
N"#E:
#ll ha!ardous wastes are solid wastes1ot all solid wastes are ha!ardous waste
$roperties of ha!ardous wastes
Based on characteristics
%gnitabilit& Ignitable wastes create fires under certain
conditions or are spontaneously combustible, or hae a
flash point less than 23 45 &$63 47'.
'orrosi(it& 5orrosie wastes are acids or bases &p8 less
than or eual to 9 or greater than or eual to $9.' that are
capable of corroding metal containers, such as storage
tanks, drums, and barrels.
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)eacti(it& ;eactie wastes are unstable under rocedure &(5=>'.
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C!ass$%$,at$"n "% )astes a,,"r($ng t"
the$r "r$g$n an( t/&e
M+n$,$&a! S"!$( )astes:
Solid wastes that include household garbage, rubbish,
construction 0 demolition debris, sanitation residues,
packaging materials, trade refuges etc. are managed byany municipality.
B$"me($,a! )astes:
Solid or liuid wastes including containers,
intermediate or end products generated during
diagnosis, treatment 0 research actiities of medical
sciences.
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In(+str$a! )astes:
=iuid and solid wastes that are generated bymanufacturing 0 processing units of arious industries
like chemical, petroleum, coal, metal gas, sanitary 0
paper etc.
*isher& wastes: Wastes generated due to fisheryactiities. (hese are e"tensiely found in coastal 0
estuarine areas.
)adioacti(e wastes: Waste containing radioactie
materials. ?sually these are byproducts of nuclearprocesses. Sometimes industries that are not directly
inoled in nuclear actiities, may also produce some
radioactie wastes, e.g. radioisotopes, chemical sludge
etc.
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E-wastes:
@lectronic wastes generated from any modern
establishments. (hey may be described as discarded
electrical or electronic deices.
+gricultural wastes:
Wastes generated from farming actiities. (hese substances
are mostly biodegradable.
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$A
ources of Wastes
ouseholds
'ommerce and %ndustr&
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$%
+griculture
*isheries
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SOLID WAST.S
It is defined as:
Non-liquid , non-soluble materials
ranging from municipal garbage to
industrial wastes that contain complex
and sometimes ha!ardous substances . Solid wastes also includes:
Sewage sludge
#gricultural refuse
emolition wastes
Cining residues
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Solid Waste
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S"!$( Waste $n In($a
D.9 million tonnes of ha!ardous waste
One S km of additional landfill area eeryyear
;s $233 crore for treatment 0 disposal of these wastes
In addition to this industries discharge about $3 million
tonnes of high olume low ha!ard waste eery year,
which is mostly dumped on open low lying land areas.
Source: Estimate of Ministry of Environment & Forest
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#&pes of solid wastes Broadly there are E types of waste which are as
follows:
ousehold waste is generally classified as/unicipal waste.
%ndustrial wasteas a!ardous waste
Biomedical waste or ospital waste as%nfectious waste
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/0N%'%$+1 "1%2 W+#E
Cunicipal solid waste consists of:
8ousehold waste
5onstruction and demolition
Sanitation residueWaste from streets
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+3+)2"0 W+#E
Industrial and hospital waste is considered
ha!ardous as they may contain to"icsubstances.
8a!ardous wastes could be highly to"ic to
humans, animals and plants . (hey are:5orrosie
8ighly inflammable or e"plosie
;eact when e"posed to certain things.
@.g. gases
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8ousehold wastes that can be categori!ed
as ha!ardous waste include:Old batteries
Shoe polish
>aint tinsOld medicines
Cedicine bottles
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8ospital waste contaminated by chemicalsused in hospitals is considered ha!ardous.
(hese chemicals include formaldehyde and
phenols, which are used as disinfectants.
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In the industrial sector, the ma+or
generators of ha!ardous waste are themetal, chemical, paper, pesticide, dye,
refining, and rubber goods industries.
irect e"posure to chemicals in ha!ardous
waste such as mercury and cyanide can be
fatal.
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"$%#+1 W+#E
8ospital waste is generated during the
diagnosis treatment or immuni!ation ofhuman beings or animals.
It may include wastes like
Sharps Soiled waste
isposables
#natomical waste
5ultures
iscarded medicines
5hemical wastes
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(hese are in the form of disposable
syringes, swabs, bandages, body fluids,human e"creta, etc.
(his waste is highly infectious and can be a
serious threat to human health if notmanaged in a scientific and discriminate
manner.
It has been roughly estimated that of the 6kg of waste generated in a hospital at least
$ kg would be infected.
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Waste can be ...Waste can be ...
#oided 0
reduced5hangeraw
material
5hange
process
5hange
technology
Food
house
keepingSerices
instead
of products
5hange
product
I.
;ecycled
Withinthe process
Inside
the
company
@"ternally
II.
isposed of
;eduction
of olume
eto"i
fication
Stabili!ation
@nergetically
III.
5orrect
segrega
tion
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WAST. MANA.M.NT
(hree ;s to be followed for waste
management are:
)euse
)ec&cle
)educe
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)E0E
o not throw away the soft drink cans or
the bottles) coer them with homemadepaper or paint on them and use them as
pencil stands or small ases.
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E6
W+# "012 BE 2"NE %N )E0E
2onate4Exchange
- old books
- old clothes
- old computers
- excess building materials
- old equipment to local organi!ations
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)E'5'1E
?se shopping bags made of +ute, which can
be used oer and oer again.
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)ec&cling
)ec&cling:>rocessing of a waste item into usableforms
Benefits
Saes money, raw materials, and land.
@ncourages indiidual responsibility.
;educes pressure on disposal systems.
Gapan recycles about half of all household
and commercial wastes. =owers demand for raw resources.
;educes energy consumption and air
pollution.
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$lasticBags
$H of plastic bags are recycled.
# few years ago a study showed that A million
pounds of plastic bags are thrown away each
year. If you dont recycle them, animals can eat them
and get stuck in their throat and they will
suffocate.
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$aper$aper $ ton of recycled paper can sae $D treesJ
;euse paper around the home as scrap paper or
packing material. @nelopes can also be reused.
#nother good way to reduce paper is to read the
news online K this will stop the massie amount
of trees being cut down for newspapers aloneJ
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Re,/,!$ng n"t a s"!+t$"n t" a!! &r"2!ems3
;ecycling is not a solution to managing eery
kind of waste material
7or many items recycling technologies are
unaailable or unsafe
In some cases, cost of recycling is too high.
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)E20'E
;educe the generation of unnecessary waste,
@g . carry your own shopping bag when yougo to the market and pull all your purchases
directly into it.
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6$
E**E'# "* W+#E %* N"#
/+N+6E2 W%E15 +ffects our health
+ffects our socio-economic conditions
+ffects our coastal and marine en(ironment
+ffects our climate
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69
E**E'# "* W+#E7
66s are accumulating in Earth8s atmosphere as a result ofhuman acti(ities, causing global mean surface air temperatureand subsurface ocean temperature to rise9
)ising global temperatures are expected to raise sea le(els andchange precipitation and other local climate conditions9
'hanging regional climates could alter forests, crop &ields,and water supplies9
#his could also affect human health, animals, and man& t&pes
of ecos&stems9
2eserts might expand into existing rangelands, and features ofsome of our national parks might be permanentl& altered9
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+cti(ities that ha(e altered the chemical composition of the
atmosphere:
Buildup of 66s primaril& carbon dioxide '";< methane '=; is emitted during agricultural and industrial acti(ities, as well
as during combustion of solid waste and fossil fuels9 %n [email protected], the
0 emitted about one-fifth of total global 66s9
M h ( % W D$ !
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Meth"(s "% Waste D$s&"sa!
=andfills
Incineration
Source reduction
5omposting
;ecycling
( %$!!$
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Lan( %$!!$ng Cost municipal solid
waste in ?S is depositedin landfills
Source of groundwater
pollution 1umber of municipal
landfills is declining.
Some closed foriolations,
1ew landfills are costly
and often resisted .
In,$nerat$"n
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In,$nerat$"n
>rior to $%63,incineration wascommon in 1orth#merica and western
@urope.
Cany incinerators were eliminated because of foul odorsand gritty smoke
5urrently, about $H of ?.S. municipal solid waste isincinerated.
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In,$nerat$"n
>ros:
;educe olume %3H, weight DH
8eat from burning conerted to electricity
5ons:
5reate air pollution
5oncentrates to"ins in ash
Core costly than landfills, as long as space
aailable
C"m&"st$ng
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C"m&"st$ng
8arnessing natural
decomposition totransform organic materialinto compost
#bout EA33 compostingfacilities currently in usein the ?nited States.
S R ( t$
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S"+r,e Re(+,t$"n
Cost fundamental method of reducingwaste is to preent it from being
produced &Waste >reention'.
;educe and reuse K Indiiduals and
Industry
Saes natural resources.
;educes waste to"icity
;educes costs
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