HUMAN

ACTIVITIES and
ENVIRONMENT
Ms. Charmaine Lynne J. Fernandez
SUBJECT TEACHER
The environment
and ecosystem

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ENVIRONMENT
refers to everything
that surrounds a living
organism including
physical factors and
biological factors.
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 ECOSYSTEM

‘’ is a community of
organisms interacting
with each other and
with the abiotic or
nonliving components
of the environment 4
 The environment
and ecosystem
refers to everything that is a community of
Environment

surrounds a living organisms interacting with

Ecosystem
organism including each other and with the
physical factors and abiotic or nonliving
biological factors. components of the
environment
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ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Refer to the direct
and indirect
contributions of
ecosystems to
human survival
and quality of life. 6
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HUMAN ACTIVITIES, WASTE, and
WASTE MANAGEMENT
SOLID WASTE is
generally made up of
objects or particles
that accumulate on the
site where they are
produced.
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 TYPES OF SOLID WASTE
food waste, paper, plastic, tetra-pack, plastic

 Municipal waste cans, newspaper, glass bottles, cardboard

boxes, aluminium foil, metal items, wood
pieces

 Agricultural waste rice husk, degasses, ground nut shell, maize

cobs, straw of cereals

 Industrial solid waste dirt and gravel, masonry and concrete, scrap
metals, trash, oil, solvents, chemicals, wood
and scrap lumber

 Mining waste slags, leached ore residues, furnace dusts,

tailings and sludge

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METHODS of WASTE DISPOSAL

1. LANDFILL is carefully designed

structure built into or
on top of the ground
in which trash is
isolated from the
surrounding
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METHODS of WASTE DISPOSAL

2. INCINERATION involves
burning in a
controlled
manner using
an incinerator.
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METHODS of WASTE DISPOSAL

3. MULCH and COMPOST

It is the
simplest
methods to
dispose waste
at homes. 12
METHODS of WASTE DISPOSAL

4. SOURCE REDUCATION
Refers to the method of
designing,
manufacturing,
purchasing, using and
reusing materials so the
amount of waste or its
toxicity is reduced 13
METHODS of WASTE DISPOSAL

5. RECYCLING is the method of

collecting
throwaway
materials and
turning them into
useful products.
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THE RESOURCE
CYCLE
Is the process involving
the transformation of a
raw material into a
usable or consumable
product and its
disposal. 15
WASTE MANAGEMENT
HEIRARCHY OF OPTIONS 16
PERFORMANCE
TASK

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Thank you!!!