2. Outline
Introduction
Types of solid waste
What is the solid waste management?
Need of solid waste management
Process of solid waste management
4-R of SWM
3. Introduction
Solid waste is unwanted & useless
material generated from combined
residential, industrial and commercial
activities.
Solid waste is the waste material that is
found in solid form.
Ex.- tires, scrap metals , furniture,
discarded appliances etc.
4. Types of solid waste
Domestic wastes
o Wastes generated by household activities
o Ex- garbage, rubbish, ashes & residue etc.
Commercial wastes
o Wastes that are generated by commercial
establishments
Industrial wastes
o Discarded solid material of industrial
operations
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o Ex- domestic appliance, furniture, metals
etc.
Construction waste
o Wastes generated from construction sites
o Ex- bricks, cement and waste iron etc.
6.
7. What is the solid waste
management?
Refers to garbage or trash management
A system for handling all of the world’s trash be it
municipal waste collection, recycling programs,
dumps & incinerator.
8. Need of solid waste management
Foremost mounting problems to most countries
Hazardous to human health
Causes depletion for lands(landfills)
Can cause land pollution
10. Collection
Mechanical collection system
1. These systems consists of containers & truck
mounted lifting mechanism.
2. In full automatic system an articulated arm
mechanism is used which lifts & replaces
containers.
Municipal collection systems
1. Rural collection system
2. Urban collection system
3. Regional collection system
11. Transportation
1. Loading location
2. Containertruck capacity
3. Capability & reliability
4. Safety & comfort
5. Tools- hand carts, tricycles, community
bin carrier
12. Treatment of solid waste
Physical treatment methods
1. Primary treatment
2. Secondary treatment
3. Polishing
Chemical treatment methods
1. Acidbase neutralization
2. Chemical extraction & leaching
3. Ion exchange
4. Chemical precipitation
5. Oxidation
6. reduction
13. Disposal of solid waste
Open dumping
Land filling
Sanitary land filling
Pyrolysis
Incineration
Composting
Disposal into sea
14. Land filling
In this method, solid waste are carried and
dumped into the low lying areas. the refuse is
filled up in layers of 1.5 m.
1. Advantages-simple and economical
• Skilled labour is not required.
• No costly plant & equipment required.
2. Disadvantages-large area required
• Use of insecticides is required