short case study on waste management in india

This case study explores the background, challenges faced, solutions implemented, and key learnings from Indore's successful waste management system. Indore, with a population of over 3.2 million people, generates around 1,100 metric tons of waste daily. Prior to 2016, the city struggled with waste management, leading to unhygienic conditions ...

waste management and roadway management. India's diverse past is reflected in its modern struggles, perhaps especially in Bangalore. Bangalore has experienced rapid, unmediated, disjointed growth, leaving little room for new. developments and technological advancements to be implemented. Attempts to retrofit newer.

• The Pune informal waste management model undertakes plastic waste collection and recycling activities at a much lower cost than conventional or formal mechanized and centralized waste management approaches. The informal waste pickers save an estimated 900 million rupees (US$12.5 million) each year in labour, transportation and processing costs.

Several studies and contemporary issues motivate us to look at the solid waste management in Delhi under following dimensions: 1. Investigating the prevailing process of collection and disposal of the waste at the household level, the dhalao worker's, waste collector's and the segregator's level. 2.

Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility ofthe organizing committee of 5IconSWM 2015. Keywords: Decentralised waste management, composting, Municipal Corporation, sustainable cities, active citizens, proactive communities; 1. Introduction The city of Mumbai is spilt into two parts- Greater Mumbai and the region surrounding it ...

Too Short Weak Medium Strong Very Strong Too Long ... 2014 Status and challenges in solid waste management: a case study of Aligarh city. J. Civil Eng. Environ. Technol. 1, 19-24. ... 2014 Characterization and management of municipal solid waste: a case study of Varanasi city, India. Int. J. Curr. Res. Acad. Rev. 2, 10-16.

Waste Management in India - Shifting Gears 9. The per capita generation of waste between the decades is a worrisome figure. India is no exception in its concern about the per capita waste generation rate, though the present per capita generation of waste is only 300-400 gm/capita for medium cities and between 400-600 gm/capita for large cities.

1.6 Case Study: Segregation, Door-to-Door Collection, and Street Sweeping in Suryapet, Andhra Pradesh 29 1.7 Case Study: Door-to-Door Collection through RWAs and NGOs in Ahmedabad 30 1.8 Working Norms for Street Sweepers 31 1.9 Case Study: Street Sweeping in Hyderabad 34 2.1 The Surat Landfi ll 56 2.2 SWM Tax in the United Kingdom 57 iv Contents

In addition to the introduction given in Section 1., the rest of the paper is organized as follows - Section 2. presents a criteria-based state-of-the-art review of the solid waste management processes employed in India along with an outlook of solid waste management practices globally; Section 3. deals with the present scenario of solid waste management including the framework of MSWM, the ...

In India, approximately 143,449 MT of MSW is being generated daily, out of which around 111,000 Metric tonnes collected, and about 35,602 Metric tonnes are treated (S. Kumar et al., 2017).City wise generation of waste shows significant variation in the waste per capita/day generation at an exponential rate strictly (0.24 to 0.85) from the year 2001 to 2018 presented by CPCB in their annual ...

Plastic waste (PW) is one of the most rapid-growing waste streams in municipal solid waste all over the world. India has become a global player in the plastic value chain. Despite low consumption, domestic generation and imports create a significant burden on the overall waste management system, which requires in-depth understanding of the scenario and pathways that can mitigate the crisis.

Objective: Globally, municipal solid waste contributes to methane emissions and other environmental problems, such as soil and water pollution.In the developing world, waste management often involves decentralized processes and serves as the primary source of income for impoverished waste pickers; these waste pickers collect waste door-to-door, hand-sort the waste, and sell the recyclables to ...

2 The Rising Tides of Solid Waste. As per estimates, India was generating 277 million tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) in 2016. The figure is projected to rise to 545 million tonnes by 2050 [ 1 ]. India is already the world's biggest producer of MSW.

To further study the household e-waste disposal habits among people in India and understand the likelihood of household consumers disposing of their e-waste to kabadiwalas as compared to other e-waste disposal methods (i.e. formal e-waste collection centres, disposal in garbage bins), an online survey was conducted with a sample size of 1000 ...

Household waste generation and composition Small-town waste separation initiative in Idukki District, Kerala. 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. Effective SWM is a major challenge in cities with high ...

Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is an exigent and emerging problem in India. Despite various MSWM options, landfill continues to be the ultimate disposal destination of solid waste leading to ecosystem damage and leachate generation. The appropriate MSWM options and landfill leachate treatment become a matter of great apprehension to avoid negative impacts on the surrounding ...

A CE model has been proposed based on these nine CSFs for waste management in India. Get full access to this article. View all access and purchase options for this article. ... Aghezzaf EH (2020) Alternative strategies towards a sustainable municipal solid waste management system: A case study in Cairo. Waste Management & Research 38: 995 ...

In the last few years, about 400 tanneries and 21 common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) of tannery clusters are physically visited and accessed, the waste management practices of those tanneries are summarized, and possible use of cleaner technology options and future roadmaps are briefed in this case study. Fig. 1.

Too Short Weak Medium Strong Very Strong Too Long ... 2014 Status and challenges in solid waste management: a case study of Aligarh city. J. Civil Eng. Environ. Technol. 1, 19-24. ... 2014 Characterization and management of municipal solid waste: a case study of Varanasi city, India. Int. J. Curr. Res. Acad. Rev. 2, 10-16.

India's e-waste rules and their impact on e-waste management practices: A case study. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 22 (4), 930-942. 8 Kabadiwala is a Hindi word that refers to a person who deals with used household objects.

The study titled "State of Global Air 2019″ reported that the average life of a south asian child being brought up in current elevated levels of contaminated air will be reduced by 2 and a half year, while the worldwide life expectancy loss is 20 months [10].Undoubtedly, proper waste management is a problem that most of the country is now facing & is the need of the hour.

The recent surge in electronic device usage has led to a notable rise in electronic waste (E-waste) generation, presenting significant environmental challenges. This study aims to quantify Kerala's E-waste inventory and formulate a comprehensive management plan. Utilizing sales data from 2017 to 2020 and estimating E-waste generation based on "average" or "end-of-life" durations of ...

The safe and sustainable management of biomedical waste (BMW) is social and legal responsibility of all people supporting and financing health-care activities. Effective BMW management (BMWM) is mandatory for healthy humans and cleaner environment. This article reviews the recent 2016 BMWM rules, practical problems for its effective ...