QUESTION $1[30$ marks$]$: Waste Management

Waste disposal leads to direct and in direct environmental impacts, such as land occupation, resource depletion, amplification of global warming due to methane and other greenhouse gas emissions, waters intoxication due landfilling, as well as acidification and toxic effects from emissions to air in the case of incineration.

$1\mathrm{.}1.$ In short, describe the Act governing waste management in South Africa.

$(10$ marks$)$

$1\mathrm{.}2.$ Describe the relationship between sustainability and waste management.

$(8$ marks$)$

$1\mathrm{.}3.$ Discuss and characterize waste as shown in Table $1.$

$(12$ marks$)$

$\backslash$table$[[$Characterization$,$Types of waste$],[\backslash$table$[[$Based on physical properties,$],[$effects etc.$]],],[\backslash$table$[[$Based on the biological$],[$properties of wastes:$]],],[\backslash$table$[[$Based on the effects of waste on$],[$human health and environment:$]],]]$