4. What are the main types of
waste?

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The waste can be into many
types, each them carrying its own
environmental problem:
organic waste, waste, non
recyclable waste, waste, nuclear
toxic waste space waste.

The organic is more easily
resorbed nature, but the speed
the geographical concentration of
production due to urbanization
pollution of rivers, lakes, of
disease vectors and
degradation of towns. The
waste is composed of that can
be reprocessed, again by humans,
like and metals; the problem
recyclable waste is that
separation of such material not
culturally diffused and is not
enough social to use them;
so recyclable waste is mixed
other wastes increasing the of
waste depositories even . The non
recyclable waste formed of residuals
that cannot yet recycle, like
, photographic paper, mirrors,
cigarettes, papers, etc; this
kind waste in the future become
recyclable waste and be
separated. The toxic includes
industrial chemical residuals are
harmful for life the environment,
like contaminated waste and
the domestic containing
insecticides and medicines; toxic
waste is one the major environmental
problems it puts the life
humans and other living in
danger. The nuclear waste is made
of that release invisible
dangerous for many years;
nuclear waste is produced in
extraction of nuclear minerals (
uranium), by nuclear reactors
nuclear plants, in hospitals
Nuclear Medicine is performed in
research centers; although nuclear
waste is often into armored
receptacles the of accidents is
permanent. waste is the waste
by the activity of in
space from the half of the 20th
; it consists of non
satellites, rocket piece and
equipments that remain orbiting
earth or other celestial or even
travelling across .

Environmental Issues: organic waste
waste non recyclable waste
waste nuclear toxic waste