Chapter 22, Problem 1TYC

To determine

The five major methods of managing waste and importance of waste managing.

Answer to Problem 1TYC

Waste can be managed by recycling, recovering compositing and by proper management because all these waste can cause harmful disease and creates a big threat to our ecological biodiversity.

Explanation of Solution

Waste refers to any unwanted material or substances that result from the human activity or process. Waste management or waste disposals are all the activities and action required to manage waste from its origin to its final disposal

The five major methods of managing waste are as follow:

(1) Minimizing the amount: Minimizing the amount of waste we generate: If people produce less waste then the waste to be disposed will be less.

(2) Recovering: If a person will recover the waste that can be recycled than the amount of waste for disposal will reduce.

(3) Recycling: It is the process of collecting used goods and sending them to facilities that extract and reprocess raw material that can then be used to manufacture new goods.

(4) Composting: It is the practice of recovering organic waste by converting it to humus through natural biological processes of decomposition

(5) Municipal Composting: Municipal compost systems generally manage the organic wastes collected from local communities. These wastes include food scrap waste, road kill, animal manure, and biosolids.

Waste managing is important because waste can pollute water, soil, and air, thereby impairing human health and environment, waste is unpleasant aesthetically. Moreover, waste is a measure of inefficiency; waste can save money and resources.