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Solid waste management (SWM) is a major problem for many urban local bodies (ULBs) in India, where urbanization, industrialization and economic growth have resulted in increased municipal solid waste (MSW) generation per person due to inadequate waste collection, transport, and treatment and disposal facility.India generates over 150,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) per day, with Mumbai being the world’s fifth most wasteful city. Yet, only 83% of waste is collected and less than 30% is treated. Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is a critical element towards sustainable metropolitan development. It comprises segregation, storage, collection, relocation, carry-age, processing, and disposal of solid waste to minimize its adverse impact on environment. Unmanaged MSW becomes a factor for propagation of innumerable ailments
Way forward
• Viable decentralized composting plants should be installed to reduce the load on ULBs for collection and transportation of MSW, which subsequently culminates in reduction of the pressure exerted on the landfills. • Characterization of waste at collection and also at disposal point should be made and be available in public domain. It can also help to select suitable waste-to-energy technologies for particular regions. • The waste should be treated as resource and formal recycling sector/industries be developed to recycle non-biodegradable recyclable component from the waste thereby providing employment to rag-pickers and absorb them in mainstream. • Protection of groundwater contamination from leachate percolation from open dump/landfill site should be made compulsory. Appropriate technological solution should be adopted to achieve this goal. • The Kasturirangan report by Planning Commission has also highlighted the need for an integrated approach to combat Solid waste through:
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