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DEALING WITH

DISASTER DEBRIS

QURAT UL AIN

FA13-MDS-009

GHANIA

FA13-MDS-008

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CONTENTS

Disaster

Environment

DISASTER DEBRIS

Sub Issue 3

Managing hazardous wastes

Sub Issue 4:

Recycling disaster waste

Sub Issue 5

Creating employment

opportunities

Opinion

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DISASTER

A disaster is the

impact of a natural

or human-made

hazard that

negatively affects

society or

environment.

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ENVIRONMENT

1. The environment “is the sum

of the total of the elements,

factors and conditions in the

surroundings which may

have an impact on the

development.

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DEALING WITH DISASTER DEBRIS

1. Disaster debris may include

1. waste soils and sediments,

vegetation (trees, limbs, shrubs),

2. municipal solid waste

(common household garbage,

personal belongings)

3. construction and demolition

debris (building and their

contents)

4. vehicles (cars, trucks, boats),

and white goods (refrigerators,

freezers, air conditioners). 6

2. CONT…

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The large amount of waste, can

contaminate ground water and causes

dangerous infectious diseases.

industrial facilities, refineries, and

sewer systems, also affected due to

disaster and can trigger secondary

hazards.

SUB ISSUE 3MANAGING HAZARDOUS WASTES

The most urgent waste concern is locating,containing and safely managing hazardoussubstances.

Efforts to identify and control hazardous wastescommonly takes place during the emergency orrelief phase, however exposure to hazardoussubstances can occur throughout recoveryphase.

One example is the exposure and inhalation ofasbestos from damaged buildings which cancause serious respiratory illnesses, includinglung cancer. 8

SUB ISSUE 4:

RECYCLING DISASTER WASTE

Recycling usefulness is limited by

the amount of energy needed to

complete the process.

Types of Recycling•

Primary/Closed -Loop Recycling :

materials are converted into new

products of the same type.

Secondary Recycling : materials are

converted into different kinds of

products.• 9

Composting : recycling that

uses the natural role of

decomposing bacteria and

fungi to convert biodegradable

waste into useable soil

amendments.

In the case of Pakistan, the

extraction of building materials

had caused past landslides in

the region.

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SUB ISSUE 5

CREATING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Case 5: Creating livelihood opportunities in

Aceh and Nias through a waste

management programmed the Tsunami

Recovery Waste Management program

(TRWMP)

Output: if we gave employment

opportunities to the affected people of the

affected area, then we have a positive output

in a sense of, the affected population sustain

their livelihoods. And donors also get

benefitted.11

OPINION

If we continue to address the issue of

the environment where we live as

thought we’re the only species that

lives here, we'll create a disaster for

ourselves.

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