The Benefits of Waste Management 1.better Environment

Waste Management is devoted to the presentation and discussion of information on solid waste
generation, characterization, minimization, collection, separation, treatment, and disposal, as

well as manuscripts that address waste management policy, education, and economic and
environmental assessments. It addresses various types of solid wastes including municipal (e.g.,
residential, institutional, and commercial), agricultural, and special (e.g., construction and
demolition, household hazardous, sewage sludge, and non-hazardous industrial) wastes.
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Americans alone are responsible for producing a whopping 277 million tons of waste (annually).
Since this number is far more than any other nation in the world while Philippines produce14.66
million tons of trash a year, making the Philippines the 4th largest generator of solid waste
among country-members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, according to a report by
the United Nations Environment Program. The Philippines’ Environment Management Bureau
projected that the country’s yearly waste may even rise to 18.05 million tons in 2020.
Waste management in simplest terms, is defined as the collection, transportation, and disposal of

garbage, sewage, and other waste products.
The process of waste management involves treating solid and liquid waste. During the treatment,
it also offers a variety of solutions for recycling items that aren’t categorized as trash.
The entire idea thus boils down to re-using garbage as a valuable resource and given our current
environmental climate, this process is extremely vital for all households and businesses.
According to Wikipedia,
“Waste management or Waste disposal is all the activities and actions required to manage waste
from its inception to its final disposal. This includes amongst other things, collection, transport,
treatment and disposal of waste together with monitoring and regulation. It also encompasses
the legal and regulatory framework that relates to waste management encompassing guidance
on recycling etc.”
Major groups of waste management methods,
-Those groups include source reduction and reuse, animal feeding, recycling, composting,
fermentation, landfills, incineration, and land application.
The Benefits of Waste Management
1.Better Environment
-eventually leads to a better and fresher environment.
Reduces Pollution
-When waste is managed the right way, it doesn’t merely eliminate the subsequent waste but also
reduces the impact and the intensity of harmful greenhouse gases like carbon-di-oxide, carbon
mono-oxide, and methane that are often exuded from accumulated wastes in landfills.
2. Conserves Energy
-Recycling is one of the biggest aspects of waste management, and over time, it helps conserve
energy. One of the biggest instances of this advantage can be traced to the practice of recycling
paper.
3. Creates Employment
The recycling industry alone creates hundreds of jobs. As more people adopt this eco-friendly
practice, organizations creating and selling recycled products come to the forefront. This helps
boost their business while also creating hundreds of jobs.
4. Helps Make a Difference
By managing waste, you are also making a difference to the society and the world in general.
While none of us can completely get rid of garbage, we can always adopt eco-friendly practices
of reducing and reusing waste. This way, you create an example for the people around you, who
in turn are now motivated to embrace a sustainable approach.
Various Methods of Waste Disposal
1. Landfills
Throwing daily waste/garbage in the landfills is the most popularly used method of waste
disposal used today. This process of waste disposal focuses attention on burying the waste in the
land. Landfills are commonly found in developing countries.
There is a process used that eliminates the odors and dangers of waste before it is placed into the
ground.
2. Incineration/Combustion
Incineration or combustion is a type disposal method in which municipal solid wastes are burned
at high temperatures. The process eventually converts them into residues and gaseous products.
3. Recovery and Recycling
Resource recovery is the process of taking useful discarded items for a specific next use. These
discarded items are then processed to extract or recover materials and resources or convert them
to energy in the form of useable heat, electricity or fuel.Recycling is the process of converting
waste products into new products to prevent energy usage and consumption of fresh raw
materials. Recycling is the third component of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle waste hierarchy.
4. Plasma gasification.
With this method of waste disposal, a vessel uses characteristic plasma torches operating at
+10,000 °F which is creating a gasification zone till 3,000 °F for the conversion of solid or liquid
wastes into a syngas.
During the treatment of solid waste by plasma gasification, the waste’s molecular bonds are
broken down as a result of the intense heat in the vessels and the elemental components.
Thanks to this process, the destruction of waste and dangerous materials are found. This form of
waste disposal provides renewable energy and an assortment of other fantastic benefits.
5. Composting
Composting is an easy and natural bio-degradation process that takes organic wastes i.e. remains
of plants and garden and kitchen waste and turns into nutrient-rich food for your plants.
Composting, normally used for organic farming, occurs by allowing organic materials to sit in
one place for months until microbes decompose it.
6. Waste to Energy (Recover Energy)
Waste-to-Energy, also widely recognized by its acronym WtE is the generation of energy in the
form of heat or electricity from waste.
Waste to energy(WtE) process involves the conversion of non-recyclable waste items into
useable heat, electricity, or fuel through a variety of processes. This type of so energy is a
renewable energy source as non-recyclable waste can be used over and over again to create it.
WtE can also help reduce carbon emissions by offsetting the need for energy from fossil sources.
Over time, this reduces global warming and makes our environment better.
7. Special Waste Disposal

There are certain waste types that are considered hazardous and cannot be disposed of without
special handling which will prevent contamination from occurring.
Biomedical waste is one example of such a waste disposal method. It is primarily practiced in
health care facilities and similar institutions. The special waste disposal system effectively
disposes of hazardous biomedical waste.
8. Avoidance/Waste Minimization
The most easier method of waste management is to reduce the creation of waste materials
thereby reducing the amount of waste going to landfills.
Waste reduction can be done through recycling old materials like jar, bags, repairing broken
items instead of buying a new one, avoiding the use of disposable products like plastic bags,
reusing second-hand items, and buying items that use less designing.
The Best Methods of Waste Management
Recycling and composting are a couple of the best methods of waste management. Composting
is so far only possible on a small scale, either by private individuals or in areas where waste can
be mixed with farming soil or used for landscaping purposes.
Recycling, on the other hand, can be widely used around the world, with plastic, paper, and
metal leading the list of the most recyclable items. Most material recycled is reused for its
original purpose. In some instances, they may also be sold for generating profits.
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Waste Management is devoted to the presentation and discussion of information on solid waste

generation, characterization, minimization, collection, separation, treatment, and disposal, as

Waste management in simplest terms, is defined as the collection, transportation, and disposal of

Major groups of waste management methods,

The Benefits of Waste Management

4. Helps Make a Difference

Various Methods of Waste Disposal

6. Waste to Energy (Recover Energy)

7. Special Waste Disposal

The Best Methods of Waste Management

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