Solid Waste Management

Causes of solid waste vary from dropping an empty aluminum can on the side of the road to having your factory pump out thousands of tons of waste materials into an unsanitary landfill. If a landfill’s procedure is done correctly then it can be used to safely control the mass of solid waste that it is using to biodegrade. Many think of global warming and air pollution, but a lot of those types of pollution come from some form of solid waste.

Some of the more obvious indicators to show that solid waste is effecting the environment are if there a visible change in water colors, if there is an abnormal pH level. Solid waste is any waste that is not a liquid or gas; it must be a complete solid. Most trash that your family probably acclimates is solid waste. Many things can be found out before it happens and then preve...