Soil Waste Management (Sources and Characteristics-1)

Solid wastes generally refer to describe non-liquid waste materials arising from domestic, trade, commercial, industrial, agriculture and mining activities and from the public services. Disposal of sludge’s (liquid waste) of some kind fall within the scope of solid waste management. These arise primarily from industrial sources and from sewage treatment plants. Solid wastes comprise countless different materials; dust, food wastes, packaging in
the form of paper, metals, plastics or glass, discarded clothing and furnishing, garden wastes and hazardous and radioactive wastes.