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OCEAN DUMPING
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Advantages:
- convenient
- inexpensive
- source of nutrients, shelter and breeding
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Disadvantages:
- ocean overburdened
- distruction of food sources
- killing of plankton
- desalination
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SANITARY LANDFILL
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Advantages:
- volume can increase with little addition of people/equipment
- filled land can be reused for other community purposes
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Disadvantages:
- completed landfill areas can settle and requires maintenance
- requires proper planning, design, and operation
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INCINERATION
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Advantages:
- requires minimum land
- can be operated in any weather
- produces stable odor-free residue
- refuse volume is reduced by half
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Disadvantages:
- expensive to build and operate
- high energy requirement
- requires skilled personnel and continuous maintenance
- unsightly - smell, waste, vermin
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OPEN DUMPING
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Disadvantages:
- health-hazard - insects, rodents etc.
- damage due to air pollution
- ground water and run-off pollution
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RECYCLING
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Advantages:
- key to providing a liviable environment for the future
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Disadvantages:
- expensive
- some wastes cannot be recycled
- technological push needed
- separation of useful material from waste difficult
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