What could be the harmful effects of improper management of industrial and domestic solid waste in a city?

The improper disposal of waste materials is the major source or cause of environment pollution. If the domestic waste is not disposed of properly it leads to the following problems:

• Domestic waste means the household wastes which if not disposed of properly leads to chokage of sewer lines.

• Choking of sewage lines leads to the stagnation of sewage water which may become the breeding ground for the pathogenic mosquitoes.

• Imroper disposal of house hold waste which includes nonbiodegradable waste like glass, polythene in open grounds may lead to the chokage of gut of the cattle which may happen to eat the polythene along with food which may even lead to death of such organisms.

• Improper management of such domestic wastes contributes to soil pollution to a large extent.

Improper disposal or management of industrial waste is major cause of soil, water and air pollution.

Soil pollution is caused by the dumping of harmful chemicals generated by industries which penetrates in soil and get mixed with ground water.

Water pollution is caused by directly by disposing the used water waste from industries to rivers or ponds.

Air pollution is caused by the harmful smokes being generated by industries pollutes the fresh air of the atmosphere.