Solid Waste Management : Present and Future Challenges

There is no subject in the world more vital to the future and sustainability of the planet earth for future generations than that of Waste Management and all that encompasses. Animals produce organic waste only. Human beings, in their ignorance and lack of foresight, have now created so much inorganic waste that the whole planet is suffering from pollution in the air, in the rivers and oceans of the world as well as on the land masses.
This book deals intensively with every aspect of Organic and Inorganic Waste Management and explains how each type of waste must be correctly dealt with if mankind is to decrease the outbreak of disease, thereby ensuring that all inhabitants of the planet earth have a healthy future. The book also emphasizes the responsibility and steps that each individual must take in every country of the world if we are to return mother earth to her former glory in the 21st century.

Contents: Solid Waste Management in the Sensitive Hill Spots of the North-western Himalayas: A Case of Kullu-Manali Tourist Complex (KMTC), India / Methane Emission Estimations from Landfill Sites / Disposal of Industrial Sludge at Wazirpur, Delhi: Effect of the pH Balance and Cation Exchange Capacity on Available Calcium and Magnesium / Safe Fly Ash Disposal-Challenges and Problems: Case of IB Thermal Power Plant, Orissa / Present and Future Challenges in the Recycling and Management of Solid Waste / Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Patiala City, Punjab / Conversion of Municipal Solid Waste into Organic Manure / Recycling of Solid Waste Materials / Different Methods in Solid Waste Management / Sustainability of Urban Solid Waste / Solid Waste Management in India / Electronic Waste Management in India / Solid Waste Management at Community Level: Barriers and Solutions / Waste to Wealth-Prospects for Utilization of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in India / State-of-Art and Future Threats- Nitrate Pollution Management / Solid Waste Management in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi / The Disposal of Urban Industrial Sludge on the Land at Wazirpur, Delhi: Effect of the pH Balance on Available Sulfur / Clean Development Mechanism: An Opportunity in Solid Waste Perspective /Problems of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Urban Areas / Muncipal Solid Waste (MSW) Management in Selected Metropolitan Cities in India / Biomedical and Health Care Waste Management in India / Approaches to Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Delhi / Solid Waste Management and Identification of Landfill Sites (A case study of Durgapur town, West Bengal) / State of Landfill Sites in the National Capital Territory and their Impact on Groundwater Pollution, India / Initiatives Through Community Participation of Solid Waste Management-An NGO Experience / Lab Waste Management, Chemistry Education and Green Experiments / Role of GIS in Solid Waste Management / Index.