INFORMATION SHEET
FARM WASTE MANAGEMENT
IMPORTANT TERMS TO REMEMBER
1. Aerobic Composting – decomposing of organic materials using microorganisms that require oxygen. It
requires the introduction of oxygen to the compost pile to allow aerobic microbes to thrive. Aerobic composting
needs to be turned very few days to allow for proper air circulation. This composting process is best used
outside and can be used with a large amount of materials.
2. Agricultural Waste - is unwanted or unsalable materials produced wholly from agricultural operations directly
related to the growing of crops or raising of animals for the primary purpose of making a profit or for a
livelihood.
3. Anaerobic Composting – decomposes waste without oxygen. Organic materials are piled up and breakdown
naturally. This process does not need any type of maintenance and do not need to be turned.
4. Compost – is used to improve the soil fertility in gardens, landscaping, horticulture, agriculture and organic
farming.
5. Composting - the natural process of recycling organic matter, such as leaves and food scraps, into a valuable
fertilizer that can enrich soil and plants.
6. Waste - is any substance which is discarded after primary use or in other words, there is no further use for the
product. We generate a huge amount of wastes in our everyday life.
7. Waste Management - refers to the various ways of managing and disposing of wastes. It can be by
discarding, destroying, processing, recycling, reusing, or controlling wastes.
8. Waste Processing – is a way of applying operations using facilities on how to change solid wastes into
chemical, physical, or biological properties to make it easier to dispose of, recover a resource, or transfer solid
waste materials.
WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM’S SIX BASIC FUNCTIONS
1. Production 4. Storage
2. Collection 5. Treatment
3. Transfer 6. Utilization
DIFFERENT TYPES OF WASTE
1. Liquid Waste - is commonly found in households as well as in industries. This waste includes dirty water,
organic liquids, wash water, waste detergents and even rainwater.
2. Solid Rubbish - Solid rubbish can include various items found in your household, along with commercial
and industrial locations. Solid rubbish is commonly broken down into the following types:
a) Plastic waste
b) Paper/card waste
c) Tins and metals
d) Ceramics and glass
3. Organic Waste - All food waste, garden waste, manure and rotten meat are classified as organic waste.
4. Recyclable Rubbish - Recyclable rubbish includes all waste items
that can be converted into products that can be used again. Solid items
such as paper, metals, furniture and organic waste can all be recycled.
5. Hazardous waste includes all types of flammables, toxic, corrosive
and reactive rubbish. It also includes radioactive waste and chemical
wastes. Example: paints, batteries, light bulbs, fluorescent tubes,
pesticides, weed killers, gas bottles, chemical fertilizers, etc.
6. Industrial waste- is any type of waste that is produced by an
industrial process. This can include manufacturing, construction and
mining processes. This is a broad category that can include anything
from asbestos and clinical waste to oil and chemicals.
BASKET COMPOSTING:
Materials Needed: Procedure:
1. Used plastic water container (removed Procedures in Making Basket Compost:
upper part of it by cutting using a cutter 1. Prepare all the materials needed for basket composting.
or pair of scissors). 2. Separate dried leaves, peeling of fruits and rotten
2. Prepare dried leaves taken from your produce.
backyard. 3. In a plastic container put some soil in the bottom part of
3. Rotten produce, like vegetables and fruit it.
peeling 4. Add rotten produce like dried leaves, fruit peeling,
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4. Eggshells eggshells and rotten vegetables and pile it as the next
5. Soil layer. Alternately add the soil and the prepared rotten
6. Water produce until it reaches the top part of the plastic
7. Hand trowel container.
8. Disposable hand gloves 5. And water the compost pile placed in the water
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PERFORMANCE TASK:
Make your own simple basket compost at home. Document it and put in your portfolio.
