Segregation can also involve the separation of items from a larger group. For example, a brokerage firm might segregate the handling of funds in certain types of accounts in order to separate its working capital from client investments.

Segregation is a system that keeps different groups separate from each other, either through physical dividers or using social pressures and laws. The Latin root literally means “separated from the flock,” and splitting a big flock of sheep into smaller groups is segregation.

Segregation, separation of groups of people with differing characteristics, often taken to connote a condition of inequality. Racial segregation is one of many types of segregation, which can range from deliberate and systematic persecution through more subtle types of discrimination to self-imposed separation.

Residential segregation is important because it is associated with social forces that shape culture and preferences regarding healthcare use, inequities in healthcare marketplace across community, and disparities in environmental risk factors that impact health needs.

Segregation occurs when students with disabilities are educated in separate environments (classes or schools) designed for students with impairments or with a particular impairment. Many people mistakenly call this “inclusion” but unless the student receives the support needed, it is not.

Segregation in concrete is a case of particle segregation in concrete applications, in which particulate solids tend to segregate by virtue of differences in the size, density, shape and other properties of particles of which they are composed.

(1) Cytologically, the separation of homologous chromosomes into different cells at cell division. (2) Genetically, the production of two separate phenotypes, corresponding to two alleles of a gene, either in different individuals ( meiotic segregation) or in different tissues (mitotic segregation).

Waste segregation is the separating and sorting of waste to facilitate recycling. For example, a company who sorts its cardboard packaging, glass containers, metal waste and wood waste will save a considerable amount of waste then sending a mixed material skip for recycling.

Waste disposal methods

• Recycling. Incineration.
• Other thermal treatment plants. Chemical-physical and biological treatment.
• Chemical-physical and biological treatment. Landfills.
• Landfills. Collection and logistics.

Segregation of waste, i.e. sorting into waste categories, leads to reduced quantities of hazardous waste, as the general waste is separated and follows the municipal waste stream. This greatly reduces the costs for safe disposal of hazardous health-care waste.

Waste segregation is included in law because it is much easier to recycle. Effective segregation of wastes means that less waste goes to landfill which makes it cheaper and better for people and the environment. It is also important to segregate for public health.

The seven most common types of garbage are:

1. Liquid or Solid Household Waste. This can be called ‘municipal waste’ or ‘black bag waste’ and is the type of general household rubbish we all have.
2. Hazardous Waste.
3. Medical/Clinical Waste.
4. Electrical Waste (E-Waste)
5. Recyclable Waste.
6. Construction & Demolition Debris.
7. Green Waste.

Reduce means to minimise the amount of waste we create. Reuse refers to using items more than once. Recycle means putting a product to a new use instead of throwing it away.

Green Alternatives – The FIVE R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Rot, Recycle.

The 7 R’s: Refuse, Reduce, Repurpose, Reuse, Recycle, Rot, Rethink | Dunedin, FL.

6Rs: Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair are all useful terms to explore reducing the impact of technology on people and the environment.