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CHAPTER EIGHT - ESCAP
170 CHAPTER EIGHTINTRODUCTIONW aste is an unavoidable by-product of mosthuman activity. Economic development and risingliving standards in the Asian and Pacific Region haveled to increases in the quantity and complexity ofgenerated waste , whilst industrial diversification andthe provision of expanded health-care facilities haveadded substantial quantities of industrial hazardouswaste and biomedical waste into the waste streamwith potentially severe environmental and humanhealth consequences. The CHAPTER discusses thegeneration, treatment, disposal and management ofthe growing volume of waste , which poses formidablechallenges to both high and low-income countries ofthe OF and CharacteristicsA clear appreciation of the quantities andcharacteristics of the waste being generated is a keycomponent in the development of robust andcost-effective solid waste management amongst some of the more developedcountries within the region the q
waste, agricultural crop residues and agro-industrial by-products. Table 8.3 provides an estimate of annual production of agricultural waste and residues in some selected countries in the region (ESCAP 1997); the implications of liquid and slurry waste for receiving inland and coastal waters is examined in Chapter 4.
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