A. Short Answer Questions
1. How is waste produced?
2. Which factors contribute to waste production?
3. What is a waste?
4. What is the role of community participation in waste management?
5. How is waste collected from homes in India?
6. What are the sources of waste?
7. What is the impact of waste if not managed wisely?
8. How are humans exposed to waste?
9. Define waste management.
Answers
Answer:
1.Wastewater can contain physical, chemical and biological pollutants. Households may produce wastewater from flush toilets, sinks, dishwashers, washing machines, bath tubs, and showers. ... After treatment at a wastewater treatment plant, treated wastewater (also called effluent) is discharged to a
receiving water body
2.This includes trash or garbage from households, schools, offices, market places, restaurants and other public places. They include everyday items like food debris, used plastic bags, soda cans and plastic water bottles, broken furniture, grass clippings, product packaging, broken home appliances and clothing.
3.use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
4.This involves actions like storing waste in a proper way in a bag or bin, separate recyclable or organic materials from other waste, offering waste at the right place at the proper time for collection, and cleaning the area around the house.
5.A waste collector, sanitation worker, dustman, binman (in the UK) or garbageman (in the US) is a person employed by a public or private enterprise to collect and remove waste (refuse) and recyclables from residential, commercial, industrial or other collection site for further processing and waste disposal.
6.The main sources of waste are nondurable goods, durable goods, containers and packaging, and food and yard waste.
7.The storage, handling and disposal of general refuse have the potential to give rise to some environmental impacts if not properly managed. These include odour if waste is not collected frequently, windblown litter, water quality impacts if waste enters water bodies, and visual impact.
9.Waste management are the activities and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process.