Application of Green Technology in Management of Industrial Wastes (1)

Definition of Green Technology

A technology or application developed to minimise the negative effects of harmful human activities

Green Technology sectors

Energy supply, transportation, buildings, waste and wastewater management, agriculture and forestry, industry

Definition of leachate

Contaminated liquid produced from water leached from solid waste

Aspects of the Green Technology approaches in waste and wastewater management

Waste disposal, disposal site management, wastewater treatment

Definition of wastewater

A liquid waste that consists of human waste, food waste, oil and chemicals.

Types of wastewater (1)

Domestic wastewater

A Green Technology approach that can be used to treat wastewater

Landfill Leachate Treatment Method by using the electrolysis principle

Definition of effluent

Waste in the liquid form discharged into the drainage system or water source

The importance of Green Technology

Mitigating global warming

The introduction of National Green Technology Policy

Introduce in 2009