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Solid waste encompasses various discarded materials from multiple sources, excluding domestic sewage and industrial wastewater. It is categorized into municipal, industrial, medical, agricultural, and other types, with challenges in waste management including rapid urbanization and inadequate collection infrastructure. Solutions involve scientific planning, innovative technologies, improved collection methods, and public awareness initiatives.

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Solid Waste Word

Solid waste encompasses various discarded materials from multiple sources, excluding domestic sewage and industrial wastewater. It is categorized into municipal, industrial, medical, agricultural, and other types, with challenges in waste management including rapid urbanization and inadequate collection infrastructure. Solutions involve scientific planning, innovative technologies, improved collection methods, and public awareness initiatives.

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Solid waste

Includes: Garbage, refuse, sludge, and discarded materials from industrial, commercial, mining,
agricultural, and community activities.

Excludes: Domestic sewage, dissolved pollutants in water resources, industrial wastewater


effluents, and irrigation return flows.

Forms: Not limited to physical solids; can be liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous materials.

Categories of wastes on the basis of sources

• Municipal

• Industrial

• Medical

• Agriculture

• Construction and demolition

• Hazardous

• Radioactive

• Mining

• e-Waste

• Universal

Classification of Wastes

• Solid waste: vegetable waste, kitchen waste, household waste etc.

• E-waste: discarded electronic devices like computer, TV, music systems etc.

• Plastic waste- plastic bags, bottles, buckets etc.

• Metal waste- unused metal sheet, metal scraps etc.

• Nuclear waste- unused materials from nuclear power plants

• Universal waste are generated universally by various facilities but present limited
hazardous ( It is exempted from the hazardous regulation, but managed separately from
trash.
Physical Composition of municipal solid waste
Challenges Faced in Waste Management

• Rapid urbanization: Urban areas with 377 million people generate about 62 million tons of
solid waste every year.

• E-waste is also a growing concern

• Lack of adequate garbage collection infrastructure

• Sorting recyclable materials only about 30% of waste is properly sorted, rest end up in
landfills instead of being recycled.

Solutions to Waste Management

 Scientific Studies & Planning: Analyze waste types, costs, and ideal disposal sites.
 Innovative Technologies: Enhance recycling infrastructure.
 Improved Waste Collection: Use IoT, AI & ML for efficient collection.
 Formal-Informal Sector Integration: Promote decentralized waste management and
recycling.
 Organic Waste Treatment: Composting & bio-methanation reduce landfill waste.
 Sanitary Landfills: Convert dumps with proper funding and design.
 Technology Integration: RFID monitoring & GPS tracking for efficiency.
 Waste Treatment Facilities: Encourage public-private partnerships.
 Public Awareness & Regulations: Educate people and enforce rules strictly.

Physical properties of MSW


Chemical properties of MSW

Energy content or Calorific value


Biological Properties of MSW

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