Disaster response Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Waste management==== Disaster waste is often managed in an ad hoc manner.<ref>{{cite web |title=Disaster Waste Management Guidelines |url=https://www.unocha.org/sites/dms/Documents/DWMG.pdf |access-date=28 July 2021 |archive-date=30 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330061534/https://www.unocha.org/sites/dms/Documents/DWMG.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The waste generated by a disaster can overwhelm existing solid waste management facilities and affect other response activities.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=Charlotte |last2=Milke |first2=Mark |last3=Seville |first3=Erica |title=Disaster waste management: A review article |journal=Waste Management |date=June 2011 |volume=31 |issue=6 |pages=1085β1098 |doi=10.1016/j.wasman.2011.01.027|pmid=21334871 |bibcode=2011WaMan..31.1085B |hdl=10092/6199 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Depending on the type of disaster, its scope and recovery duration conventional waste may need to be managed in similar ways and both may be associated with the transportation network restoration. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page