Type of Waste
1. Toxic waste causes serious problem to our health and to the environment.
Examples: dried paint, old bulbs, old batteries.
2. E-waste consists of dismantled parts of computers, electronic appliances, mobile phones, TV, floppy discs, pen drives.Â
In India E-wastes are dumped into unsafe and unauthorized dumping yards where they are dismantled manually and unscientifically, causing great environmental and health risks as they contain dangerous contaminants.
3. Hospital Waste or Soiled Waste:
Consists of various components containing infected human tissues or body fluids and are called bio-hazardous. The needles, surgical knives, and other surgical instruments called ‘sharps’ have to be disposed of carefully, but many a time we find this does not happen. Being pricked with infected needles can transmit diseases like HIV, Hepatitis B and C.
