Chapter 1
Management Practices of Fresh Market
Wastes and Impacts on Environmental
Health
Mohammed Al-Sahari, Efaq Noman, Adel Ali Saeed Al-Gheethi,
Radin Maya Saphira Radin Mohamed, and Balkis Talip
Abstract The management practice of the fresh market wastes (wastewater and
solid waste) plays an important role in the presence or absence of the adverse effect
on the environment which received the disposed of wastes. The management process
included the collection, segregation, transportation, treatment, and final disposal of
the wastes into the environment. These processes aim to minimize the health risk
associated with the fresh market wastes in terms of infectious agents. The health
risk of the fresh market wastes is coming with the presence of pathogenic bacteria
transferred from the fruits, vegetables as well as meats and fishes. The present chapter
aimed to highlight the management role for reducing the infectious agents in fresh
market wastes before the final disposal. It appeared that most of the infectious agents
in fresh market wastes are pathogenic for plants. However, many of the infectious
agents coming from meat and fishes might also cause some diseases for human.
The main concern lies in the potential of fresh market wastewater to induce the
eutrophication in terms of harmful algae blooms (HABs). However, the technologies
used for the inactivation of HABs in the freshwater have been reviewed in this chapter.
Keywords Infectious agents · Health risk · Best practice · Disposal · Treatment ·
Harmful algae bloom
M. Al-Sahari · A. A. S. Al-Gheethi (B) · R. M. S. Radin Mohamed (B)
Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Micropollutant Research Centre (MPRC), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
(UTHM), 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
e-mail: adel@uthm.edu.my; adelalghithi@gmail.com
R. M. S. Radin Mohamed
e-mail: maya@uthm.edu.my
E. Noman
Department of Applied Microbiology, Faculty of Applied Science, Taiz University, Habil Salman,
Taiz, Yemen
E. Noman · B. Talip
Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM),
KM11 Jalan Panchor, 84000 Pagoh, Muar, Johor, Malaysia
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. A. S. Al-Gheethi et al. (eds.), Prospects of Fresh Market Wastes Management
in Developing Countries, Water Science and Technology Library 92,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42641-5_1
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Management Practices of Fresh Market
Wastes and Impacts on Environmental
Health
Mohammed Al-Sahari, Efaq Noman, Adel Ali Saeed Al-Gheethi,
Radin Maya Saphira Radin Mohamed, and Balkis Talip
Abstract The management practice of the fresh market wastes (wastewater and
solid waste) plays an important role in the presence or absence of the adverse effect
on the environment which received the disposed of wastes. The management process
included the collection, segregation, transportation, treatment, and final disposal of
the wastes into the environment. These processes aim to minimize the health risk
associated with the fresh market wastes in terms of infectious agents. The health
risk of the fresh market wastes is coming with the presence of pathogenic bacteria
transferred from the fruits, vegetables as well as meats and fishes. The present chapter
aimed to highlight the management role for reducing the infectious agents in fresh
market wastes before the final disposal. It appeared that most of the infectious agents
in fresh market wastes are pathogenic for plants. However, many of the infectious
agents coming from meat and fishes might also cause some diseases for human.
The main concern lies in the potential of fresh market wastewater to induce the
eutrophication in terms of harmful algae blooms (HABs). However, the technologies
used for the inactivation of HABs in the freshwater have been reviewed in this chapter.
Keywords Infectious agents · Health risk · Best practice · Disposal · Treatment ·
Harmful algae bloom
M. Al-Sahari · A. A. S. Al-Gheethi (B) · R. M. S. Radin Mohamed (B)
Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Micropollutant Research Centre (MPRC), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
(UTHM), 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
e-mail: adel@uthm.edu.my; adelalghithi@gmail.com
R. M. S. Radin Mohamed
e-mail: maya@uthm.edu.my
E. Noman
Department of Applied Microbiology, Faculty of Applied Science, Taiz University, Habil Salman,
Taiz, Yemen
E. Noman · B. Talip
Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM),
KM11 Jalan Panchor, 84000 Pagoh, Muar, Johor, Malaysia
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. A. S. Al-Gheethi et al. (eds.), Prospects of Fresh Market Wastes Management
in Developing Countries, Water Science and Technology Library 92,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42641-5_1
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