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Much of the general waste at St. Paul's Hospital includes common items found in household garbage describes general waste. General waste also known as residual or mixed waste, is waste that has not been source separated for recycling.

The key component to zero waste is recycling. Zero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them.

The term zero waste was first used in the name of a company, Zero Waste Systems Inc (ZWS), which was founded by a PhD chemist, Paul Palmer in mid 1970s in Oakland, California.

Cholera is caused by the bacteria which uses water as a vector known as Vibrio cholera. Typhoid is caused by bacteria called Salmonella Typhi. Bacterial dysentery is caused by infection with bacteria from Shigella, Campylobacter, Salmonella, or enterohemorrhagic E. coli. Diarrhea from Shigella is also known as shigellosis.

Radioactive waste is a waste that contains radioactive materials. It is usually a by-product of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology, such as research and medicine. These waste should be disposed into containers lined with yellow bags and labeled radioactive waste.

Kala-azar known as Black Fever is caused by sandfly bites which exhibits the symptoms of fever, weight loss, enlargement of liver and spleen. If it is not treated at the early stage it proves to be the fatal which could take life of the infected person.

Diseases that are caused due to drinking of contaminated water are called waterborne disease. It is caused due to the presence of certain pathogens in water such as protozoan. Diarrhea is the most common waterborne disease that occurs in children. Dehydration, pale skin, loose motions, bloody stools, etc are the symptoms of diarrhea. Amoebiasis is a parasitic infection of intestines, the symptoms of which are diarrhea, fatigue, abdominal discomfort and flatulence, etc

Zero waste is a philosophy that encourages the redesign of resource life cycles so that all products are reuse. Implementing zero waste will eliminate all discharge to land, water or air that are a threat to planetary, human, animal or plant health.