Functional Elements of Solid Waste Management

1. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
“Functional Elemnts of Solid Waste Management”
Presented by
Vinod R. Nejkar
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Sharad Institute of Technology College of Engineering, Yadrav, Ichalkaranji
(An Autonomous Institute)
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2. Necessity of Solid Waste
Management
• Illegal dumping of Solid waste in open space causes
bacteria, viruses, and pests that can cause diseases.
• Poor solid waste management practices can lead to the
spread of infectious diseases and other health hazards.
• Proper management and disposal of solid waste can help
prevent the spread of disease and promote public health.

3. Necessity of Solid Waste
Management
• Source: NPTEL – Municipal Solid Waste Management

4. Necessity of Solid Waste
Management
• Source: NPTEL – Municipal Solid Waste Management

5. Functional Elements of MSWM
• Source: NPTEL – Municipal Solid Waste Management

6. Waste handling and storage
• They involve the activities associated with the management of
waste untill they are placed in storage container for collwction.
• Waste handling means collection, storage and transfer solid
waste till it is placed in the container.
• The all the processes involve during this processes is termed as
waste handling.
• Source seperation is the key process in solid waste handling
and management.

7. Waste handling and storage
• Source: NPTEL – Municipal Solid Waste Management

8. Waste handling and storage
• Source: NPTEL – Municipal Solid Waste Management

9. Primary Collection
• It includes the gathering of solid
wastes and recyclable materials from
the source of generation houses,
offices, apartments , shopping centers
etc.
• Primary collection of solid waste
includes collection of solid waste
from house to house and disposed in
containers kept at ward, corners.
• Source: google photo

10. Secondary Collection
• Secondary collection is the
collection of solid waste from
primary container location to
processing facility or disposal
sites.
• In secondary collection curbside
container solid waste is
transported using larger size
containers to disposal facilty.
• Source: google photo

11. Processing and transformation of
solid wastes
• Source: NPTEL – Municipal Solid Waste Management

12. Transfer and transport
• Source: NPTEL – Municipal Solid Waste Management

13. Sanitary Landfill
• Source: NPTEL – Municipal Solid Waste Management

14. Thank You