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A PowerPoint Presentation for students on "Waste Generation" with an innovative way to grasp the topic easily to top in the exams. The main highlights of this Presentation is about the waste generated from different places. This PPt contains about the waste generated from houses, offices, industries, etc.
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WASTE GENERATION&
MANAGEMENT
What is waste?Waste Is any substance which is discarded after primary use, or it is worthless, defective and of no use.
CATEGORIES OF WASTE
Domestic waste
Industrial waste
Agricultural waste
Municipal waste e-waste
DOMESTIC WASTE
KITCHEN WASTE
• Peelings of vegetables and fruits
• Shells taken off from eggs, groundnuts and other dry fruits
• Washing of rice, pulses etc.
• Any stale or rotten non-usable food items
PLASTICS
• Plastic plates, glasses etc
GLASS
• Broken glass utensils, mirrors, containers
• Broken electrical bulb
• Rotten Food wastes
RAGS
• Discarded worn out clothing, old bed-sheets, blankets
NEWSPAPER
• Newspapers and magazines
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
• Gaseous wastes from Industries is harmful for the living organisms
MINING OPERATIONS
• During mining operations huge quantities of waste are produced. Such waste is called mine tailing.
• THE TILDEN MINE, UPPER PENINSULA
• Tilden Iron Mine, Marquette County, Upper Peninsula.
• Mining operations produce large amounts of left-overs.
CEMENT INDUSTRIES
• The gaseous wastes include the flyash which consists of fine solid particles of non-combustible ash.
CONSTRUCTION UNITS
• Construction units produce huge quantities of waste stones, pebbles, broken bricks, wood wastes etc. which are dumped in landfills.