EMPREO RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

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Municipal Solid Waste Management in Indian Context Solid waste management refers to the collecting, treating, and disposing of solid material that is discarded or is no longer useful. Solid waste management is an important aspect of urban area management. Improper disposal of municipal solid waste can create unsanitary conditions, which can lead to environmental pollution and the outbreak of vector-borne disease. Generation of Solid Waste Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Generation in Indian cities ranges between 200 - 870 grams/day, depending upon the region's lifestyle and the size of the city. The per capita waste generation is increasing by about 1.3% per year in India. With rapid urbanisation, the country is facing massive waste management challenge. Over 377 million urban people live in 7,935 towns and cities and generate 62 million tonnes of municipal solid waste per annum. Only 43 million tonnes (MT) of the waste is collected, 11.9 MT is treated and 31 MT is dumped in landfill sites. Solid Waste Management (SWM) is one among the basic essential services provided by municipal authorities in the country to keep urban centres clean. However, almost all municipal authorities deposit solid waste at a dump yard within or outside the city haphazardly. Types of Solid Waste It can be classified into different types depending on their source: • Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): It consists of household waste, construction and demolition waste, sanitation residue, and waste from streets, generated mainly from residential and commercial complexes. As per the MoEF it includes commercial and residential waste generated in municipal or notified areas in either solid or semi-solid form excluding industrial hazardous wastes but including treated bio-medical wastes; • Industrial Solid Waste (ISW): In a majority of cases it is termed as hazardous waste as they may contain toxic substances, are corrosive, highly inflammable, or react when exposed to certain things e.g. gases. • Biomedical waste or hospital waste: It is usually infectious waste that may include waste like sharps, soiled waste, disposables, anatomical waste, cultures, discarded medicines, chemical wastes, etc., usually in the form of disposable syringes, swabs, bandages, body fluids, human excreta, etc. These can be a serious threat to human health if not managed in a scientific and discriminate manner. Objectives • To provide solid waste management services to Urban Local Bodies of Bihar in particular and other Urban Local Bodies of the country outside Bihar as a whole. • To create awareness and bring behavioural changes among the citizens of the country towards management of Municipal Solid Waste. • To provide technological solution to Urban Local Bodies for management of municipal solid waste. • Help Urban Local Bodies to develop sustainable solid waste management practices. • Capacity building of Urban Local Bodies on different aspects of solid waste management. • To provide clean and green environment by reducing release of toxic air into the atmosphere through scientific management of solid waste. Mission and Vision • Provide sustainable waste management services: Municipal solid waste management services such as segregation of Bio-degradable and Non-biodegradable waste at source and energy out of waste. • Moving towards zero waste: Moving towards a zero-waste society can start with ‘sub-systems’ turning zero waste or net positive for the environment. • Focus on waste minimization: Indians have thrived for hundreds of years on frugality and harmony with nature, to their advantage. These embedded societal values need to be communicated strongly to minimize waste generation wherever possible. • Market creation for recycled goods: While discouraging consumption of single-use materials is good, it is also important to actively encourage the consumption of recycled products. • Skill development for waste management: A large no. of unskilled peoples are involved in waste management services. The waste management processes involved are labour-intensive and primitive, to extract maximum value from the waste products. Given the increasing complexity of waste management, it is important to development Skills of waste pickers and other direct and indirect stakeholders which will result in livelihood generation. Key Services to be provided: Solid Waste Management may be defined as the discipline associated with the control of generation, collection, storage, transfer and transport, processing and disposal of solid wastes in a manner that is in accord with the best principles of public health, economics, engineering, conservation, aesthetics and other environmental considerations. 1. Collection of municipal solid wastes • Organizing house-to-house collection of municipal solid wastes through any of the methods, like community bin collection (central bin), house-to-house collection, collec

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