Waste Disposal

Members:
Dunya Adel
Amal Ebrahim
Safeya Jaafar
Ali Abdulla

Introduction
Waste is defined as useless material.

Cambridge dictionary
Waste management: Processing of waste
Waste management methods :
Plasma gasification
Landfill
Increnation
Factors causing waste management problems :
Over production of waste
Toxicity of the waste produced
Flawed regulations
Imperfections of current waste management methods

Contributing factors
Lack of dumping sites
The ignorance of masses
Lack of funds to provide the necessary

machinrey
Poor government attitude
Poverty that exist
Lack of trained manpower
There is no voluntary work.
Lack of recycling facilitates

Impacts

Environmental Effects:
Surface water contamination
Soil contamination
Pollution
Leachate
Economic Effects:
Municipal wellbeing
Recycling Revenue

Health Effects:
They are also due to Occupational incidents.

Analysis
Factors causing waste management
problems :
Over production of waste
Toxicity of the waste produced.
Flawed regulations.
Imperfection of current waste
management methods.

Credible solutions

Use less packaging

Spread Awareness
Clear production
Recycle, compost, or recover

materials for use as direct or

indirect inputs to new products.
Recover energy by incineration
Reduce the volume of waste
prior to disposal.

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Images:
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