waste-management .pptx
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Integrated System for Waste
Management:
Presented By
Sreejith M U
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What are Wastes?
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Basel Convention Definition of Wastes
Substances or objects which are disposed of or areintended to be disposed of or are required to be disposed of
by the provisions of the law
Disposal means
Any operation which may lead to resource recovery,
recycling, reclamation, direct re-use or alternative uses(Annex IVB of the Basel convention)
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Kinds of Wastes
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Solid wastes: domestic, commercial and industrial wastesespecially common as co-disposal of wastes
Examples: Plastics, Styrofoam containers, bottles,cans, papers, scrap iron, and other trash
Liquid Wastes:wastes in liquid form
Examples: Domestic washings, chemicals, oils, wastewater from ponds, manufacturing industriesand other sources
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Classification of Wastes according to
their Properties
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Bio-degradable
Can be degraded (paper, wood, fruits and others)
Non-biodegradable
Cannot be degraded (plastics, bottles, old machines,
cans, Styrofoam containers and others)
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Hazardous wastes
Substances unsafe to use commercially, industrially,agriculturally, or economically that are shipped, transported
to or brought from the country of origin for dumping ordisposal in, or in transit through, any part of the territory ofthe Philippines
Non-hazardous
Substances safe to use commercially, industrially,agriculturally, or economically that are shipped, transportedto or brought from the country of origin for dumping ordisposal in, or in transit through, any part of the territory of
the Philippines
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Classification of Wastes according to
their Effects on Human Health and the
Environment
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Sources of Wastes
Households
Commerce and
Industry
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Sources of Wastes
Agriculture
Fisheries
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EFFECTS OF WASTE IF NOT MANAGED
WISELY
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Affects our health
Affects our socio-economic conditions Affects our coastal and marine environment
Affects our climate
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Integrated System For Waste
Management
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Agenda 21 addressed the problem of waste
management stating that sound management ofwaste is among the major environmental issues for
maintaining the quality of earths environment and
achieving sustainable development .
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Waste Management is to be done through thesystems
Minimum production of waste.
Maximising reuse of waste and recycling. Promoting environmentally sound waste disposal
practices.
Extending waste services.
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Minimum production of waste.
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Consumption patterns and waste production arelinked as also the life style. If consumption is
more production will increase resulting in
increased waste production.
Identify and adopting clean technologies.
Encouraging industry to change product design
and reduce industrial process waste.
Producing products which have longer life, thuscutting down total production.
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Maximising reuse of waste and
recycling.
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The reuse of product means using same productover and over in its original form.
To encourage the use of recyclables.
Identify potential markets for recycled products.
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Promoting environmentally sound waste
disposal practices.
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Recycling and reuse.
Landfills. Composting
Incineration
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Extending waste services.
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Establish financial mechanisms for wastemanagement services in deprived areas.
Apply polluter pays principle by setting waste
management charges for those who generate the
wastes.
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