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Tracking Personal Waste Production
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Tracking Personal Waste Production
Table 1: Total values of my personal waste products produced over the course of the week.
Value Paper Plastic Metal Glass Misc.
1
tissue, napkin,
piece of lined
paper
coffee cup lid,
straw
pop can, small
food tin
small cosmetic
container, light
bulb
Waxed coffee
cup, juice box
2
cardboard
roll, small box
full-size chip
bag, plastic
bag, plastic
wrap
medium food
tin, tall drink
can, aluminum
foil
small jar (jam),
standard
beverage bottle
Styrofoam cup,
waxed paper
3
newspaper,
cereal box
re-fill jug, 2-L
pop/juice
bottle
large food tin,
disposable
baking trays
large jar Styrofoam
take-out
container
Values
of
estimate
s for
each
category
of waste
products
$ 12 $ 7 $ 8 $ 9 $ 10
Table 2: Indicating calculation of the total value of each waste category produced over the
course of a year.
Value Paper Plastic Metal Glass Misc.
1
tissue,
napkin, piece
of lined paper
coffee cup lid,
straw
pop can, small
food tin
small
cosmetic
container,
light bulb
Waxed coffee
cup, juice box
2
cardboard
roll, small
box
full-size chip
bag, plastic
bag, plastic
wrap
medium food
tin, tall drink
can, aluminum
foil
small jar
(jam),
standard
beverage
bottle
Styrofoam
cup,
waxed paper
3
newspaper,
cereal box
re-fill jug, 2-L
pop/juice
bottle
large food tin,
disposable
baking trays
large jar Styrofoam
take-out
container
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Calculatio
n of the
total value
of each
waste
category
produced
over the
course of a
year.
One year has
52 weeks
thus the
value of
paper wastes
per year will
be
12 X 52= $
624
7 X 52= $ 364 8 X 52 = $
416
9 X 52 = $
468
10 X 52 = $
520
Reflection paragraph
Waste monitoring has become an issue in homes, industries and urban areas. Hazardous
wastes contaminate our surroundings in various ways thus the need for monitoring. These wastes
pollute the soil, air, and water thereby posing a constant danger to human and animal life.
Besides, improper handling of hazardous wastes contaminates the atmosphere (Gutberlet, 2015).
My daily personal wastes products include papers such as tissues, plastics, metals, glasses among
other products. There are different processes are involved in the monitoring of my personal
waste products.
Monitoring of these wastes helps me to identify my current waste streams while helping me to
determine how much waste I generate. As a result, I can maximize landfill diversion and capture
what waste products can be recycled or beneficially reused. Monitoring of these waste products
also helps me to reduce liability, costs and environmental impact by determining better solutions
based on my present waste profile (Rahimi & García, 2017). The first step involves waste
generation which involves discarding materials after it has served its purpose and it’s no longer
useful. The second step involves storage and processing. The approach involves activities of
collection of waste at certain areas and transferring these wastes to collection points where it will
be transported by the vehicle to disposal sites. The final step is the disposal where wastes are
disposed (Ogwueleka, 2013).
There are different ways that I can use to reduce my personal wastes. One of the practical
suggestions that I can use to reduce my personal waste production is the use of biological
treatment. Biological treatment of waste products involves the use of microorganisms such as
bacteria and fungi which act on organic products present in the wastes (Suthar & Singh, 2015). It
involves the conditioning process where wastes are exposed to the atmosphere for a certain
period, digestion where microorganisms break down complex organic substances and
composting where the organic matter is converted into useful manure (Esmaeilian et al., 2018).
The other way that I can utilize to reduce my personal wastes is the physical treatment which
involves mechanical separation and segregation which promotes the disposal process. In the
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presence of liquid wastes, physical treatment involves phase separation where particles settle at
the bottom tank. Extremely small particles are coagulated and then settled. Chemical treatment
involves treating wastes products with chemicals so as to neutralize them and remove any
toxicity that may be present. It involves medication of chemical elements of wastes via
neutralization, precipitation, oxidation, and reduction (Brunner & Rechberger, 2015). The other
process that I can use to reduce waste is recycling. In this case, I will select certain wastes such
as discarded bottles and containers to clean them and put them further use with minimum
processing. Another process that I can use is the reduction of wastes. This involves reducing
waste products by separating products that can be used as raw materials in industries (Arm et al.,
2017). Such materials may include scrap metals, bottles, etc.

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References
Arm, M., Wik, O., Engelsen, C. J., Erlandsson, M., Hjelmar, O., & Wahlström, M. (2017). How
does the European recovery target for construction & demolition waste affect resource
management?. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 8(5), 1491-1504.
Brunner, P. H., & Rechberger, H. (2015). Waste to energy–key element for sustainable waste
management. Waste management, 37, 3-12.
Esmaeilian, B., Wang, B., Lewis, K., Duarte, F., Ratti, C., & Behdad, S. (2018). The future of
waste management in smart and sustainable cities: A review and concept paper. Waste
management, 81, 177-195.
Gutberlet, J. (2015). More inclusive and cleaner cities with waste management co-production:
Insights from participatory epistemologies and methods. Habitat International, 46, 234-
243.
Ogwueleka, T. C. (2013). Survey of household waste composition and quantities in Abuja,
Nigeria. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 77, 52-60.
Rahimi, A., & García, J. M. (2017). Chemical recycling of waste plastics for new materials
production. Nature Reviews Chemistry, 1(6), 1-11.
Suthar, S., & Singh, P. (2015). Household solid waste generation and composition in different
family size and socio-economic groups: A case study. Sustainable Cities and Society, 14,
56-63.
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