If a person is sanitary it means that they take care of themselves hygienically. Sanitation is the way that hygiene is used to promote health through the prevention of human contact with waste. These hazards of waste can either be microbiological, biological, physical or chemical agents of disease. The most common wastes that can cause health problems include, but are not limited to, solid wastes, human and animal faeces, domestic waste water, industrial wastes and agricultural wastes. Sanitation will include hygienic means of prevention of these wastes and can be carried out by using engineering solutions, by simple technologies or by personal hygiene products.
There are a number of different branches of sanitation that may be applied to specific locations, strategies, locations or concepts. Some of these branches are listed below.
• Basic Sanitation. This is found at a household level and refers primarily to the management of human faeces.
• Food Sanitation. A more specific concept, food sanitation refers to the way that hygienic measures are carried out to ensure that there is food safety.
• On site Sanitation. This refers to the process by which collection and treatment of waste occurs on the site that it has been deposited. This may be carried out by pit latrines or septic tanks.
• Environmental Sanitation. This is primarily the control of environmental factors that form links in disease transmission. This category includes noise and pollution control, solid waste management, industrial waste treatment and water and wastewater treatment.
• Ecological Sanitation. In an attempt to replicate the way that nature recycles, ecological sanitation recycles nutrients and water from human and animal wastes in a hygienically safe manner.
Sanitation has developed incredibly over the past few centuries and has had an extremely positive effect on human health. It is now easier than ever to be sanitary.
There are a number of different branches of sanitation that may be applied to specific locations, strategies, locations or concepts. Some of these branches are listed below.
• Basic Sanitation. This is found at a household level and refers primarily to the management of human faeces.
• Food Sanitation. A more specific concept, food sanitation refers to the way that hygienic measures are carried out to ensure that there is food safety.
• On site Sanitation. This refers to the process by which collection and treatment of waste occurs on the site that it has been deposited. This may be carried out by pit latrines or septic tanks.
• Environmental Sanitation. This is primarily the control of environmental factors that form links in disease transmission. This category includes noise and pollution control, solid waste management, industrial waste treatment and water and wastewater treatment.
• Ecological Sanitation. In an attempt to replicate the way that nature recycles, ecological sanitation recycles nutrients and water from human and animal wastes in a hygienically safe manner.
Sanitation has developed incredibly over the past few centuries and has had an extremely positive effect on human health. It is now easier than ever to be sanitary.
