What is waste and Name the different sources of waste
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Answer:
Food wastes, paper, cardboard, plastics, textiles, leather, yard wastes, wood, glass, metals, ashes, special wastes (e.g., bulky items, consumer electronics, white goods, batteries, oil, tires), and household hazardous wastes.).
Explanation:
Waste :- Leftover, useless and unwanted by products from an industrial, commercial, domestic or any other activity
SOURCES OF WASTE
⭐ Household :- Kitchen wastes like vegetable peels and wrappers are produced in our day-to-day life in every household.
⭐ Agriculture :- During farming or agriculture practices, a lot of wastes are produced in the form of husk, bran, rotten leaves, dead plants, diseased plants, pesticides, etc.
⭐ Industries :- Waste materials produced by factories or industries include toxic fumes, harmful gases, chemicals, emulsions, broken parts, etc.
⭐ Hospitals and laboratories :- Used bandages, cotton, syringes, needles, scissors, broken equipment, etc., are common wastes of hospitals and laboratories.
⭐ Vehicles :- The main wastes produced by vehicles are the vehicular exhaust, broken parts of machinery, etc.
⭐ Biomass :- This includes rotten
organic matter like dead plants and animals, leaves, trees and animal excreta.
Thus, everyday wastes in the form of dead plants and animals, chemicals, tins and cans, bottles newspapers, bath rolls, wrapping papers, caps, vessels, etc., are produced. Beside all this, nuclear tests and space shuttles too produce a lot of waste.