NAMA :DEANITA HANDAYANI

NIM :142210178
KELAS :EA- G

Waste Management on The Environment.

Waste management is the collection, transportation, processing, recycling of waste
materials. This sentence is usually in the waste material generated from activities, and is
usually managed to reduce human health, the environment, or aesthetics. Waste management
is also carried out to find natural resources. Waste management can involve solid, liquid,
gaseous, or radioactive substances with specific methods and skills for each type of
substance.
Waste management practices differ between developed and developing countries, also
differ between urban areas and rural areas and between residential areas and industrial areas.
Management of non-hazardous waste from residential and institutional areas in metropolitan
areas is usually the responsibility of local governments, while waste from commercial and
industrial areas is usually handled by waste processing companies. Waste management
methods vary depending on many things, including the type of waste substance, the land used
for processing, and the availability of land.
Disposal of waste in land landfills including burying it to dispose of garbage, this
method is the most popular method in the world. This backfill is usually carried out in unused
land, ex-mining pits, or deep pits. A properly designed and managed onshore landfill will be
a hygienic and inexpensive landfill. Meanwhile, land landfills that are not designed and
managed properly will cause various environmental problems, including wind that smells of
garbage, attracts the attention of pests, and waste air preparation. Another effect of garbage is
methane and carbon dioxide which are also very dangerous. Design characteristics of modern
onshore landfills include the collection of waste water using clay or plastic coatings. Garbage
is usually compacted to reduce volume and increase stability, and covered to prevent
attracting pests (usually rats). Many landfills have a gas extraction system installed to pick up
the gas that occurs. The collected gas will exit the landfill and be burned in the burner tower
or burned in a gas-fired engine to generate electricity.
The process of sorting waste that still has material value for reuse is called recycling.
There are several ways of recycling, the first is to take recycled materials to retrieve energy
from materials that can be burned to generate electricity.
 Physical reprocessing is the most popular activity method of recycling, namely
collecting and reusing discarded waste, for example used bottles that are collected for reuse.
The collection can be done from waste that has been separated from the beginning (trash
box/special garbage vehicle), or from mixed waste. Garbage that is usually collected is
aluminum drinking cans, steel food/beverage cans, HDPE and PET bottles, glass bottles,
paperboard, newspapers, magazines, and cardboard. Other types of plastic such as (PVC,
LDPE, PP, and PS) can also be recycled. Recycling of complex products such as computers
or cars is more difficult, because the parts have to be broken down and influenced by the type
of material.
Biological processing in the form of organic waste, such as plant residues, food waste,
or paper, can be processed using a biological process into compost, otherwise known as
composting. The result is compost that can be used as fertilizer and methane gas that can be
used to generate electricity. An example of waste management using composting techniques
is the Green Bin Program in Toronto, Canada, where organic household waste, such as
kitchen waste and plant cuttings is collected in special bag for composting.
Energy recovery with the energy content contained in the waste can be taken directly
by using fuel, or indirectly by processing it into other types of fuel. Recycling through heat
treatment varies from using it as a cooking or heating fuel, to using it to heat boilers to
generate steam and electricity from turbine generators. Pyrolysis and gasification are two
interrelated forms of heat treatment, when the waste is visited at high temperature under
anaerobic conditions. This process is usually carried out in a closed container at high
pressure. Pyrolysis of solid waste converts waste into solid, gas and liquid products. Liquid
and gaseous products can be burned to produce energy or refined into other products. State-
of-the-art plasma arc gasification and gasification is used to convert organic materials directly
into synthetic gas (a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen). This gas is then burned to
produce electricity and steam.
The problem of waste is something that really needs serious attention from various
parties and local residents because for now, waste is still a problem that has failed in terms of
handling. In fact, if viewed from the impact that will definitely occur in the community, if
waste management is not handled properly it will have an impact on decreasing the quality of
life, the beauty of the environment, the potential for flooding will be greater because it does
not rule out the possibility that the waste in the area will block the flow of water so that
natural disasters such as floods occur. and the declining quality of health of the people living
around the waste pollution areas. If this continues in the long term, it can affect the flow of
regional investors, the marketability and attractiveness of the area will decrease drastically. In
fact, according to health experts, waste pollution has a negative impact on health. This results
in various kinds of diseases that can be caused in the waste pollution area such as indexed
digestive tract, typhus, dysentery, etc. The disease-carrying factors are flies and the
development of mosquitoes that infect humans due to the large amount of waste.
Waste management must be carried out properly because if it is not managed properly, it will
cause disease, damage the landscape, and other negative impacts. This is in accordance with
what I said. According to me, waste is a solid material that causes damage to the aesthetic
value of the environment, carriers of disease, pollution, and other negative impacts.
Recycling organic and inorganic waste is a solution that can be used to manage existing
waste. The waste can be recycled into fertilizers, handicrafts, to power plants. Therefore,
managing waste by recycling must be done optimally. This is done so that the waste does not
have a bad impact, both for humans and the environment.