Solid Waste

Management
Presented by:
Dr Rubee Singh
Assistant Professor
Institute of Business Management
 Introduction
• A waste can be defined as any unwanted
and useless material.
• The waste can be either solid, liquid or
gaseous.
• Solid Waste in general can be defined as
‘As a material which has negligible value to
the producer and there is no direct
consumption of the generated waste’.
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• It is generated due to various activities that can

be residual and commercial, agricultural, etc.
• Whatever the origin, content or hazard potential
is, solid waste must be managed systematically
to ensure environmental best practices.

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 Definition of Solid Waste
• Solid waste defines as solid and semi solid
domestic waste, sanitary waste, commercial
waste, institutional waste, catering and market
waste and other non-residential wastes, street
sweepings, silt removed or collected from the
surface drain, horticulture waste, agriculture and
dairy waste, treated biomedical waste excluding
industrial waste, bio medical and e-waste,
battery waste, radioactive waste generation in the
area.
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 Sources of Solid Waste

There are many sources of solid wastes such as :

•Agricultural waste – Fertilizers and pesticide
containers, organic waste, etc.
•Hospital waste – Disposable syringes, swabs,
body fluids, bandages, etc.
•Industrial waste – solvents, resins, metals,
plastics, rubber, leather, abrasives etc.
•E waste – Waste like wires, circuits, mobile
phones etc.
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 Effects of Solid Waste

• Solid waste changes properties of soil, air, and

water causing pollution.
• Solid waste produces bad smell, breeds insects
and organism.
• Leads to spread of many diseases, infections,
etc affecting human and animal population.
• Harmful chemicals are released into the
environment.

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 Solid Waste Management
• Solid Waste Management is defined as the
discipline associated with control of generation,
storage, collection, transport or transfer,
processing and disposal of solid waste materials.

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 Solid Waste Management
• Solid waste management includes planning,
administrative, financial, engineering and legal
functions in the process of solving problems
arising from waste materials.
• The primary goal of solid waste management is
reducing and eliminating adverse impacts of
waste materials on human health and
environment to support economic development
and superior quality of life.
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 Solid Waste Management
• Solid waste management includes planning,
administrative, financial, engineering and legal
functions in the process of solving problems
arising from waste materials.
• The primary goal of solid waste management is
reducing and eliminating adverse impacts of
waste materials on human health and
environment to support economic development
and superior quality of life.
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 Functional Elements of the
Waste Management System
• There are five functional components of the
waste management system as outlined below:
– Waste generation
– Onsite handling, storage and processing
– Waste collection
– Waste transfer and transport
– Waste processing and recovery

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 Solid Waste Treatment
• The processing methods available for
management of solid waste includes :
Segregation , Reduction, Reuse and Recycling,
Chemical, Biological and Thermal Conversion,
etc.

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 Segregation
• Segregation or Waste sorting is the process by
which waste is separated into different elements.
• Waste segregation means dividing waste into
dry and wet.
• Waste can also be segregated as
– Biodegradable
– Non biodegradable

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 Segregation

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 Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
• Reduction is the most important strategy of the three
Rs. It focusses on the source of the waste, or where
the waste is originally coming from.
• Source reduction is carried out when products are
designed, manufactured, packaged, and used in a way
that limits the amount or toxicity of waste created.
• The second most important strategy of the three Rs is
to Reuse, which is when an item is cleaned, and the
materials are used again.

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 Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
• The third R in the hierarchy is Recycle, which
means reprocessing of disposed material into
new and useful products.

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 Chemical Processing
• Chemical processing involves the chemical
transformation or conversion of organic fraction
of wastes into various useful compounds such as
glucose, synthetic oils, gases, etc.
• e.g. glucose is recovered from wastes containing
cellulose (paper).

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 Biological Processing
• It involves processes like composting, anaerobic
conversion, anaerobic fermentation and
digestion.
• The products formed by these processes include
compost, methane, various proteins, alcohols,
and a wide variety of intermediate organic
products.

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 Thank You!

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