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determine the effects of poor waste management on public health and the
environment.
State the importance of waste stream assessment (WSA) and how WSA is
carried out in your locality.
Note:
a) Write your answer in the space given below.
b) Check your answer with the one given at the end of this Unit.
LEARNING ACTIVITY 2.2
Note:
a) Write your answer in the space given below.
b) Check your answer with the one given at the end of this Unit.
LEARNING ACTIVITY 2.3
Determine the moisture content of the sample from the following data:
Hint: Compute dry weight (i.e., individual constituent wet weight – moisture).
Moisture content of the sample (wet weight – dry weight)* 100/wet weight.
Note:
a) Write your answer in the space given below.
b) Check your answer with the one given at the end of this Unit.
LEARNING ACTIVITY 2.4
Identify and list the chemical characteristics of two types of municipal wastes
commonly present in your locality.
Note:
a) Write your answer in the space given below.
b) Check your answer with the one given at the end of this Unit.
LEARNING ACTIVITY 2.5
List the adverse health and environment impacts due to improper handling of
solid waste. Identify at least four such effects in your locality.
Note:
a) Write your answer in the space given below.
b) Check your answer with the one given at the end of this Unit.
Model Answers to Learning Activities
Waste stream assessment at present is not practised in our locality, and the
waste is usually dumped in storage containers and taken to landfill sites.
100 - 79
Therefore, moisture content = 100 = 21%
100
The 2 types of wastes commonly present in our locality are combustible wastes
and garbage. Combustible waste such as plastics consists of natural fibres, and
garbage such as food wastes have carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.
LEARNING ACTIVITY 2.5
Some of the adverse health and environmental effects, due to the improper
handling of wastes are:
(i) Health effects: Wastes dumped indiscriminately provide the food and
environment for breeding of various vectors, e.g., flies (salmonellosis,
dysentry, etc.), mosquitoes and roaches (malaria, dengue fever, typhoid,
cholera, amoebiasis, etc.) and animals, e.g., rodents and pigs (trichinosis,
cysticerosis, etc.).
Due to open dumping, mosquitoes thrive in our locality, which may cause
diseases like malaria or dengue fever.