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What is solid waste? How is it disposed?
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Answer
- Solid waste means all the trash which is not needed by a person who throws it. Wastes from home, offices, stores, schools, hospitals, etc. form the wastes which is collected and disposed by municipality.
- Municipal solid waste is composed of paper, food, plastic, glass, metals, rubber, leather, textile, etc.
- Burning reduces volume of the waste. But it produces toxic air pollution.
- The incomplete burning also causes release of CO.
- Open dumps of wastes are breeding ground for rats and flies, so sanitary landfills are created.
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