Chapter-5

Solid waste: Generation and

Management
Topics to be covered 2
 Definition and Important terms.
 Types and Sources of Solid Wastes.
 Generation rates of Solid waste.
 Causes of Solid waste pollution.
 Effects of Solid waste Pollution.
 Solid waste management.
Definition:- 3
 Garbage:- All types of putrescible organic wastes obtained from kitchen,
hotels, restaurants in from of waste food etc., in from of waste food
articles, peeling of vegetables, fruits etc. It also includes animal dung,
grass and leaves etc.
 Rubbish:- All non putrescible wastes except ashes are known as rubbish.
It includes rags paper pieces of glass, paper packets, glass and plastic
bottles, broken crockery etc.
 Ashes:- Ashes are incombustible waste products obtained from,
industries, hearth and furnaces.
 Putrefaction:- Microbial decomposition of organic matter accompanied
by odour is called putrefaction.
 Leachate:- Liquid that has travelled through solid waste or other
medium and has extracted, dissolved or suspended materials from it is
called leachate.
Types and Sources of Solid waste: 4
 Municipal waste:-
Municipal

Management
Generation and
Solid Waste:
waste are those waste which
arise from house hold activities,
public places, restaurants,
institution markets street-
sweeping etc.
 Industrial wastes:- Industrial
wastes are that waste which
arises from includes
typically industrial activities. It
ashes rubbishes,
construction demolition and
waste, special waste
and hazardous waste.
Types and Sources of Solid waste: 5
 Hazardous waste:- Wastes that poses a substantial danger
immediately or over a period of time to human animal or plant life
are called hazardous wastes.
Causes of Solid waste pollution 6
1. Over population:- As the number of people producing pollutant
increase, pollution will naturally increase. Same is true for solid
waste pollution too. Solid waste pollution increase with increase in
population.

2. Technology:- rapidly growing technology fro most economic

goods indicates a shift in technology from the returnable packaging
to non- returnable packaging.
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3. Urbanization:- Solid waste is preliminary as urban problem,
though not exclusively urban. Solid waste pollution increases with
increase in urbanization.

4. Affluence:- With increase in the affluences there is a tendency to

declare items as being in or out fashion and promptly throw away the
ones which are out of fashion. This results in solid waste pollution
Effects of solid waste pollution:- 8
 Transmission of many disease due to flies breed on
the refuse/solid waste dumps.
 Rats flourishing upon the solid wastes may also cause
the
diseases.
 Improper disposal can cause contamination of crops and
water supply.
 Obnoxious order arising from decomposing solid waste can call air
pollution and causing problems in the surrounding areas.
 Solid waste dump also creates aesthetically
unpleasing surrounding environment.
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 The solid waste management has the following
components:
 Identification of waste and its minimization at the source
 Collection, segregation and storage at the site of collection
 Transportation
 Treatment
 Energy recovery
 Disposal
Collection of Solid waste:- 10
 Kerbside collection: The house owner is responsible for placing
the solid waste containers at the curb on the scheduled day. The
workmen come, collect and empty the container and put back at the
curb. The house owner is required to take back the empty
containers from the curb to his house.
 Block collection:- Individuals bring the waste in containers and
hand it over to the collection staff who empties it into the waiting
vehicles and the return the container to the individuals.
 Community Storage point:-The solid waste is taken to a fixed
storage bins and stored till the waste storage agency collect it as
per the schedule of the collection.
Processing of Solid Waste 11
 Processing techniques are used in solid waste management
systems to (1) improve the efficiency of solid-Waste disposal
systems (2) To recover Resources and (3) To prepare materials for
the recovery of conversion products and energy.
Disposal of Solid waste:- 12
 Disposal on or in the earth’s mantle is, at present the only viable
method for long-term handling:
 (1) Solid Wastes that are collected and are of no further use,
 (2) The residual matter remaining after solid wastes have been
processed,
 (3) The residual matter remaining after the recovery of conversion
products and energy has been accomplished.
 Landfilling is the method of disposal used most commonly for
municipal wastes; land farming and deep-well injection have been
used for industrial wastes. Although incineration is often
considered a disposal method, it is in reality, a processing method.
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1. open dumping
2. Sanitary Land filling
3. Incineration
4. Composting
5. Pyrolysis
 Open dumping:- In this method the solid waste is dumped in to
low lying areas and outskirts of the cities. Being relative cheaper.
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 Sanitary landfill:- in this method the solid waste is disposed or
dumped either in naturally available low lying area or digging
tranches or in open areas under an engineered operation, design
and operated according to the acceptable standards not causing any
nuisance or hazard to the public health or safety.
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 Incineration:-
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 Incineration can be defined as a controlled combustion process

for burning solid, liquid and gaseous combustible wastes to
gases and residue containing non combustible material.
 Incinerators are used for the process of incineration. Following
important points should be observed carefully during
incineration.
 Charging of solid waste should be continuous.
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 Composting as defined earlier is a process in which organic

matter of the solid waste is decomposed and converted to humus
and stable mineral compounds. The end product of composting
process is called compost which is rich fertilizer.
 There are three methods of composting:
 (1) Composting by Trenching
 (2) Open window composting
 (3) Mechanical Composting
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 Pyrolysis:
 It is defined as heating the solid waste at very high
temperature in absence of air.
 Pyrolysis is carried out at a temperature between 500 0 C to 1000 0C to
produce three component streams.
 Gas: It is a mixture of combustible gases such as hydrogen,
carbon dioxide, methane, carbon mono-oxide and some hydrocarbons.
 Liquid: It contains tar, pitch, light oil, and low boiling organic chemicals
like acetic acid, acetone, methanol etc.
 Char: It consists of elemental carbon along with inert material in the
waste feed.
 The char liquid and gases have high calorific values.
 It has been observed that even after supplying the heat necessary for
pyrolysis, certain amount of excess heat still remains which can be
commercially exploited.
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