Different Types of Waste
Municipal Solid Waste
household garbage, construction and demolition debris or waste, sanitation residues, packaging materials, trade refuges
Hazardous Waste
unsafe to use commercially, might cause explosion
1. Solid Waste 2. Liquid Waste 3. Gaseous Waste
Kinds of Waste according to their state
1. Municipal Solid Waste 2. Industrial Waste 3. Agricultural Waste 4. Fishery Waste 5. Radioactive Waste 6. E-waste 7. Biomedical Waste
Waste According to Generation (Origin)
1. Landfill 2. Dump 3. Compost Pit (Composting) 4. Material Recovery Facility (MRF)
Waste Disposal Practices
MRF (materials recovery facility)
a facility to receive, sort, process and store recyclable materials
Marikina
a place where the ideal MRF is found
Dump
an excavated piece of land used as storage for waste materials
Waste
as unwanted or unusable materials which are disposed of or are intended to be disposed of by the provisions of national law
Radioactive Waste
by-products of nuclear processes
Biodegradable Waste
can be turned ito fertilizer
Biomedical Waste
can not be mixed with other waste
Industrial Waste
chemical, petroleum, coal, metal, gas, sanitary, and papers, factory wastes
Liquid State
chemicals, oils, and waste water from ponds and manufacturing industries (according to state)
Radioactive Waste
commonly in nuclear power plants
Biomedical Waste
containers, intermediate or end products, syringes, and medicine
Biodegradable Waste
decomposes themselves over a period of time depending on the material
E-waste
discarded electrical or electronic devices
Non-Biodegradable Waste
do not decompose by themselves and hence are major pollutants
Fishery Waste
fish viscera, fish bones, and scales, wastes from dynamites
Landfill
introduced by people in the vicinity
Dump
introduced by the government
Agricultural Waste
manure, harvest waste, fertilizer, run-off from the fields; pesticides that enter into water, and salt ang silt drained from fields
Compost Pit (Composting)
natural process of recycling organic matter, such as leaves and food scraps, into a valuable fertilizer
Gaseous Waste
oxides of C(carbon), SO2(suitable), oxides of N2(nitrogen), hydrocarbons, aerosols, CO(carbon oxide), CH4(methane) and CFC(chlorofluorocarbons) (according to state)
Hazardous Waste
pesticides, mercury in thermometer, lithium in battery
Landfill
place to dispose waste material by burying or covering with soil and become an extending usable land after few years
Solid Waste
plastics, styrofoam, paper, scrap iron, and sludge from a wastewater treatment plant (according to state)
Non-Hazardous Waste
safe to use commercially
1. Biodegradable Waste 2. Non-Biodegradable Waste 3. Hazardous Waste 4. Non-Hazardous Waste
Classification of Waste
1. Reduce 2. Reuse 3. Recycle
3R's of Waste Management
