What is waste management

What is the management of the waste we produce? We can give the definition of waste management such as the process in which different activities, all necessary to intervene, to Solution to all the waste generated. There are 3 main Phases of waste management:

1. Recover and collect waste: For this, containers are used in which waste must be deposited and depending on the country and its management system, more or less containers are used to classify them and colors can vary. For example, there are countries where there are containers for plastic, for paper, for organic waste, for glass, among others.
2. Transport waste: In this phase the waste is carried in trucks to classification or treatment plants.
3. Waste treatment: In this last phase of management, waste suffers different treatments depending on their origin using different techniques.

The Waste management classification It is mainly based on their origin. Thus, depending on the origin of the waste, its management can be classified as:

• Urban solid waste management.
• Hazardous Waste Management.
• Health waste management.
• Industrial waste management.

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The Urban solid waste They are those who They are generated in homes. Among them include electrical appliances, cleaning products, furniture, containers, debris, etc. The management of these refers to procedures related to the collection, separation, treatment, recycling and final deposit of the waste. The collection of waste can be global or selective, the latter classifies the waste depending on its composition and then recycled (plastic, glass, paper) or receive a specific treatment.

Here you can learn more about what solid waste is and how they are classified.

This management encompasses all those processes that suffer waste cataloged as hazardous or very dangerous for health and the environment. For their management, a series of norms are followed from their collection, classifying them according to several criteria, then they go through chemical and physical treatments to turn them into inert substances and are left in reinforced deposits to reduce the danger of these. Some Examples of hazardous waste are:

• Explosives
• Flammable
• Cancer.
• Sensitizers.
• Irritating

In this other post we explain everything about hazardous waste: classification, examples and handling.

Hospital health waste or waste has a High biological riskso its manipulation is very important. During the Health or Hospitable Waste Managementthese must be classified and stored correctly and we must use specific measures for their destruction, in order to reduce or eliminate the high danger they suppose for the environment and health. Waste must be delivered to companies that are accredited for transport as far as eliminated.

They are those waste that comes from production processes of industries. For the Industrial waste managementcompanies that generate waste must keep you in optimal conditions until a manager collects them, to be transported and receive their treatment and recycling. Some of the treatments used are physical, chemical, biological or thermal.

Know better what industrial waste, their types, classification and management are in this other article that we propose.

The ones are different techniques used for waste management and treatmentin this section we will talk about some of them:

• Deposit deposit.
• Recycling.
• Incineration.
• Pyrolysis and gasification.
• Composting and methanization.

In the landfills all the garbage generated is depositedthese are usually located in areas far from the urban nuclei and many of them are illegal. If the landfill is well managed and designed, it is an economic and hygienic option to accumulate garbage. The problem is that there are ancient landfills that do not have a good design or even many of them are illegal, assuming a danger to the environment.

Here we tell you much more about what the landfills, their types and consequences are.

With recycling it is intended to recover discarded materials to give them a new use as a product. To do this, they are used Specific containers For each discarded material. For the waste management through recyclingthe person who generates the waste has the responsibility of classifying and depositing them in their container and later the waste is transported to their corresponding recycling plants. For example, plastic, glass and paper are three materials that can be recycled.

These are the different types of recycling to manage waste.

This technique is very practical for the elimination of waste and, in addition, with it electricity and heat are generated. However, it is very polluting by the emissions of polluting substances that are generated towards the atmosphere, since with it waste is submitted at high temperature to burn them.

They are two techniques that are performed applying a heat treatment to wastethat is, these are heated in tanks that are completely sealed and with little oxygen. On the one hand, Pyrolysis It converts waste into liquid and gaseous products that can be burn again producing energy, in addition to obtaining new products when refining them or, with solid products, active carbon can be obtained. However, Gasification It is used to produce energy.

The composting It is done for decompose organic wasteas animal, vegetable, slurry and excrement remains, through aerobic decomposition, that is, in the presence of oxygen thanks to aerobic bacteria. As a product of this process, payment is obtained that can be used in agricultural activities. Here we explain more about this process and how to make home compost so that you make the most of the organic waste of your home.

You can also do another decomposition process called Metanizationwhich is done without the presence of oxygen.

It is a document in which productive or industrial companies must indicate the conditions and means to be carried out for waste management during all production activities. He Waste Management Plan It must contain an estimate of the waste that will be generated, as well as the cost of management. Installation plans are also included, the type of waste to be generated, how they will do it and other necessary information. All document information must be reviewed by professionals to obtain the necessary authorizations to start the productive activity.

What is a waste management study

The waste management study is a document in which the correct way of how to manage the waste generated depending on their nature is developed.

There are many norms and laws that are established to make proper waste management, these exist at different levels. Depending on the area in which we live, management is governed by some standards and others. In this article some are exposed WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES At European level, some of the state standards in force in Spain will also be shown, as well as referring to some at the regional level.

European regulations

• Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and Council of November 19, 2008.
• Directive 2004/12/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of February 11, 2004.

State regulations

• Law 11/2012, of December 19, on urgent measures in environmental matters.
• Law 22/2011 of July 28 of contaminated waste and soils.

Regional regulations

• Junta de Andalucía. Ministry of Environment and Territorial Planning. Waste and material resources.
• Navarra Government. Integrated waste management plan. Legislation.

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