Prepared ByNiharika

Outline . .
Introduction
Sources of biodegradable waste Impact of biodegradable waste on climate Uses of biodegradable waste Non biodegradable waste Aim of waste management Waste collection Recycling

INTRODUCTION
Biodegradable waste is a type of waste, typically originating from plant or animal sources, which may be degraded by other living organisms. Waste that cannot be broken down by other living organisms are called nonbiodegradable.

SOURCES OF BIODEGRADABLE WASTE

Biodegradable waste can be commonly found in municipal

solid waste (sometimes called biodegradable municipal waste, or BMW) as green waste, food waste, paper waste, and biodegradable plastics.

Other biodegradable wastes include human waste, manure,

sewage, slaughterhouse waste. In the absence of oxygen much of this waste will decay to methane by anaerobic digestion.[

IMPACT FROM BIODEGRADABLE WASTE

The main environmental threat from biodegradable

waste is the production of methane in landfills.

Methane is 21 times as potent a greenhouse gas as carbon

dioxide and accounted for some 3% of total greenhouse gas emissions in the EU-15 in 1995.
The Landfill Directive 1999/31/EC obliges Member

States to reduce the amount of biodegradable waste that they landfill to 35% of 1995 levels by 2016, which will significantly reduce the problem

USES OF BIODEGRADABLE WASTE

Biodegradable waste can often be used for composting or must doubtless be a resource for heat, electricity and fuel in future as it is being achieved by the swiss Kompogas treatment for 20 years now. This produces additional Biogas and still delivers the compost for the soil. It is a fully developed system and produced 27 million Kwh of electricity and Biogas in 2009. The oldest of the companies own lorries has achieved 1.000.000 kilometes driven with biogas from household waste in the last 15 years

NON DEGRADABLE WASTE

Cannot be broken down by other living organisms. Not capable of degradation or decomposition. Example - plastics, metal and glass.

Also include dangerous chemicals, toxins as are plastic

grocery bags.

AIM OF WASTE MANAGEMENT

To extract maximum

practical benefits.
To generate minimum

amount of waste.
Reduce negative impacts -

on environment & society.

WASTE COLLECTION
From individual houses, wastes can be collected in person with

the help of vehicle.

To minimize the time and cost involved in collecting waste

through vehicles, public can be given instruction to dump their house wastes in one place (nearby their street).

RECYCLING
The non-degradable and degradable wastes can be recycled

very economically in the recycling plants.

Apart from sending wastes to recycling plant, recycling of

some organic waste is possible.

Some of the waste recycling techniques are: Fly ash, Organic

wastes, Slag and scrap, Industrial gases, Waste waters, Recovery of silver from photographic films.

HIERARCHY OF WASTE MINIMIZATION