13 Environment · 13.2 Solid and hazardous waste management

13.2.1 Solid waste: types, collection and treatment by composting, incineration and landfill

Solid waste is best handled by first avoiding and segregating it, then treating wet waste biologically, recovering energy from dry high-calorific waste, and sending only inert rejects to an engineered sanitary landfill.

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Key terms

  • biodegradable
  • waste hierarchy
  • composting
  • vermicomposting
  • bio-methanation
  • incineration
  • pyrolysis
  • gasification
  • RDF
  • sanitary landfill
  • leachate
  • bio-mining

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