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What are the benefits of solid waste management?

Solid waste management means to manage the process of treatment, salvage, reuse, re-rotation change of energy without affecting the environment and the public health in this system the state has the responsibility to provide training, suggestion, and resources to the local bodies of Urban and rural areas for solid waste management. In this system cleaning workers are employed on a regular or contractual basis to bring garbage from the houses hospitals and other establishment and gather it at the garbage collection center. From this center, it is taken to the garbage disposal center through different means of transportation like trucks, tractors, etc. At the disposal center, the garbage is divided into different categories and then disposed of accordingly.

The benefits of solid waste management are :


1. It helps to control the spread of fire accident, rats, pests and pathogens of infectious diseases
2. It helps to control the diseases, and increase the ability to work.
3. It helps to keep a control on the water pollution due to the reduction of toxic substance
4. It helps to generate electricity at an affordable power generation expenditure
5. Raw material will be available which would make the items made of recyclable material
6. It helps to provide more employment opportunities due to the increase in the level of work.
7. The availability of precious metals will increase.
8. It provides an inexpensive and good botanical compost.
9. The capacity of Agricultural production will increase, and the yield would also improve.
10. It will improve the public health system and reduce the burden of patients on hospitals.


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