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Download Solution PDFWhich of the following is not a type of municipal solid waste based on source?
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Download Solution PDFMunicipal waste classification based on Source:
(i) Residential (household): This refers to wastes from dwellings, apartments, etc., and consists of leftover food, vegetable peels, plastic, clothes, ashes, etc.
(ii) Commercial (business): This refers to wastes consisting of leftover food, glasses, metals, ashes, etc., generated
from stores, restaurants, markets, hotels, motels, auto-repair shops, medical facilities, etc.
(iii) Institutional: This mainly consists of paper, plastic, glasses, etc., generated from educational, administrative and public buildings such as schools, colleges, offices, prisons, etc.
(iv) Municipal: This includes dust, leafy matter, building debris, treatment plant residual sludge, etc., generated from various municipal activities like construction and demolition, street cleaning, landscaping, etc.
(v) Industrial: This mainly consists of process wastes, ashes, demolition and construction wastes, hazardous wastes, etc., due to industrial activities.
(vi) Agricultural: This mainly consists of spoiled food grains and vegetables, agricultural remains, litter,
etc., generated from fields, orchards, vineyards, farms, etc.
(vii) Open areas: this includes wastes from areas such as Streets, alleys, parks, vacant lots, playgrounds, beaches, highways, recreational areas, etc.
Additional InformationMunicipal waste classification based on type:
- Garbage
- Ashes and residues
- Combustible and non-combustible wastes
- Bulky wastes
- Street wastes
- Biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes
- Dead animals
- Abandoned vehicles
- Farm Wastes
- Hazardous wastes
- Sewage wastes
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