Estimating the Volume of Solid Waste in AL- Musayyib District up to 2026 and the Required Environmental Management Policies

Abstract

Solid Wastes term used to refer to non-liquid waste produced by different types of domestic activity and craft, commercial and industrial, mining and other human activities. But a non-means is relative, because sludge from the sludge treatment effluents also fall within the solid waste, and therefore more precise definition of solid waste material that is solid or semi-solid disposed of residues generated when sources are not of merit retain their value. Even if they can be valuable in another location or other circumstances.(Brenda.Platt,2007)

The solid waste can be classified into the following items:

1 - Household waste: which includes all types of waste resulting from.the.housing.units.
2 -Municipal waste: The remnants of the streets and shops and                government buildings and remnants of demolished buildings.  
3 - Medical waste: the remnants of hospitals and medical clinics to.private.and.public.
4 - Industrial waste: a cross from products industry and are usually metal or wooden scraps of paper or ---- etc.  
5 - Agricultural residues: They are remnants of agricultural crops.