The document discusses various types of solid waste, including municipal, domestic, mining, e-waste, nuclear, bio-medical, and plastic waste, outlining their sources and impacts. It highlights different waste management methods such as incineration, recycling, landfill, and up-cycling, with specific examples from Mumbai's waste management practices. Key points include the high volume of garbage produced in Mumbai and the establishment of local waste management initiatives.

1. Revision Module -1
Solid Waste Management

2. • Any substance (solid, liquid or gaseous) which is useless or
discarded for human and natural system is called ---------------.
• Waste
• -----------waste is generated out of the domestic and commercial use
in the urban areas.
• Municipal
• ------ waste includes both urban and rural waste generated
primarily through household use of materials.
• Domestic
• -----------waste is generated from open mines (such as coal mines).
• mining

3. • ------------ waste is generated out of used and discarded
electronic hard wares.
• E-waste
• ----------waste is generated from atomic power plants.
• Nuclear
• -------- wastes are produced from clinics, hospitals.
• Bio-medical
• ------------yards often catch fire which can cause respiratory
diseases.
• Dumping
• Replacing CFL bulbs with LED which consumes less electricity is
example of ---------technology.
• Soft

4. • Inhaling of poisonous gases affects ----------.
• lungs
• ------------waste prevents composting process in turn become
hazardous.
• plastic
• Increasing amount of solid waste often cause -------------- pollution.
• land
• ----------- is the simplest method of waste disposal especially
associated with the solid waste.
• landfill

5. • ------------- is also called as ‘high temperature waste treatment
system’.
• Incineration
• ----------------is the most appropriate and useful method of waste
management.
• Recycling
• ------------ involves Sorting, cleaning and reuse of materials.
• Physical reprocessing
• ------------- reprocessing involves through natural bio geo chemical
cycles.
• biological

6. • The city of Mumbai produces over -------------tons of garbage every
day.
• 6500
• Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has established
-----------for waste management at local level.
• ALM
• ----------- is established for waste management in slum areas of
Mumbai.
• SAP
• ---------- is the largest dumping ground in Mumbai.
• Deonar

7. • The functioning of ------------ dumping yard has been stopped
since January 2019.
• Kanjurmarg
• Blue dustbin is dedicated for-------------- solid waste.
• Dry
• Bio-degradable waste can be recycled of composted to convert
into -------------.
• fertilizers
• ------------- refers to the process by which waste can be used for
other purposes by the way of “best out of waste”.
• Up-cycling

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