WASTE prezentacja

Natasza Nowakowska

waste

But.. what is waste?

Objects which are no longer of any use to us are called WASTE

Broken objects

Plastics

Old newspapers

Wrappers

In everyday life, humans generate a lot of waste and throw it away:

Bottles

Leftover food

they are defective

they are no more useful

Why do we waste things?

they are unwanted

they are old and worthless

What happens to the waste?

It undergoes a series of processes

mineral waste

nuclear waste

agricultural waste

biomedical waste

industrial waste

Sources of waste

domestic waste

generated in our house during everyday activities

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Domestic waste

generated in various industrial processes

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industrial waste

waste from hospitals, laboratories, nursing homes

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Biomedical waste

generated in different agricultural acivities

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agricultural waste

waste products of nuclear power plants: radioactive minerals and metals

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nuclear waste

heavy metal residues polluting air and water near mines

mineral waste

Electronic waste e-waste

Classification of waste

On the basis of moisture

According to the form of waste

According to properties:

According to the effect on life and environment

solid

liquid

gas

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dry

wet

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- no harmful effect on our life or environment

non-hazardous

-toxic and harmful to humans, animals and plants-inflammable-reactive-corrosive-explosive

hazardous

bio-degradable

Non--biodegradable

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computers, smartphones, fax machines, TV sets etc

It may lead to pollution of air, water, soil

Why do need to learn about waste?

It may cause serious health hazard to people and animals

Remember about recycling!!!

Take e-waste to a dedicated recycling facility

Try returning the item to the manufacturer

Find opportunities for reuse

What should we do with e-waste

Postpone upgrading for as long as you can

In the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, car parts and mirror surfaces were used to produce silver and gold medals

Follow the example!

The Japanese made all of the Olympic medals out of recycled material (smatphones, laptops etc) for the 2020 Tokyo Olimpics

https://www.ecowatch.com/olympics-medals-recycled-smartphones-computers-2654414145.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-ewaste-and-what-can-we-do-about-it.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NkqwMitQ8o&list=RDCMUCT2OYGLtOyyui_9MGrnfyzA&start_radio=1&t=7s https://www.123rf.com/ https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/ https://www.colourbox.com/ https://vidhilegalpolicy.in/ https://www.ecotextile.com/https://books.gw-project.org/https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/https://femoni.pl/recykling-metali

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