Question

Explain any three effects of solid waste on the environment in your own words..​

Answer 1

Explanation:

• It causes various diseases in human as bacillary dysentery, diarrhea and amoebic dysentery, plague, salmonellosis, trichinosis, endemic typhus, cholera, jaundice, hepatitis, gastro enteric diseases etc.

• Improper waste disposal on any scale can create environmental problems, health problems and even economic concerns.
• Soil, water and air pollution can all be a result of improper waste disposal and occurs when either of them becomes contaminated with hazardous materials.

Answer 2

Effects of solid waste on the environment.

Explanation:

• Inefficient solid waste management may create serious environmental impacts like infectious diseases, land and water pollution, obstruction of drains and loss of biodiversity.
• Land use- the size of some landfills is nearly inconceivable.
• Toxins-Many objects that are thrown away contain toxins , that leaches into the soil and water, effecting plants, animals and humans.
• Electronic waste adversely effects the environment.
• Rotting of waste produces methane gas which is more potent than carbondioxide.
• It causes bad smell.