Know About Wastes and its Management

by John Steffen Consultant

Right from the municipal waste to agricultural waste to hazardous residues and special wastes such as sludge, health care wastes, and all these kinds of waste come under one umbrella. Though all of them are certainly waste products, their management practices are totally different.

When it comes to the aspect of waste disposal methods, the management practices of developing and underdeveloped countries are far more different from the practices done in the developed countries, as these countries manages the waste efficiently. Segregating various kinds of wastes from the households, efficient waste collection systems, proper disposal, and sustainable recovery are very important in present scenario for a safe and better future.

Types of Waste Management
•    Landfills
•    Incineration/Combustion
•    Recovery and Recycling
•    Plasma gasification
•    Composting
•    Waste to Energy (Recover Energy)
•    Avoidance/Waste Minimization

Effects of improper waste disposal and management

The improper management and lack of disposal technique of the domestic waste creates hazardous impact on the environment.

•    It pollutes the environment and affects the water bodies.
•    The physical, chemical and biological properties of the water bodies also get changed.
•    The scattered wastes reaches to the water bodies through run-off and it percolate to underground water.
•    Water gets contaminated due to the toxics contain in the waste.
•    These wastes make soil infertile and decrease the agricultural productivity.
•    Drains also get clogged due to uncollected waste and improper disposal techniques which lead to mosquitoes by which various diseases like malaria, chicken-guinea, viral fever, dengue etc. arise and affect the health of people adversely.

Why Waste Management is Important?

•    Its Protects the environment
•    Recycling helps you to get money
•    It helps in reducing all types of waste
•    Saves the Earth and conserves energy

The pantry bins manufacturer & supplier provides various types of domestic garbage and other types of bins at reasonable rate, thus helping in collection of waste at the source. Dustbins manufacturers in India focuses on the different types of waste generated and accordingly they manufacture bins for collecting and segregating the wastes. This as a result helps in managing the waste efficiently.