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Can u explain different types of wastes?

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Question ajoutée par mashudu grany
Date de publication: 2016/06/14
Bernard Chidziva
par Bernard Chidziva , Foreman , ATLASCOPCO ZIMBABWE

hazardous waste and nonhazardous waste

Reeta Roshan
par Reeta Roshan , Operation Engineer , International Oil Service

Solid Waste , Liquid Waste and Gaseous Waste.

Solids is gathered from houses, commercial area like park , hotels ect.

Liquid waste gathered from industrial sector and commercial sector.

Gaseous waste is generated by Chemical Industries.

Saheem Mohamed
par Saheem Mohamed , Environmental Engineer , Parsons International Limited

Waste generated are Solid, Liquid & Gaseous state. Waste are subdivided based on their characteristics:

a) Non-hazardous waste 

b) Hazardous Waste

Non-hazardous waste is those which do not cause harm/damage due to their interaction with the surrounding environment i.e., wood, paper, scrap metal, glass etc. Non-hazardous waste can be further classified depending on waste management or disposal criteria, e.g Recyclable or Non-recyclable, Bio-degradable or Non-biodegradable or inert waste.

Examples of Non-hazardous waste are as follows:

-Paper/Cardboard

- Municipal or household waste

-Metal Scrap

-Glass

-Wood

-Aluminium Cans

-Plastic 

-Food waste

Hazardous waste are those which pose substantial harm to the surrounding environment due to their characteristics or composition. This is determined if the waste has any or all of the following characteristics as follows:

a. Ignitability

b. Corrosivity

c. Reactivity

d. Toxicity

Examples of Hazardous waste are as follows:

- Chemicals

- Industrial wastewater

- Paints

- Oil & Lubricants

- Used oil Filters

- Biomedical Waste

- Printer Cartridges 

- Asbestos

- Radioactive waste

- Expired Drugs / Medicines / chemicals / paints 

- Batteries

 

- Special Waste 

- E waste or Electronic Waste

 

All wastes are either recycled/composted, used for energy recovery or treated and disposed of. 

Biomedical waste

Solid waste

Organic waste

Liquid waste 

 

Ajmal  Saeed
par Ajmal Saeed , Environmental Engineer , Consolidated Contractors Company - Qatar

Solid waste

Medical waste

Pharmaceutical waste

Industrial waste

radioactive waste 

batching,mixing,transporting,compaction,curing

gurusamy munisamy
par gurusamy munisamy , Operations Manager , Joz group of companies

Industrial waste, domestic Waste, and medical waste

kouider boutabia
par kouider boutabia , Electrecien , FERTIAL

Sealed lead acid batteries

mahenderbabu tokala
par mahenderbabu tokala , IT admin , dhii technologies

hardware wastes, grocesry and other wastes

Matthew Emonena
par Matthew Emonena , supervision , EXL Management Services Limited

Solid Wastes,Chemical Wastes and Combustible Waste.

ASHOK KUMAR H
par ASHOK KUMAR H , Assistant Vice President , ESSEL INFRAPROJECTS LTD

Municipal Solid Waste 

Industrial Hazardous Waste

Biomedical Waste

E-Waste

Industrial Waste Water

Municipal Waste Water

Industrial Gas Emissions

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