Solid Waste Management In India

Introduction

Out of the total population of India, 3 billion (30%) people are settled in urban area. The overall growth in employment is 38% which is an important reason for migration and high population in urban areas. Due to all these factors the importance of a good infrastructure in terms of Waste disposal, Sanitation, Sewage etc. is of utmost importance. With the improvement in all these facilities, a great amount of waste which is left behind. The Municipality provides a Low grade service in all facilities for waste disposal and Lack of financial system in the local governing bodies for providing the required facilities. There has been a tremendous development in the urban sector specifically in areas of low income. At the same time,

Solid Waste Management

Waste management is the collection, transport, processing and disposal, managing and monitoring of waste materials. The term is generally used to materials that are produced by human activity and this process is generally undertaken to reduce hazardous effect on health, and environment. Solid waste is generally produced by domestic households, commercial and industrial bodies and health care institutions.

Waste generation system in India is lower than the low-income countries in other parts of the world and much lower as compared to the developed countries. However the lifestyle change especially in the bigger cities is leading to the use of more packaged materials and the per capita waste generation is increasing day by day.

However there has been a significant rise in the generation of Municipal Solid Waste in India in the last few decades. This is largely as a result of rapid population growth in the country. The reason for this trend could be the changing lifestyle, food habits and changes in the standard of

Kind of Pollution that needs to be tackled: .Air, Water (surface/ground), Soil, Land

B. Objectives:

1. Educate and engage business, organizations, public agencies and residents.

2. 2. Adopt and implement support Zero Waste Action Plans through increase source of reduction, reuse, recycling and composting.

3. Manage the solid waste and liquid waste separately that ultimately must be disposed in an efficient and environmentally protective manner

4. Adopt stable long-term funding mechanism that provides sufficient revenue for local programs while providing incentives for increased waste reductions and diversions.

C. Strategies:

Starting with solid waste management (SWM).The local ULB(Urban Local Bodies) along with the initiative of a local NGO working on SWM will develop an integrated SWM system of litter collection, waste collection on space provided by ULB, segregate and recycle and make the citizens participate in the plan through IEC . eg: The citizens and others stakeholders can be sensitized on the entire waste hierarchy and its segregation processes.

Strategy 1: House to house waste collection, with separate provisions for dry and wet waste and send it for