difference between solid waste and liquid waste
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SOLID WASTE - Solid wastes include solid portions of the discarded material such as glass bottles, crockeries, plastic containers, metals and radioactive wastes. The solid wastes may be biodegradable or non-biodegradable. The biodegradable solid wastes are agricultural wastes, food wastes, paper, food processing by products, manure, yard wastes etc. The non-biodegradable wastes includes plastic, metals, synthetic materials, radio active waste etc.
The solid waste management involves disposal of solid waste to land (or ocean) or recovering and reproducing useful substances from the waste through recycling.
LIQUID WASTE - Liquid wastes are the liquid part of the waste material. Liquid waste includes effluents of industries, fertiliser and pesticide solutions from agricultural fields, leachate from landfills, urban runoff of untreated waste water and garbage, mining wastes etc. The liquid waste may contain nontoxic inorganic substances or toxic organic substances.
Some important liquid waste management methods are as follows
Sewage treatment - This process involves the following methodology:
Dilution
Mechanical treatment
Biological treatment
Chemical treatment
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solid waste
Solid waste means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded materials including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material, resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations, ...
Types of solid waste. c) Biomedical waste or hospital waste as infectious waste. Municipal solid waste consists of household waste, construction and demolition debris, sanitation residue, and waste from streets.
liquid waste
Liquid waste can be defined as such Liquids as wastewater, fats, oils or grease (FOG), used oil, liquids, solids, gases, or sludges and hazardous household liquids. These liquids that are hazardous or potentially harmful to human health or the environment.
Common examples of liquid waste are human and animal excreta, household wastewater, cooking oil, fats, and grease