BFA 4033

SOLID WASTE AND

HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT
DR AESLINA ABDUL KADIR
 SECTION 1 SOLID WASTE: TYPES, SOURCES AND
PROPERTIES

 Learning Objectives;
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to;
 1. define solid waste
 2. describe different types of solid wastes
 3. recognize different sources of solid wastes
 4. understand and state the three physical, chemical
 and biological properties of solid waste
WHY THIS HAPPENS?
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
 INTRODUCTION
 Solid wastes are the wastes arising from human activities and are
normally solid as opposed to liquid or gaseous and are discarded as
useless or unwanted. Focused on urban waste (MSW) as opposed to
agricultural, mining and industrial wastes.
 Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) is the term applied to all
the activities associated with the management of society's wastes.
 In medieval times, wastes discarded in the streets led to the breeding
of rats and the associated fleas which carried the plague.
 22 human diseases are associated to improper solid waste
management.
 Solid wastes also have a great potential to pollute the air, soil and water.
Materials Flow - The best way to reduce solid wastes is not to create
them in the first place. Others methods include: decrease consumption
of raw material and increase the rate of recovery of waste materials.
 Technological advances - Increased use of recycle materials.
 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
 Solid waste management is the control of :
 all the wastes arising from human and animal activities that
are normally solid and that are discarded as useless and
unwanted.
 storage, management of wastes until they are put into a
container
 collection, gathering of solid wastes and recyclable materials
and the transport of these materials where the collection
vehicle is emptied. 50% or higher of the total cost.
 processing, source separated (at the home) vs. commingled
(everything together) is a big issue. Includes: physical
processes such as shredding and screening, removal of bulky
material, and chemical and biological processes such as
incineration and composting.
 transfer and transport, small trucks to the biggest trucks
allowable
 disposal of solid waste, landfilling with or without attempting
to recover resources.
CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID WASTE
DEFINITION OF SOLID WASTE
 TYPES/SOURCES OF SOLID WASTE

 The sources of SW in a community are

generally related to land use and zoning. These
wastes can be group or classified in several
ways, but classifications are necessary to
address effectively the complex challenges of
solid waste management.
TYPES/SOURCES OF SOLID WASTE
TYPES/SOURCES OF SOLID WASTE
TYPES/SOURCES OF SOLID WASTE
TYPES/SOURCES OF SOLID WASTE
COMPOSITION OF SOLID WASTE
Key fact about food waste
Landfill
Various types of landfill
Hazardous waste in landfill??
Hazardous waste in landfill???
… they are not brothers or sisters…
They are dangerous IF handle wrongly..
 Characteristic Wastes
There are four characteristics (CIRT) that
can make a waste a hazardous waste