How will you manage your waste in your home, community etc.?

1. TOPIC: WASTE MANAGEMENT AND
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
PROMISE EDEM NUKUNU
AMERICAN CORNER,
CIRES, COCCODY, ABIDJAN
© 2016, JUNE 20

2. INTRODUCTION
 Since the beginning, Human kind has been
generating waste.
 It could be in the form of:
 Bones
 Other parts of animals they slaughter
 Wood
 With the progress of civilization the waste
generated became of a more complex nature.

3. QUESTIONS
1. What is waste Management?
2. What are the causes of waste in our
environment?
3. What are some of the types of waste?
4 What are some of the ways we can dispose waste in
our envirnment?
5. Who is responsible for proper management of waste?
6. What are the consequences of waste in our society?
7. What can we do to manage our waste?

4. THE ENVIRONMENT
 1. MENTAL
 2. PHYSICAL

5. WASTE
 It is defined as:
Waste (also known as rubbish, trash, refuse,
garbage, junk) is any unwanted or useless materials.
OR
“Any materials unused and rejected as worthless
or unwanted” and “A useless or profitless activity;
using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or
carelessly”

6. WHAT IS THE FOLLOWING
 WASTE MANAGEMENT? is the precise
name for the collection, transportation, disposal
or recycling and monitoring of waste. This term
is assigned to the material, waste material that is
produced through human being activity. This
material is managed to avoid its adverse effect
over human health and environment.
 ENRONMENTAL/PUBLIC HEALTH?
Physical and mental wellbeing of people in the
Society

7. SOURCES OF WASTE
 HUMAN ACTIVITIES
HOME
HUMAN
EXCRETE/URINE
 INDUSTRIES
 HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS
PHARCEUTICAL
HOSPITALS
 NATURAL WASTE
ANIMALS

8. TYPES OF WASTE
 Solid Waste
 Regulated Medical Waste (RMW)
 Hazardous Waste
 Pharmaceutical Waste
 Universal Waste (Municipal sources of waste)
This includes trash or garbage from households,
schools, offices, market places, restaurants and
other public places.

9. WHERE ARE WE GOING AS A
COUNTRY, SOCIETY OR
INDIVIDUALS?

10. EFFECTS OF WASTE TO
HEALTH AND SOCIETY
 DISEASE (e.g Cholera, Malaria etc)
 POLLUTION (E.g. Air, Water , land)
 FLOOD which may lead to Loss of life.
 HIGH COST OF TREATMENT
 DEATH (The World Health Organisation
(WHO) reports that nearly 2.2 million people die
annually from diseases caused by contaminated
water)

11. PREEVENTION
 PROPER DISPOSAL OF WASTE
E.g. empty sachet should be put in the dustbin.
IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. GOV'T is out.
 COMPOSTING
 RECYCLING.
 LAND FILLS
 Burning The Waste Material
 PROPER DRAINAGE SYSTEM
 EDUCATION & AWARENESS ( Lead or join an
environmental society

13. 4 R’s CONCEPT
 Four Rs (Refuse, Reuse, Recycle and Reduce)
to be followed for waste management.

14. DOMESTIC WASTE
MANAGEMENT PLAN

15. "We praised high standards, we demanded
high standards but…
fell shamefully short of those standards…
quite simply, we lost our way."
Final editorial of News Of The World
…Don't try to be perfect, just be an excellent
example of being human"
Anthony Robbins

16. USE YOUR MOST POWERFUL
WORKSHOP

17. THE WORLD IS IN YOUR
HANDS

18.  A changed mind is a changed
person, and a changed person can
changed the world.

19. We do n ot inherit the earth from our ancestors.
we borrow it from our Children - Native
American Proverb

20. CHEERS

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