Solid waste management in India: options and opportunities

Gupta, Shuchi; Mohan, Krishna; Prasad, Rajkumar; Gupta, Sangeeta; Kansal, Arun

doi:10.1016/s0921-3449(98)00033-0

Cited by 226 publications

(85 citation statements)

References 1 publication

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…However, a study carried out in 1996 stated that out of the 44 cities that were studied, 70% of these cities did not have 320m 3 transport capacity (Boyar, et al 1996). Many improvements have been made since then including the introduction of container-carriers and dumper-placers that was done by 1997 (Gupta, et al 1998). Bangalore itself has about 13 dumper placers (Ramachandra, et al, 2003) that do two trips a day.…”

Section: Transfer and Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental audit of Municipal Solid Waste Management

Ramachandra

Bachamanda

2007

IJETM

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The management of municipal solid waste has become an acute problem due to enhanced economic activities and rapid urbanisation. Increased attention has been given by the government in recent years to handle this problem in a safe and hygienic manner. In this regard, Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) environmental audit has been carried out for Bangalore city through the collection of secondary data from the government agencies, and interviewing stakeholders and field surveys. Field survey was carried out in seven wards (representative samples of the city) to understand the practice and the lacuna. The audit was carried out functional element wise in selected wards to understand the efficacy and shortfalls, if any, of MSWM. 49% of the bins are covered while evaluating storage options. 17.5% of the commercial areas have community bins and 94% of the residential areas have adopted a doorto-door method for the collection of waste. Segregation of wastes in these methods of collection is 3%. There are no transfer stations presently and large-scale trucks have been used in a few wards to carry out the functions of a transfer station. Among the trucks used for the disposal of wastes from wards to disposal sites, 41.43% are polythene covered. Recycling carried out mainly by the informal sector (rag pickers) has high level of efficiency and the recyclables are being retrieved by this sector at all stages starting from collection to disposal of wastes at dump sites. As the major composition of waste is organic, waste treatment options like composting is successful in Bangalore and currently 3.14% waste reduction is achieved through composting. Ultimately, about 60% of the waste is disposed in dump yards and a balance of 21.14% is disposed in open quarry sites.

show abstract

Section: Transfer and Transportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental audit of Municipal Solid Waste Management

Ramachandra

Bachamanda

2007

IJETM

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…A number of socioeconomic variables may affect the quantity of solid waste generated each day by a household. These include religion, family size, family employment, age, education; land status and duration of stay [9] [12] [13]. Data on quantity variation and generation are useful in planning for collection and disposal systems [9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Characterization of Household Solid Waste and Management in Tripoli City—Libya

Moftah¹,

Marković²,

Moftah³

et al. 2016

OJE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Waste stream characteristics must be understood to tackle waste management problem in Tripoli city, Libya. It is recognized that information on both quantity and composition of generation waste is important for the effective planning of household waste handling infrastructure. So, this study is aimed to evaluating the generation, composition and density of household solid waste in Tripoli city, Libya. The study is carried out according to the Annex 2.

show abstract

“…More advanced methods, such as leachate controls, installation of ground water contamination monitoring, and gas collection systems are even more rare. The national average for waste collection in India, as measured by the National Institute of Urban Affairs, is a relatively low 72.5% as compared to near 100% in OECD countries (Gupta et al, 1998).…”

Section: Municipal Waste Incineration and Landfill Gasmentioning

confidence: 96%

An Economic Evaluation of Small-scale Distributed Electricity Generation Technologies

Hansen¹,

Bower²

2003

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, o r transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.This publication is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's consent in any form or binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

show abstract

Solid waste management in India: options and opportunities

Cited by 226 publications

References 1 publication

Environmental audit of Municipal Solid Waste Management

Environmental audit of Municipal Solid Waste Management

Characterization of Household Solid Waste and Management in Tripoli City—Libya

An Economic Evaluation of Small-scale Distributed Electricity Generation Technologies

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About