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Organic wastes
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Damage by degradable organic matter
Oxygen depleting wastes
Oxygen consuming processes
BOD
COD
Oxygen demanding matter
Nature:
Organic wastes, improperly disposed, cause problems of oxygen depletion, pollution and foul smells.
Broader Problems:
Biological pollutants
Impurities in waste water
Environmental hazards from paper and printing industries
Narrower Problems:
Waste paper
Food wastage
Aquatic weeds
Sewage as a pollutant
Untreated animal excreta
Suspended matter in water
Inadequate disposal of bodies
Effluents from animal husbandry
Improper disposal of food wastes
Methane gas emissions from landfill sites
Aggravates:
Food poisoning
Eutrophication
Water pollution
Pathogenic organisms
Marine oxygen deficiency
Destruction of environmental oxygen
Accumulation of pollutants in freshwater wildlife
Reduced By:
Unused livestock waste
Loss of micro-organic proteins
Strategies:
Recycling agricultural waste
Decomposing organic materials
Managing organic wastes
Improving hazardous waste management
Reducing amount of organic wastes
Subject(s):
Conservation
→
Conservation
Fish, Reptiles
→
Fish
Fundamental Sciences
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Material
Fundamental Sciences
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Non-metallic chemical elements
Fundamental Sciences
→
Organic chemical compounds
Societal Problems
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Destruction
Societal Problems
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Inadequacy
Societal Problems
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Waste
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST