Solid waste management in Asian countries: problems and issues

Khajuria, Anupam; Yamamoto, Yasuhiko; Morioka, Toshio

doi:10.2495/wm080661

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“…Inefficient management and disposal of MSW is an obvious cause for degradation of environment in the developing countries. Ecological impacts such as land degradation, water and air pollution are related with improper management of municipal solid waste [16]. In Asian developing countries, most of the municipal solid waste is dumped on land in more or less uncontrolled manner.…”

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Effect of Age and Seasonal Variations on Leachate Characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

Bhalla¹,

C²,

Nanak³

2013

IJRET

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The paper discusses the effect of age and seasonal variations on leachate characteristics of leachate generated from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill site of Ludhiana City, Punjab (India). Leachate samples were collected and analyzed for various physicochemical parameters to estimate its pollution potential. MSW landfill site is non-engineered low lying open dump. It has neither any bottom liner nor any leachate collection and treatment system. Therefore, all the leachate generated finds its paths into the surrounding environment. The landfill site is not equipped with any leachate collectors. Leachate samples were collected from the base of solid waste heaps where the leachate was drained out by gravity. It has been found that leachate contains high concentrations of organic and inorganic constituents beyond the permissible limits. While, heavy metals concentration was in trace amount as the waste is domestic in nature. The data presented in this study indicated that with the passage of time and with seasonal variations particularly during rainy season values of various parameters increased, reason being with time the solid waste material degraded and the waste constituents percolated down along with rainwater. Thus, the age and seasonal variations has a significant effect on leachate composition. Indiscriminate dumping of MSW without proper solid waste management practices should be stopped or some remedial measures were required to be adopted to prevent contamination.

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Effect of Age and Seasonal Variations on Leachate Characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

Bhalla¹,

C²,

Nanak³

2013

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“…Developing countries including Malaysia faced with low quality of environment especially in urban areas which respect to the solid waste management sector [23,36]. As stated by [18], one of the factors contributes to the low environment quality is inadequate and unscientific municipal solid waste management practice.…”

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Key Determinants of Waste Separation Intention among Students on Campus

Ayob

Sheau-Ting

2016

MATEC Web Conf.

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Abstract. This study aims to identify the key determinants of waste separation intention among the students in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). As reported in World Bank Report, generation of global municipal solid waste are approximately 1.3 billion tonnes per year, and it will increase approximately 2.2 billion tonnes per year by 2025. Similar trend in Malaysia which approximately eight million tonnes of municipal solid waste is produced daily. Upward trend of the solid waste generated is contributed by various forces including growth, increase of population, residents attitude and rapid urbanisation in the country. Considering the negative impacts from increase of waste generated in the country such as environmental degradation, separate the waste at its source can increase recycling rate and hence reduce waste generation. In the 11 th Malaysia Plan, the government has urged the nation to actively practice waste separation. Understanding the determinants influencing waste separation behaviour can lead to effective waste reduction among the targeted group. This study adopted the Theory of Planned Behaviour as the fundamental framework. The key determinants of waste separation behaviour are attitude, subjectives norm, and perceived behavioural control. An elicitation survey has been conducted to explore the students's beliefs relative to the waste separation behaviour. The empirical data collected were analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM) assisted by SmartPLS software. The result shows that only determinants are significant towards intention which are attitude and Perceived Behavioural Control while Subjective Norm is not. The results of the study is significance to the organisation as identification of the determinants that influence waste separation intention contributes to a more focused waste separation programme that allign to Malaysia's objective towards a sustainable developing country.

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“…Segregation of waste at source, reuse of recycled material, use of scientific methods for waste disposal, public awareness and public private partnership can be suggested for efficient solid waste management (A. Khajuria et al 2017). David C Wilson et al (2011) have ascertained that improving the solid waste management system in all circumstances in not impossible.…”

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Municipal Solid Waste Management In Visakhapatnam City, India

Rao¹

2019

IJEAT

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Management of solid waste is a major challenge for most of the urban local bodies in developing countries primarily due to the rising urban population and per capita waste generation rate. Improper management of municipal solid waste leads to repulsive condition of streets and spreading of diseases. The present study is an attempt to evaluate the user satisfaction on the performance of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) with regard to solid waste management. The findings of the study are going to be useful to the urban local bodies and GVMC in particular to identify the performance gaps and to initiate measures for further improvement.

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Solid waste management in Asian countries: problems and issues

Cited by 31 publications

References 4 publications

Effect of Age and Seasonal Variations on Leachate Characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

Effect of Age and Seasonal Variations on Leachate Characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

Key Determinants of Waste Separation Intention among Students on Campus

Municipal Solid Waste Management In Visakhapatnam City, India

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