Sources Of Waste

Question 1

1

Answer 1

Urban waste is made up of millions of separate waste
items, the sources of which are detailed in Table
9.8. Some of the larger waste items such as organics
(food and horticultural waste) and paper are easier to manage, but wastes such as multi-laminates, hazardous (for example, syringes) and e-waste pose disproportionately large problems for disposal.

This is a particular concern for low-income countries where
they may not have the facilities to properly dispose

Question 2

Residential

Answer 2

Households

Foodwaste, paper, cardboard
Plastics textiles leather yard wastes
Special wastes (eg bulky items l, consumer electronics, batteries )

Household hazardous waste eg paints gas tanks

E-wastes computers phones

Question 3

Industrial

Answer 3

Light and Harvey manufacturing fabrication l, construction sites and power plants

Housekeeping wastes, packaging, food wastes

Construction and demolition materials

Hazardous wastes

Question 4

Commercial

Answer 4

Stores hotels restaurants (same as institutional)

Paper cardboard plastics wood glass metals