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    Solid Wastes

    Types & Measurements


    By: Mourad Hosni
    [email protected]

    1
    What is Solid Waste?
    Solid waste means any garbage,
    refuse, sludge from a wastewater
    treatment plant, water supply
    treatment plant, or air pollution
    control facility and other discarded
    materials including solid, liquid,
    semi-solid, or contained gaseous
    material, resulting from industrial,
    commercial, mining and
    agricultural operations, and from
    community activities.
    2
    Solid Wastes Types

    Classification
    according to
    their source

    Residential Industrial Commercial Institutional

    3
    Continue – Solid Wastes Types

    Classification
    according to
    their source

    Process
    Construction Municipal
    (manufacturing, Agriculture
    and demolition services
    etc.)

    4
    Typical components of Municipal Solid Waste in an urban location
    (courtesy of Golder Associates (1999), “Waste Profile Study of Victorian
    Landfills”).

    5
    Residential Wastes
    • Typical waste generators: Single and multifamily
    dwellings.

    • Types of solid wastes: Food wastes, paper,


    cardboard, plastics, textiles, leather, yard wastes,
    wood, glass, metals, ashes, special wastes (e.g.,
    bulky items, consumer electronics, white goods,
    batteries, oil, tires), and household hazardous
    wastes.).

    6
    Industrial Wastes
    • Typical waste generators: Light and heavy
    manufacturing, fabrication, construction sites, power
    and chemical plants.

    • Types of solid wastes: Housekeeping wastes,


    packaging, food wastes, construction and demolition
    materials, hazardous wastes, ashes, special wastes.

    7
    Commercial Wastes
    • Typical waste generators: Stores, hotels, restaurants,
    markets, office buildings, etc.

    • Types of solid wastes: Paper, cardboard, plastics,


    wood, food wastes, glass, metals, special wastes,
    hazardous wastes.

    8
    Institutional Wastes
    • Typical waste generators: Schools, hospitals,
    prisons, government centers.

    • Types of solid wastes: (Same as commercial)


    Paper, cardboard, plastics, wood, food wastes,
    glass, metals, special wastes, hazardous
    wastes.

    9
    Construction and demolition Wastes

    • Typical waste
    generators: New
    construction sites, road
    repair, renovation sites,
    demolition of buildings.

    • Types of solid wastes:


    Wood, steel, concrete,
    dirt, etc.

    10
    Municipal services Wastes
    • Typical waste generators: Street
    cleaning, landscaping, parks,
    beaches, other recreational areas,
    water and wastewater treatment
    plants.

    • Types of solid wastes: Street


    sweepings; landscape and tree
    trimmings; general wastes from
    parks, beaches, and other
    recreational areas; sludge.

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    Process (manufacturing, etc.) Wastes
    • Typical waste generators:
    Heavy and light manufacturing,
    refineries, chemical plants,
    power plants, mineral
    extraction and processing.

    • Types of solid wastes:


    Industrial process wastes, scrap
    materials, off-specification
    products, slay, tailings.

    12
    Agriculture Wastes
    • Typical waste
    generators: Crops,
    orchards, vineyards,
    dairies, feedlots, farms.

    • Types of solid wastes:


    Spoiled food wastes,
    agricultural wastes,
    hazardous wastes (e.g.,
    pesticides).

    13
    Solid Waste Indicators
    Pressures
    • Total quantity of waste disposed to transfer
    stations from residential and business sources
    • Composition of waste disposed at transfer
    stations
    • Total quantity of hazardous waste disposed to
    transfer stations and sewer
    • Number of incidences and spills involving
    hazardous waste

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    Continue - Solid Waste Indicators
    State
    • Compliance of disposal facilities with resource
    consent conditions
    • Groundwater quality upstream and
    downstream of closed landfills
    • Area of land designated for landfills
    • Number of potentially contaminated sites

    15
    Continue - Solid Waste Indicators
    Response
    • Number of landfills fully consented
    • Quantity of waste recycled, composted or re-used
    as proportion of total waste generated
    • Participation rates for recycling
    • Quantity of hazardous waste safely disposed
    • The amount Council spends on leachate and
    receiving waters
    • Number of households receiving waste collection
    from Council

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