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• Availability of skilled manpower.
• Integrity of the government.
• Weather condition of the regions.
• Ecological sensitivity of the regions.
• Geophysical conditions of the region (ground water table, permeability of soil,
topography of the regain, etc.)
Modes of disposal include unscientific and scientific disposal methods.
• Unscientific disposal.
– Dumping in water bodies or on land (Fig. 8.27 and 8.28).
– Putting fire to waste heaps.
• Scientific disposal.
– Incineration.
– Engineered/sanitary land fill.
– Co-incineration.
– Pyrolysis.
Fig. 8.25 Waste at
construction site generated
due to construction activity
8.5 Disposal