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Classify solid waste management

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Answered by morgan3666
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Solid waste  management is a term which is used to refer the process of collecting and treating waste.



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Answered by OfficialPk
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1. Municipal Waste:

Municipal waste includes waste resulting from municipal activities and services such as street wastes, dead animals, market wastes and abandoned vehicles. However, the term is commonly applied in a wider sense to incorporate domestic wastes and commercial wastes.

2. Domestic I Residential Waste:

This category of waste comprises the solid wastes that originate from single and multi-family house hold units. These wastes are generated as a consequence of house hold activities such as cooking, cleaning, repairs, hobbies, redecoration, empty containers packaging, clothing, old books, paper and old furnishings.

3. Commercial Waste:



Included in this category are solid wastes that originate in offices, wholesale and retail stores, restaurants, hotels, markets, warehouses and other commercial establishments. Some of these wastes are further classified as garbage and others as rubbish.

4. Garbage:

Garbage is the term applied to animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, storage, sale, cooking and serving food. Such wastes contain putrescible organic matter, which produces strong odours and therefore attracts rats, flies and other vermin. It requires immediate attention in its storage, handling and disposal.

5. Rubbish:

Rubbish is general term applied to solid wastes originating in households, commercial establishments and institutions, excluding garbage & ashes.

6. Institutional Waste:

Institutional wastes are those arising from institutions such as schools, universities, hospitals and research institutes. It includes wastes, which are classified as garbage and rubbish, as well as wastes, which are considered to be hazardous to public health and to the environment.

7. Ashes:

Ashes are the residues from the burning of wood, coal, charcoal, coke and other combustible materials for cooking and heating in houses, institutions and small industrial establishments. When produced in large quantities at power generation plants and factories, these wastes are classified as industrial wastes. Ashes consist of a fine powdery residue, cinders and clinker often mixed with small pieces of metal and glass.


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