| Human activities produce a lot of waste and | | | | hierarchy of waste management is generally classified |
| managing this waste has become a science in itself. | | | | as reducing waste, reusing waste and recycling |
| The management involves collection, transport, | | | | waste. |
| processing and possible recycling of the waste. This | | | | Reducing waste is something that each citizen of the |
| waste management is very important to the | | | | world can practice. Take one less copy of documents |
| environment and neglect of this could lead to effect | | | | in your office, reuse paper where you can, prepare |
| on the health, pollution and also to very poor | | | | as much food as can be eaten, use less water, |
| aesthetics caused by the unsightliness of waste | | | | switch of lights and appliances when not in use and |
| dumps. Waste management also involves recovering | | | | many such methods could help to reduce wastage. |
| of resources and can involve a number of substances | | | | Reusing resources or utilizing resources efficiently is |
| each one of which requires its own form of | | | | another method to help out on waste. Use a car |
| expertise. | | | | pool, recycle water; factories using waste heat to |
| Waste management processes will differ from | | | | help other production facilities, using recyclers instead |
| country to country and will quite often depend on | | | | of the local landfill are ways to reuse waste. |
| the financial and technological resources available in | | | | Recycling has now attained an almost industry like |
| that country. In cities across the world, the | | | | status as people have discovered that a lot of value |
| management of waste is the responsibility of local | | | | is still left over in waste that can be used to create |
| elected bodies and their representatives. These | | | | new products or even extending the life of old ones. |
| services are paid for by the community, but unless | | | | Laws in place now have ensured that certain |
| there is a general awareness about the efficiency of | | | | industries that manufacture products have to have a |
| such waste management the effects on community | | | | recycling method on offer before they can sell new |
| health due to wrong practices being followed can be | | | | products. This has been done by extending the |
| quite far reaching. Waste dumps can pollute the | | | | producer responsibility to include disposal costs into |
| atmosphere, leach into underground water sources | | | | the market cost of the product, so that he is made |
| and generally cause respiratory and other problems | | | | responsible for its ultimate disposal. |
| for people staying in the vicinity of such dumps. The | | | | Governments are also now extending the |
| starting and closing of such dumps has become a | | | | responsibilities of people and manufacturers or |
| vast field for experts in waste management and has | | | | processors to say that a polluter has to pay for any |
| led to many firms developing complete divisions to | | | | pollution that he creates and the stringent application |
| handle the business. | | | | of these rules could ensue that waste is managed |
| Concepts of waste management are varied and | | | | better. |
| would depend on the usage of the waste. The | | | | |