Envi scie Solid wastes

What do you called any material which has no value or use

Trash

what do you called decomposable wastes from food?

Garbage

A non-decomposable wastes, either
combustible or non-combustible

Rubbish

philippines rank what in worlds top 10 ocean platic contribution?

rank 1

What causes a high watse generation?

Dense population and rapid urbanization

What are the composition of wastes?

Organic waste, plastic waste, Paper, glass, and other recyclables

Non-liquid waste material arising from:
(1) domestic, (2) trade, (3) commercial,
(4) industrial, (5) mining activities?

Solid waste

What are the categories of solid wastes?

1. Biodegradables
   2. Recyclables
   3. Residuals
   4. Special wastes

What are the effects of solid waste?

Increase in pathogens to thrive freely and increase
in population
▪ Can cause water pollution
▪ Can lead to air pollution
▪ Reduces aesthetic value of land

the contaminated liquid that forms when water
percolates through wastes, seeping downward. It may contain
heavy metals and other pollutants and/or toxins.

Leachate

a flammable, poisonous gas which
can be easily detected by its rotten egg odor

Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)

a colorless, odorless, highly flammable hydrocarbon

Methane (CH4)

what do you mean by SWM?

Solid waste management

All activities pertaining to the control, transfer and
transport, processing and disposal of solid wastes
in accordance with the best principles of public health,
economics, engineering, conservation, aesthetic and
other environmental considerations.

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

What are the FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SWM?

1.Waste generation
2. Storage
3.Collection
4.Transfer & Transport
5.Processing & Recovery
6.Disposal

The act or process of producing solid waste?

WASTE GENERATION

What are the two aspects of waste generation?

Quality and quantity

In waste generation, it is sources, types, composition, properties

quality

In waste generation, it is generation rates, total quantities
and volumes?

Quantity

activities associated with managing solid wastes until
they are placed in the containers used for their storage before
collection or return to drop-off and recycling centers

Handling

the interim containment of solid wastes after generation
and prior to collection for ultimate recovery or disposal

Storage

Storing waste properly is important to?

public health

Requirements for A Good
On-Site Storage System

It must isolate wastes from the environment to
avoid creating health hazards

It must be aesthetically acceptable

It must facilitate collection

the act of removing solid waste from the source
or from a communal storage point

COLLECTION

Involves gathering of solid wastes from various
sources and hauling them to the transfer
stations, processing and recovery stations,
or to final disposal sites?

COLLECTION

Types of Collection Services that homeowner is responsible for placing
containers to be emptied at the curb on collection day and
return the empty containers to their storage location until
the next collection?

Curbed service

Types of Collection Services that containers are set out from the
homeowner’s property by the collection crew and set back
after being emptied?

Set-out-set-back service

Types of Collection Services that containers are set out from the
homeowner’s property but the setting back after being
emptied is done by the homeowner

Set-out service

What section code imposed that The barangay shall be responsible for
ensuring that a 100% collection efficiency
from residential, commercial, industrial
and agricultural sources, where necessary
within its area of coverage, is achieved. ”

According to RA 9003
(Ecological Solid Waste Management
Act of 2000)

facilities are utilize to receive solid
wastes, temporarily store, separate, convert, or
otherwise process the materials in the solid wastes, or to
transfer the solid wastes directly from smaller to larger,
long-distance hauling vehicles for transport?

Transfer station

On-site processing is meant to reduce the volume
of waste material

PROCESSING & RECOVERY

refer to the collection,
extraction or recovery of recyclable materials from
the waste stream for the purpose of reusing,
recycling, or generating energy or producing a
product suitable for beneficial use (incineration,
composting)

Resources recovery

The most commonly used
biological transformation process
is?

aerobic composting

The most commonly used
thermal transformation
process is?

incineration

Burning of wastes is a?

violation of Ecological
Solid Waste Management Act or RA 9003

processing operation that large package of raw or finished
material tightly bound with twine or wire and
often wrapped; a large bundle, esp. a
standardized quantity of goods, as ginned
cotton, hay, straw, etc., compressed, bound,
and sometimes wrapped?

Baling

To cut or tear into long irregular narrow strips

Shredding

recovers paper from waste by wet processes.
The pulp produced is then used as input for paper manufacture

Hydro-pulping

crushing or grinding or applying pressure

Compaction

biological process in which organic matter
is broken down into simpler compounds by the action of
microorganisms

Composting

a solid waste transfer
station or sorting station, drop-off center, a composting
facility, and a recycling facility

Materials Recovery Facility

Material for Reutilization that used for melting down for the manufacture
of new products?

Iron and metal

Materials for Reutilization that used for the production of egg
boxes, toilet paper, etc?

Newspapers and magazines

Materials for Reutilization that used for the manufacture of new plastics?

Plastics

Materials for Reutilization that used for the manufacture of new cardboards

Cardboard

Materials for Reutilization that used for the manufacture
of new paper?

Writing paper, EDP print-outs, etc.

Materials for Reutilization that used for social help and charity organizations?

Clothes and shoes

Materials for Reutilization that used reuse/ or melting down
for new products

Empty bottles and glass

Materials for Reutilization that used for composting

Garden refuse

Materials for Reutilization that used for crushing and use as gravel

Stone and building refuse

the deposit, dumping, or placing of any solid waste
into or in an land

DISPOSAL

Refuse is disposed in open dumps without
being covered or protected

Open Dumping

Industrial effluents containing poisonous
chemicals are dumped in coastal and estuarine area

Controlled Dumping

Waste is covered by a thick layer of soil.

Landfilling

a disposal area
wherein the solid wastes are
indiscriminately thrown or
disposed of without due
planning and consideration for
environmental and health
standards?

Open dump

a disposal site
at which solid waste is
deposited in accordance with the
minimum prescribed
standards of site operation

Controlled dump

PROBLEMS associated with disposal sites, a characterization of opposition
by residents to a proposed development in their local area

NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard)

PROBLEMS associated with disposal sites, the habit of elected
officials for postponing projects that may be unpopular like a new
power plant (aka NIMEY - Not In My Election Year)

NIMTOO (Not In My Term Of Office)

PROBLEMS associated with disposal sites that a land use that creates
externality costs on those living within close proximity

LULU (Locally Unwanted Land Use)