INTRODUCTION
Solid waste management is an essential concept in the day to day life. Due to increase of many industries and man- made things, a lot of waste gets collected which is hazardous to the environment and its occupants. These wastes can be Recycled, Disposed, Buried or burnt and make the environment clean and free from hazardous solid wastes.
This paper illustrates about “Solid waste management” its Types , Hazards and Measures to reduce it. It deals with the mechanical and biological methods to treat the solid wastes.
Solid Waste Management
Waste management is the collection, transport, processing or disposal, managing and monitoring of waste materials. The term usually relates to materials produced by human activity, and the process is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health, the environment or aesthetics. Waste management is a distinct practice from resource recovery which focuses on delaying the rate of consumption of natural resources. All wastes materials, whether they are solid, liquid, gaseous or radioactive fall within the remit of waste management
Waste management practices can differ for developed and developing nations, for urban and rural areas, and for residential and industrial producers. Management of non-hazardous waste residential and institutional waste in metropolitan areas is usually the responsibility of local government authorities, while management for non-hazardous commercial and industrial waste is usually the responsibility of the generator subject to local, national or international controls.
Some types of wastes are:
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