Question

evs project on topic solid waste long answer

Answer 1

society reduce this growing menace?

What is Solid Waste?

Solid waste is the unwanted or useless solid materials generated from human activities in residential, industrial or commercial areas. It may be categorised in three ways. According to its:

1st point=origin (domestic, industrial, commercial, construction or institutional)

2nd point=contents (organic material, glass, metal, plastic paper etc)

3rd point=hazard potential (toxic, non-toxin, flammable, radioactive, infectious etc).

Solid Waste Management reduces or eliminates the adverse impact on the environment & human health. A number of processes are involved in effectively managing waste for a municipality. These include monitoring, collection, transport, processing, recycling and disposal. The quantum of waste generated varies mainly due to different lifestyles, which is directly proportional to socio economic status of the urban population.

Answer 2

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, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permit under 33 USC 1342, as amended (86 Stat. 880), or source, special nuclear or by-product material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (68 Stat. 923) except as may be provided by existing agreements between the State of New York and the government of the United States (see section 360-1.3 of this Part).

In Simple Words - Solid wastes are any discarded or abandoned materials. Solid wastes can be solid, liquid, semi-solid or containerized gaseous material.

Examples of solid wastes include the following materials when discarded:waste tiresseptagescrap metallatex paintsfurniture and toysgarbageappliances and vehiclesoil and anti-freezeempty aerosol cans, paint cans and compressed gas cylindersconstruction and demolition debris, asbestos

A material is discarded if it is abandoned by being:

disposed of;burned or incinerated, including being burned as a fuel for the purpose of recovering usable energy; oraccumulated, stored or physically, chemically or biologically treated (other than burned or incinerated) instead of or before being disposed of.

A material is disposed of if it is: Discharged, deposited, injected, dumped, spilled, leaked or placed into or on any land or water so that such material or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into groundwater or surface water.