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Waste Management
Waste Management
Types of
wastes
Chemical
wastes
Organic
Glass waste
Metal Paper
Plastic
Organic waste
paper
glass
Chemical wastes
plastic
metal
Sources of waste materials
• Open burning- toxic gases, smoke
• Agriculture – residues from excessive use of
pesticides and fertilisers
• Motor vehicles – exhaust fukmes, toxic gases,
lead particles
• Mining – tailing, chemicals, sludge, toxic gases
• Factories – toxic chemicals and gases, smoke,
soot.
• Domestic – organic waste, sewage, bottles, tins,
paper, plastic containers.
Open burning
Agriculture
Motor vehicles
Mining
factories
Domestic
Proper and improper ways of disposing of waste.