Question

Why is handling of solid waste a major problem?

Answer 1

Hint: All solid waste from a community that needs collection and transport to a processing or disposal site is named (MSW). Refuse includes garbage and rubbish. Garbage is usually compostable food waste; rubbish is usually dry material like glass, paper, cloth, or wood.

Complete answer:
• In India proper waste disposal systems are being followed and hence streets are crammed with wastes. Wastes are dumped as heaps in open areas. it's to be collected and transported by municipal workers to a separate place for the treatment.
• Waste generated has become a significant problem because improper disposal and management has led to the subsequent effects.
• Wastes are to be managed properly if not they're going to have disastrous effects.
• Hazardous waste can cause depletion of natural resources as they're corrosive and toxic in nature.
• Being poisonous they will cause serious illness to human and animal health.
• Some wastes have ignitability and erupt resulting in fire accidents.
• They undergo violent chemical reactions and produce many toxic gases polluting the environment.
• The wastes also invite an enormous number of pathogens causing many infectious diseases.
 This successively results in hazards like environmental degradation, pollution, soil pollution, and pollution.

Note: In Municipal Solid Waste Management of developing countries five typical problem areas are often identified:-
1) inadequate service coverage,
2) operational inefficiencies of services,
3) limited utilization of recycling activities,
4) management of non-industrial hazardous waste,