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Eassy on solid waste management

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The Solid Waste Management is defined as ‘the source separation, collection, storage, transport, processing, treatment, recovery managing and monitoring and disposal of solid waste materials’. The management refers to the solid wastes produced by the human activity, and the process is undertaken to reduce their effects on the health of humans and animals, the environment and the aesthetics.

Waste management is a distinct practice from the ‘resource recovery’ which focuses on delaying the consumption rate of the natural resources. All waste materials, whether they are solid, liquid, gaseous or radioactive materials, fall within the purview of waste management