Human Activities and Environment

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

• refers to direct and indirect contributions of ecosystems to human survival and quality of life.

1. Provisioning Services: Goods produced or provided by ecosystems.
2. Regulating Services: Benefits from regulation of ecosystem processes.
3. Cultural Services: Non-material benefits from ecosystem.
4. Support services: Factors necessary for producing ecosystem services.

SOLID WASTE

• the useless and unwanted products in the solid state derived from the activities of an discarded by society.

TYPES OF SOLID WASTE:

1. Municipal Waste
   • known as trash or garbage and include items such as food, paper, plastics, textiles, leather, wood, glass, metals and sanitary waste in septic tank.
2. Mining Waste
   • from extracting and processing mineral resources which includes materials such as topsoil overburden and waste rock and tailings.
3. Biomedical Waste
   • any waste, which is generated during the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization or human beings or animals.
4. Industrial Waste
   • includes materials such as demolition waste, scraps from manufacturing processes and ash from combustion.
5. Agricultural Waste
   • acquired from farming and poultry.

METHODS OF WASTE DISPOSAL

• Landfill
• Incineration
• Mulching
• Composting
• Recycling
• Waste Management

Source Reduction: reducing waste at the source.