1. WASTE MANAGEMENT
By,
Dr. Tulika chakravorty
Associate professor
Nsss program Officer
Bangabasi morning college
University of calcutta
2. Waste ?
Waste are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance
discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use. A by-
product, by contrast is a joint product of relatively minor economic value.
3. Type of Waste
Waste comes in many different forms and may be categorized in a variety of ways.
Types of Waste:
Agricultural waste
Biomedical waste
Chemical waste
Construction and demolition waste
Domestic waste
Electronic waste
Industrial waste
4. How Waste Affect Other Sphere
Waste affects the mother earth, it’s species and other spheres by various ways.
Waste affects the environment
Waste affects the climate change
Waste affects the human health
Waste affects the social health
Waste affects the water quality
Waste affects the air quality
Waste affects agriculture
Waste affects the economy
5. Waste Management ?
Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions
required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes
the collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of waste, together with
monitoring and regulation of the waste management process and waste-
related laws, technologies, and economic mechanisms.
6. Why Waste Management ?
The aim of waste management is;
Reduce the dangerous effects of wastes on environment
Reduce the impact of wastes on climate change
Protect and improve human health from devastating effect of waste
Protect it’s effect on agriculture
Improve water quality
Improve air quality
To provide employment in waste management
To create economy by waste management
7. Way Forward
To combat the devastating affects of wastes, it is necessary to focusing on waste
management.
Emphasizing on Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
Develop waste management as a economic sector
Making policies on waste management
Creating awareness
Eco-Brick
Creating usable products from the hard waste
Making organic fertilizer
Providing training on waste management