Waste Types & Sources
This is the waste left after recycling and composting efforts in households.
What is residual municipal solid waste (MSW)?
MBT stands for this waste management process.
What is Mechanical Biological Treatment?
Treating waste before landfilling can reduce this by more than 90%.
What are gaseous emissions (greenhouse gases/landfill gas)?
This type of waste includes food scraps and kitchen waste collected separately.
What is biowaste?
MBT combines these two types of processes to treat municipal solid waste
What are mechanical sorting and biological treatment?
MBT-treated waste in landfills produces much less of this polluted liquid.
What is leachate?
Lawns, gardens, and parks contribute to this type of waste.
What is green waste?
One goal of MBT is to recover these materials, such as metals and plastics.
What are recyclables?
The treated waste from MBT is not suitable for this agricultural use.
What is compost (or marketing as compost)?
Farms produce this kind of waste, including plant residues and animal manure.
What is organic waste from agriculture?
MBT can generate these two products, one used as fuel and one similar to compost.
What are refuse-derived fuel (RDF) and compost-like output (CLO)?
Landfills with untreated waste can produce this gas, mainly methane and carbon dioxide.
What is landfill gas or biogas?
When organic waste is not collected and stays in dumps, it can cause these 3 environmental problems.
What are water pollution, soil contamination, and air pollution?
Waste treatment methods like MBT and incineration are used to reduce these three things: mass, volume, and ______.
What is harmfulness?
After MBT treatment, the contamination of landfill leachate by these hazardous elements is greatly reduced.
What are heavy metals?