The document outlines the key components of solid waste management, including defining waste as unwanted items from human activities that can pose health and environmental risks. It discusses the main sources of solid waste in emergencies such as medical centers, food stores, and domestic areas. The types of solid waste are categorized as domestic, commercial, industrial, and construction waste. The management components covered are generation, storage, collection and transportation, reduction, reuse, recycling, and various disposal methods like open dumping, landfilling, and incineration.

1. Presented by:
Tamer Maged

2. Outline
1.What is waste?
2.Associated risks
3.Sources of solid waste
4.Types of solid waste
5.Key components of solid waste
management
6.Flow chart

3. What is waste?
Waste :
any unwanted item or substance
resulting from a
human activity or process
More consumption more waste!

4. Associated risks
1.Disease transmission

5. Associated risks
2.Pollution

6. Associated risks
3.Effect on morale
waste attracts more waste and leads to unhygienic
behaviour in general

7. Sources of solid waste
In most emergency situations the main sources of solid
waste are:
 Medical centres
 Food stores
 Feeding centres
 Food distribution points
 Slaughter areas
 Warehouses
 Markets
 Domestic areas

8. Types of solid waste
1.Domestic wastes
 Wastes generated by household activities
 EX-garbage , rubbish , ashes & residue ect.
2.Commercial wastes
 Wastes that are generated by commericial
establishments
3.Industrial wastes
 Discarded solid material of industrial operations
 Ex- domestic appliance, furniture, metals

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4.Construction wastes
 Wastes generated from construction sites
 Ex- bricks, cement and waste iron ect.

10. Key components of solid waste
management
1.Generation

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3.Collection and transportation

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14. Reduce
1. In industries, using more efficient manufacturing
processes and better materials will generally reduce
the production of waste.

15. Reuse

18. Recycling
1. is the breaking down of the used item into raw
materials which are used to make new items.
 Ex- old newspapers to produce pulp and
new paper

19. Disposal
1.Open dumping
2.Land filling
3.Incineration
4.Disposal into sea
5 .Pyrolysis

20. Open dumping

21. Land filling

22. Incineration

23. Disposal into sea

24. Pyrolysis

25. Flow chart