Waste Management in Alaska

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Waste management in Alaska
The waste management are the actions taken to manage waste. It includes assortment,
transport and disposal of waste. The waste management comprises management of all processes
and resources for the appropriate handling of the waste materials.
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proposal comprises the issue of waste management faced in Alaska. The solid waste program in
Alaska is committed to improve compliance and authorizing all solid waste facilities.
Alaska faces issue in the effective waste management. But there are options available in
Alaska which can be used for the waste management (Yeomans & Huang, 2015).
Burning waste: Burning is the efficient way to lessen the volume of waste which goes into the
landfill and to reduce the attraction of animals to the waste (Yi, Jang & An, 2018). But burning is
required to be done with some precautions. As all the wastes cannot be burned so the burnable
wastes and non-burnable wastes should be separated (Kinnaman, 2017).
Burying waste: The wastes such as plastic, plastic bags, white goods, animal carcasses,
abandoned cars and four wheelers should not be burned and is required to be covered as soon as
possible. The plastic causes toxic smoke and should never be burned (Rhyner, et al. 2017). It is
dangerous to the people along with the environment. White goods such as washing machines,
refrigerators and freezers should be buried in the landfill (Gupta, Kaushal & Shukla, 2017). The
animal wastes should be enclosed with hydrated lime and dumped in the soil within 24 hours.
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