1. Why Waste The Waste? Prateek Shetty Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College V.V.Puram

2. What is Waste? All the materials arising from human and animal activities that are discarded as useless or unwanted. Tchobanoglous, Theisen, & Vigil (1993) Waste management is the process by which products and by-products generated by human activities are collected, transported, recycled, reused and disposed. What do we mean by waste management?

3. Present Methods of Disposal Landfill-Rehabilitated land in which garbage and trash have been buried. Incineration- Releases dioxins and furans. The 3 R’s. : Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

4. ORGANIC WASTE Approaches at homes

5. Composting Anaerobic Composting: decomposition occurs where oxygen (O) is absent or in limited supply. Aerobic Composting: Aerobic composting takes place in the presence of ample O. City Farming New concept introduced by R.T.Doshi.

6. INORGANIC WASTE Approaches at city level

7. What is E-Waste? A popular, informal name for electronic and electrical products nearing the end of their "useful life.“ Examples: Obsolete Computers, Televisions, used batteries etc Sources Individuals and small businesses Large businesses, institutions and governments Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)

8. Why is E-Waste a Problem? RapidTechnologyChanges Increased Increased Consumer Consumer Electronic Electronic Purchases Purchases More More eWaste eWaste More More Hazardous Hazardous Materials Materials IncreasingHumanHealthRisks

9. The Collection System An E-waste collection system initiated in the participating institutions E-waste regularly dropped in collection bins by representatives or directly by individuals Waste then collected by E-Parisaraa and Saahas (an NGO) in association with WeP Peripherals Pvt. Ltd. (funding agency) Waste to be collected once in 2 months or whenever bin is full The E-Waste collection Bin

10. Recycling Process PCB’s FLOPPIESCDs MONITOR ALUMINIUM EXTRACTED STEEL, GLASS EXTRACTED COPPER EXTRACTED PULVERISATION ELECTRON GUN BROKEN CRUSHING MAGNETIC TAPES SEPERATED UNUSABLE HAZARDOUS WASTE STORED SAFELY TUBELIGHTS ALUMINIUM CAPS COLLECTED GLASS AND ALUMINIUM EXTRACTED PLASTIC EXTRACTED PCB’s FLOPPIESCDs MONITOR ALUMINIUM EXTRACTED STEEL, GLASS EXTRACTED COPPER EXTRACTED PULVERISATION ELECTRON GUN BROKEN CRUSHING MAGNETIC TAPES SEPERATED HAZARDOUS WASTE STORED SAFELY TUBELIGHTS ALUMINIUM CAPS COLLECTED GLASS AND ALUMINIUM EXTRACTED PLASTIC EXTRACTED

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