Question

What is municipal waste?

Answer 1

Municipal waste:

1. Household discharge of excreta (fecal matter from toilets), and kitchen washings.
2. Discharge from public toilets, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, offices, etc.
3. All this waste is carried away through sewers and is called sewage.

This sewage is separated into:

1. the degradable part (capable of being broken down chemically into non-toxic parts) and
2. the non-degradable part (cannot be broken down into non-toxic parts and acts as a source of pollution).