Solid Waste Management

Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 Geographical profile of study area 3 Solid waste generation and collection 4 Solid waste transportation and disposal 5 Perception and participation of people in waste collection disposal and management 6 Role of rag pickers in solid waste management and reduce reuse recycle and resource recovery of waste 7 Institutional arrangements 8 Summary findings and suggestions Questionnaires Annexures Bibliography IndexSolid waste management is one of the important and crucial issue of urban management It is an issue of day to day life and involves each and every citizen in the whole process which covers all functional elements from generation to final disposal In developing countries it has remained neglected for the past several decades Quantity of municipal solid waste is ever increasing due to increase in population urbanisation developmental activities changes in life style food habits and socio-economic activities but collection efficiency and infrastructure is not increasing proportionality A rapid growth of urbanisation has serious implications on this service resulting in unhealthy and unhygienic environment Urban ecosystem and the growing awareness of the people will put more and more pressure on municipal authorities to find out sustainable solution on the acute problem Despite the numerous efforts and measures taken by the government it is still a critical and major concern for the community with respect to the deteriorating conditions of the environmentThis book would be of immense use to the environmentalists academicians researchers scientists professionals policy makers planners administrators and people in general concerned about the urban environment jacket 406 pp.…