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PLASTIC WASTE QUANTIFICATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND ITS MANAGEMENT IN DAVANAGERE CITY Mahesh B1, Praveen Kumar G B2, Sumana Y B3 1PG
Scholar, Department of Civil engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davanagere–577004, Karnataka, India 2Assistant Professor, Department of Civil engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davanagere–577004, Karnataka, India 3Assistant Professor, Department of Civil engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davanagere–577004, Karnataka, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------and wildlife. Wild animals and people. This refers to a large amount of plastic. It is not recycled and will eventually end up in landfills or dumped in unregulated landfills in the developing world. In the UK, for example, more than 5 million tonnes of plastic is used each year, but only a quarter of that is recycled. Three-quarters that are not recycled will end up in our environment, polluting our oceans and damaging our ecosystems. In developing countries, most plastic waste ends up in the ocean, leaving marine animals especially vulnerable. Much of what we consume is made of plastic (like PET bottles and food containers) because it's cheap but durable. However, due to its chemical structure, plastic degrades slowly (over 400 years), which has become a major problem.
Abstract - Plastic use has been so common these days that it
is no surprise to consider plastic as a fundamental compound without which human life today would become much more difficult. Our dependency on plastic is increasing day by day by day. Researches and latest technologies have achieved the invention of safer and newer plastic, but the darker side of plastic has never been resolved and adverse effects of plastic are increasing at an alerting speed. On managing the plastic waste along with finding solutions. This projects looks upon the characterization quantification and management of plastic waste generated within the Davangere city it explain the importance of adoption of latest technology over conventional methods of plastic waste management and gives information about quantity and types of plastic waste generated within the Davangere city some efforts are reported on this aspect of investigation there is a need to adopt some modification for better outcomes management of plastic waste.
Key
Words: Characterization, Management, Plastic waste
1.2 Impact of plastic on human health and environment: Studies have found a causal link between plastic and problems with most systems in the human body (e.g. cardiovascular, respiratory, reproductive, digestive, etc.). Therefore, it has a huge impact on health. Cancer, diabetes, chronic inflammation and various immune disorders are just some of the serious problems that plastics and their toxic components can cause. Heavy substances released during mining and waste detention are closely related to the problems of the most vulnerable people such as children and pregnant women. Hydraulic drilling and fracturing operations produce chemicals known as endocrine disruptors. It has a very negative effect on the development, immunity, nervous system and reproductive system. In pregnant women, such effects on the developing fetus have been shown to increase the likelihood of birth defects of the brain, heart, and/or spine.
Quantification,
1. Introduction The disposal of plastic waste is today a major environmental and health problem around the world, even more so in developing countries. Plastic waste management is a scientifically generated technology for collecting, transporting, storing and disposing of plastic waste. Therefore, the system must be properly planned for the long term. Today, cities generate a large amount of plastic waste due to improved living standards. Therefore, detailed information on the quantity and characterization of plastic waste is needed for the treatment of waste at different stages of management system. Currently, most local and municipal governments do not weigh or quantify waste.
Waste causes serious environmental damage during production, use and disposal. Harmful synthetic formulations release plastic waste. Another major cause of the negative impact of plastics on nature is the impact on the environment and human health during the assembly process. Many synthetic formulations of carcinogens, neurotoxins and endocrine disruptors are standard transformations and by-products of plastic manufacturing
1.1 Plastic waste Collectively, plastic waste, or plastic pollution, is the accumulation of plastic objects (such as PET bottles) in the global environment, which negatively affects wildlife, habitats
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