Solid Waste Management

The collecting, treating,

What is Solid and disposing of solid
material that is
Waste discarded because it has
Management ? served its purpose or is
no longer useful
 Domestic Garbage

Industrial Garbage

Construction & Demolition Waste

Sources of
Solid Waste Sewage Treatment Residue

Dead Animals

Manure & Other Discarded Materials

 DUMPING INCINERATION COMPOSTING
Methods Of
Disposal

SANITARY BURIAL
LAND FILLING
Waste Recycling • Reduces
Management Environmental
Degradation
• Save Energy
• Making Paper from
Waste saves 50%
Energy
• Every tonne of
recycled glass saves
energy equivalent
to 100 litres of oil
 • Reduce Office
Waste
Waste Reduce • Switch to Reusable
Management Transport
Containers
• Redesign packaging
to eliminate excess
materials
• Work with
designers to create
a Packaging Return
Program
 • Reuse Office Furniture
& Supplies
Waste Reuse • Donate Old Books,
Management clothes, old
equipment
• Save Grocery & Other
Bags
• Encourage Reuse
Policy
• Use Gadgets
Responsibly
Zero Waste System

• Philosophy which encourages

the redesign of resource life
cycle so that all products are
reused