SOLID WASTE

Group: Minie, Minh Châu, Rosie, Elsa

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 02 03 04
Introduction Solid Waste Fun facts about solid Example about the harm of
waste solid waste

05 06 07
What have the Solutions to solid waste Waste disposal
government done? plan

08 09 10
Bar graph Conclusion Good Bye
Waste isn’t waste until we
waste it
Will. I.Am
 SOLID WASTE

What is solid waste? What are some types of solid How can solid waste harm people
waste? and the environment?
Solid waste usually - Plastic
refers to the range of - Paper ⇢ Pollute air, water
garbage materials that - Glass and soil
are discarded as - Organic ⇢ Cause infectious
unwanted and useless. - Metal diseases
- E- waste
- ...
 WHICH PLACE HAS THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF TRASH?

CANADA BULGARIA
Canada: Each year Canadian
people throw away 30,000,000 Bulgaria has only 7 million
people but the amount of
tonnes of waste.
waste produced is larger
than the United States-which
has 325 million people.

UNITED STATES

United States: People waste

10,220,000 tons of solid
waste a year.
FUN FACTS ABOUT SOLID WASTE IN VIETNAM
Vietnam is one of the five
countries that generate the
most solid waste accounting
to about 13 million tons per
year. 😱😱😱
In Vietnam, 87% of the
households admitted that
they waste two plates of
food per week on average
😨😨😨
In 2017, an amount of 38,000
tons of municipal wastes
generated in a single day in
Vietnam.😖😖😖
In Ho Chi Minh, food waste
accounts for more than 60%
of the city’s 8,300 tonnes of
solid waste per day.😬😬😬
EXAMPLES ABOUT THE HARMS OF SOLID WASTE TO HUMANS

Infections Chronic diseases

● Different diseases that results from the ● Incineration operators are at risk of chronic respiratory
bites of the animals feeding on the waste diseases, including cancers from exposure to dust and
hazardous compounds.
Accidents
● Bone and muscle disorders resulting from
the handling of heavy containers
 Solutions
- Buy second hand items and donate used goods
- Reuse
- Compost
- Purchase wisely and recycle
 WHAT HAVE THE VIETNAM GOVERNMENT DONE?
↪ Build the waste-to-energy plant
The technology can reduce the
number of waste buried in landfills

↪ Encourages private sector participation in solid waste

collection, separation, transportation, and treatment
↪ The government encourages new technologies
to treat less degradable waste.
Encourages cost-effective and
environmentally friendly waste treatment
technologies and products into Vietnam
 WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN
- Reduce the use of non-degradable and single-used materials.
- Use fabric bags instead of plastic bags, use bamboo straws instead of
plastic straws, use glass cups instead of plastic or paper cups.
- We also plan to dispose waste by recycling and reducing.
Bar graph
 Conclusion!!!
We conclude that:
- Solid waste is a huge threat for wildlife and the environment.
- Many people are trying to reduce the use of non-degradable materials.
- There are many eco-friendly ways to use less solid waste
Thank you for listening!

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