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Editor’s Choice

Waste
Waste

Management
Management

W aste management means the processes
and actions needed to manage waste
right from its formation to its final
disposal. These processes include the
collection, transport, treatment, and
disposal of waste.

Waste can be categorised as solid,
liquid, or gas and each type of waste
needs a different method of disposal
and management. The major sources of
these are industrial, biological, house-
hold, municipal, organic, biomedical,
and radioactive.

The aim of waste management is to
reduce the hazardous effects of such
waste on the environment and human
health. Industrialization and urbanization
for the sake of increment in living standards
has led to the generation of enormous
amount of waste that affects the environment
through their negative impact on fauna
and flora, and ultimately impacted on our Solid waste management
health. Solid waste is everything that goes to trash.
It includes waste from homes, offices,
The waste from landfills emits methane stores, schools , hospitals, etc.
through decomposition, which is 80 times Types of solid waste
more powerful than carbon dioxide.
Additionally, the illegal burning of waste Biodegradable waste
releases high levels of carbon dioxide into Biodegradable waste refers to the materials
the atmosphere, both of which are green- that can be decomposed by bacteria or
house gases that warm the planet and other natural organisms, without causing
contribute to climate change. pollution.

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