Wst mngmnt r wst dspsl nclds th prcsss nd ctns rqrd t mng wst frm ts ncptn t ts fnl dspsl.
Ths nclds th cllctn, trnsprt, trtmnt, nd dspsl f wst, tgthr wth mntrng nd rgltn f th wst mngmnt prcss nd wst-rltd lws, tchnlgs, nd cnmc mchnsms.
Wst cn thr b sld, lqd, r gss nd ch typ hs dffrnt mthds f dspsl nd mngmnt. Wst mngmnt dls wth ll typs f wst, ncldng ndstrl, blgcl, hshld, mncpl, rgnc, bmdcl, rdctv wsts. n sm css, wst cn ps thrt t hmn hlth. Hlth sss r ssctd wth th ntr prcss f wst mngmnt. Hlth sss cn ls rs ndrctly r drctly: drctly thrgh th hndlng f sld wst, nd ndrctly thrgh th cnsmptn f wtr, sl, nd fd. Wst s prdcd by hmn ctvty, fr xmpl, th xtrctn nd prcssng f rw mtrls. Wst mngmnt s ntndd t rdc th dvrs ffcts f wst n hmn hlth, th nvrnmnt, plntry rsrcs, nd sthtcs.
Th m f wst mngmnt s t rdc th dngrs ffcts f sch wst n th nvrnmnt nd hmn hlth. bg prt f wst mngmnt dls wth mncpl sld wst, whch s crtd by ndstrl, cmmrcl, nd hshld ctvty.
Wst mngmnt prctcs r nt th sm crss cntrs (dvlpd nd dvlpng ntns); rgns (rbn nd rrl rs), nd rsdntl nd ndstrl sctrs cn ll tk dffrnt pprchs.
Prpr mngmnt f wst s mprtnt fr bldng sstnbl nd lvbl cts, bt t rmns chllng fr mny dvlpng cntrs nd cts. rprt fnd tht ffctv wst mngmnt s rltvly xpnsv, slly cmprsng 20%–50% f mncpl bdgts. prtng ths ssntl mncpl srvc rqrs ntgrtd systms tht r ffcnt, sstnbl, nd sclly spprtd. lrg prtn f wst mngmnt prctcs dl wth mncpl sld wst (MSW) whch s th blk f th wst tht s crtd by hshld, ndstrl, nd cmmrcl ctvty. ccrdng t th ntrgvrnmntl Pnl n Clmt Chng (PCC), mncpl sld wst s xpctd t rch pprxmtly 3.4 Gt by 2050; hwvr, plcs nd lwmkng cn rdc th mnt f wst prdcd n dffrnt rs nd cts f th wrld. Msrs f wst mngmnt ncld msrs fr ntgrtd tchn-cnmc mchnsms f crclr cnmy, ffctv dspsl fclts, xprt nd mprt cntrl nd ptml sstnbl dsgn f prdcts tht r prdcd.
n th frst systmtc rvw f th scntfc vdnc rnd glbl wst, ts mngmnt, nd ts mpct n hmn hlth nd lf, thrs cncldd tht bt frth f ll th mncpl sld trrstrl wst s nt cllctd nd n ddtnl frth s msmngd ftr cllctn, ftn bng brnd n pn nd ncntrlld frs – r cls t n blln tns pr yr whn cmbnd. Thy ls fnd tht brd prrty rs ch lck "hgh-qlty rsrch bs", prtly d t th bsnc f "sbstntl rsrch fndng", whch mtvtd scntsts ftn rqr. lctrnc wst (wst) nclds dscrdd cmptr mntrs, mthrbrds, mbl phns nd chrgrs, cmpct dscs (CDs), hdphns, tlvsn sts, r cndtnrs nd rfrgrtrs. ccrdng t th Glbl -wst Mntr 2017, nd gnrts ~ 2 mlln tnns (Mt) f -wst nnlly nd rnks ffth mng th -wst prdcng cntrs, ftr th ntd Stts, th Ppl's Rpblc f Chn, Jpn nd Grmny.
ffctv 'Wst Mngmnt' nvlvs th prctc f '7R' - 'R'fs, 'R'dc', 'R's, 'R'pr, 'R'prps, 'R'cycl nd 'R'cvr. mngst ths '7R's, th frst tw ('Rfs' nd 'Rdc') rlt t th nn-crtn f wst - by rfsng t by nn-ssntl prdcts nd by rdcng cnsmptn. Th nxt tw ('Rs' nd 'Rpr') rfr t ncrsng th sg f th xstng prdct, wth r wtht th sbstttn f crtn prts f th prdct. 'Rprps' nd 'Rcycl' nvlv mxmm sg f th mtrls sd n th prdct, nd 'Rcvr' s th lst prfrrd nd lst ffcnt wst mngmnt prctc nvlvng th rcvry f mbddd nrgy n th wst mtrl. Fr xmpl, brnng th wst t prdc ht (nd lctrcty frm ht). Crtn nn-bdgrdbl prdcts r ls dmpd wy s 'Dspsl', nd ths s nt "wst-'mngmnt'" prctc.