| Solid waste has always been a perennial problem | | | | |
| since the dawn of human civilization. It remains a big | | | | Solid waste management disposal on the other hand |
| predicament up to this day since the amount of solid | | | | is a third aspect of integrated solid waste |
| waste increases as populations rise and economies | | | | management that aims to deal with solid wastes that |
| develop. The issue of solid waste and its proper | | | | cannot be addressed with recycling or composting. It |
| management stems from the number of | | | | is the most widely used and preferred way to deal |
| consequences that arise from improper handling of | | | | with solid waste. Convenient and effective ways of |
| the solid waste. Apart from increasing quantities of | | | | implementing solid waste disposal management is to |
| garbage that's taking up so much space, there is also | | | | employ a variety of disposal techniques. These |
| the problem of health-related risks and environmental | | | | methods involve either the use of a landfill or a |
| pollution that are associated with solid waste. Solid | | | | combustion process. Waste disposal may be done by |
| waste holds such a widespread impact that proper | | | | placing the waste into a well-designed landfill. The |
| planning and implementation of a comprehensive solid | | | | landfill should be able to cater to the solid waste and |
| waste management system is needed for solid | | | | must be able to contain these wastes. The best |
| waste collection, handling, transport and disposal. | | | | technology used in some of these landfills is the |
| | | | | employment of disposal systems that are able to |
| An Integrated solid waste management system can | | | | harvest energy via the recovery of methane that is |
| be represented as a triumvirate of three different | | | | released from the solid waste upon containment. A |
| components, which when taken together form one | | | | combustion process on the other hand is preferred |
| of the best solutions to the garbage problem. The | | | | to reduce the amount and volume of the solid waste |
| three structural components include (1) Waste | | | | via controlled burning. New technologies allow |
| Prevention, (2) Recycling and Composting, and (3) | | | | combustion facilities to generate steam in the |
| Disposal. | | | | process and use it to generate energy with water |
| | | | | produced as a byproduct. |
| Waste Prevention includes management solutions | | | | |
| that deal with waste reduction. That is, reduce the | | | | An important aspect when it comes to solid waste |
| amount of waste produced by households and | | | | disposal is to make sure that the solid waste is |
| companies. Also dubbed as "source reduction," waste | | | | properly handled and transported from households to |
| prevention services include reusing and minimized | | | | the proper processing centers. This will not be |
| packaging of products, and designing longer-lasting | | | | possible without a fool-proof waste transportation |
| products. | | | | system that ensures safe containment and delivery |
| | | | | of the solid waste. Proper protocols and equipment, |
| Recycling involves salvaging waste materials such as | | | | like those being used with the Stranco Solid Waste |
| glass and metal and using them to make improvised | | | | Transportation system ensure that there are no solid |
| products. Organic materials, on the other hand | | | | waste mishaps on the way to the waste disposal |
| undergo composting since they are rich in nutrients | | | | center. |
| and they make valuable natural soil fertilizers. | | | | |