Household Solid Waste Influences

The density of population has direct effect on available resources and contributes to the large quantity of household solid waste generation. People migrate from rural areas to urban town and metro cities for education, employment opportunities and better needs. It is estimated that nearly 100000 people move from rural areas to urban dwelling in India (Dhongde, 2007). Family Income and size of the households have also contributed in increasing household solid waste. Many studies (Afon, Benitez et al., Jadoon et al., Gonzalez et al., kamran et al., and Sujauddin et. al.,) have proved that there is a significant correlation between the socio-economic conditions (family size, income and education) of the people and the generation of household solid waste. Generally, we can observe that wealthy people consume more packaged items, which results in a large quantity of inorganic materials in waste

According to World Bank Organization, the solid waste generation is approximately 1.3 billion tonnes per year and it is expected to increase to around 2.2 billion tonnes per year by 2025 in global level. It also states that a per capita household solid waste generation rate is from 1.2 kilo grams to 1.42 kilograms per person/ per day in the next fifteen years. The generation of solid waste is varied from region to region and country to country. The annual household solid waste in East Asian countries and the pacific regions is around 270 million tonnes per year. Moreover, the waste generations in eastern and central Asian countries are around 93 million tonnes per year. OECD (the organizations for economic co-operation and development) nations produce 572 million tonnes of solid waste per year. In south Asia, approximately 70 million of household solid waste is generated per year. The solid waste generation is very high in china for the past two decades due to the urban growth, density of population and economic

The census of 2011 report that the population rate of Uttar Pradesh, one among the 28 Indian states is higher than the population rate of Brazil. Brazil is the fifth most populous country in the world. The urban population rate of India was 285 Million in 2001 and increased to 377 Million in the year of 2011. Moreover, the population rate of Indian urban is greater than the total population of USA (308.7 Million). In 2001, the urban areas of India produced 31.6 Million tonnes of solid waste and increased to 65 Million tonnes in 2011. (Source: