Question

Name and explain main categories of waste

Answer 1

Answer:

Conclusion: Waste can be classified into five types of waste which is all commonly found around the house. These include liquid waste, solid rubbish, organic waste, recyclable rubbish and hazardous waste. Make sure that you segregate your waste into these different types to ensure proper waste removal.

Answer 2

Answer:

• domestic waste
• agricultural waste
• Industrial waste
• Biomedical Waste

• domestic waste = It include vegetable peels fruit peels leftover food called organic waste plastic paper packaging waste empty bottles of chemical broken crockery you must keep a dustbin with the lead on it every day the field the space should be emptied and if possible organic waste garbage sold be dumped in the compost pit if you composed the garbage turn into good manual you can utilise it into kitchen garden
• agricultural waste = fertilizers are used to improve the fertility of the soil large quantity of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, rodenticides, and fungi sides are used all these contain harmful chemical which get mixed with underground water through race this chemical reach pounds and rivers animal drinking that water may get poison the underground water gets polluted due to this chemical and when this what is formed out it can bring harm to us during harvest season threshing generate a lot of which affect the health of the people nowadays the stocks are not covered by the farmers while harvesting they are burnt it a cause a lot of smokes in the air and pollute it
• Industrial waste = Industries such as tanneries textile industries distilleries paper and pulp industry is plastic industries all this use a lot of water during cooling washing cleaning acid in the industry is water comes to contain several computers including harmful chemical this water and permitted to be poured into rivers lakes are found result in polluted water of industries must be made free of harmful substance before it is allowed to be poured into rivers and lakes
• Biomedical Waste = wastage like bandages cottons shoes are used constitutes biomedical waste this is a special producer and law to manage their waste it should be used safely without harming the environment