Waste management
Refuse collection conceptGeneral waste management – Residual Waste
An organised waste collection system requires waste to be placed in containers
Waste to landfill without separate collection means:
- No recovery of valuable materials
- High degree of environmental pollution due to landfills which have a potential to produce leachate contaminating the groundwater and methane gas for as long as 100 years, so that future generations still have to deal with the problem
- Non-degradable materials contaminate the soil, making re-use difficult
- Maintenance of old landfills involves high costs for many decades
- Bin for residual
waste
- Collection at source –
Single-family house
- Collection at source –
Multi-family residence
- Collection with
refuse vehicles
| No reduction |