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Review Environmental Implications of Incineration of Municipal Solid Waste and Ash Disposal

Review Environmental Implications of Incineration of Municipal Solid Waste and Ash Disposal

Sapna, Sapna Raghav, Dinesh Kumar
ISBN13: 9781522594529|ISBN10: 1522594523|EISBN13: 9781522594543
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch004
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Sapna, et al. "Review Environmental Implications of Incineration of Municipal Solid Waste and Ash Disposal." Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution, edited by Khursheed Ahmad Wani, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 59-79. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch004

APA

Sapna, Raghav, S., & Kumar, D. (2020). Review Environmental Implications of Incineration of Municipal Solid Waste and Ash Disposal. In K. Wani, L. Ariana, & S. Zuber (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution (pp. 59-79). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch004

Chicago

Sapna, Sapna Raghav, and Dinesh Kumar. "Review Environmental Implications of Incineration of Municipal Solid Waste and Ash Disposal." In Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution, edited by Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Lutfah Ariana, and S.M. Zuber, 59-79. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch004

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Abstract

Rapid consumption of resources produces municipal solid wastes (MSW) in developing countries at the present time. MSW comprises the various kinds of waste present at different levels such as household products, industrial waste, biomedical waste, pesticides, sanitation residue, agriculture residue, building material waste, and so forth. The presence of solid waste in the water system is very hazardous and can cause severe health diseases in the human body such as dermatological disorder, respiratory infections, eye and blood infections, cholera, typhoid, tuberculosis, amoebic dysentery, anthrax, and so forth. Due to incineration of waste materials, the remaining ash is dumped into the water system so the amount of free oxygen in the water is diminished, which results in the death of fishes, beneficial bacteria, and worms, which play an important role in the fertility of the soil. This chapter reviews the challenges, methods, technologies, barriers, and opportunities associated with improving waste management worldwide.

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