scholarly journals SMART MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 127-132
Author(s):  
Ashwini Patil ◽  
Swati Jha ◽  
Uma Kumari ◽  
Surekha KS
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Electronic Circuitry ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
The World

Municipal Solid Waste generated by India in urban areas is 62 million tonnes.  Only 70% of the total waste is collected and 20% is treated. Most of the solid waste is dumped in landfill sites. This paper targets the reduction in the size of the solid, particularly wet waste. Similar problems have been tackled in other parts of the world. We propose a solution that fits the Indian context. The key idea of Smart Municipal Solid Waste Management system (SMSWM) is to allocate a weekly garbage limit per household in a residential society. The DSS (Decision Support System) designed for this purpose allows the authenticated user to access the smart dustbin. The smart dustbin is equipped with the electronic circuitry where the weight of the garbage in the bin is measured and the value is updated in the database. The database of the families will be created and maintained by the municipality. A web portal gives the involved people and authorities access to the related information. A house is penalized for every kilogram more than the allotted garbage weight limit. Further enhancements are explored. Thus, the residents are incentivized to produce lesser waste.

scholarly journals Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Management System in a Developing Country

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ahsan ◽  
M. Alamgir ◽  
M. M. El-Sergany ◽  
S. Shams ◽  
M. K. Rowshon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Management System ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Solid Wastes ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Management Concept ◽  
The City

This study represents a few basic steps of municipal solid waste management practiced in the six major cities of Bangladesh, namely, Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal, and Sylhet. A six-month field study was conducted to identify the solid wastes management steps such as storage at source, separation, on-site storage, collection, transportation, treatment, reuse, recycling, and ultimate disposal. This study addresses the role of the city authority to meet the demand of the city dwellers in solving this emerging socioenvironmental issue and the initiatives taken by some nongovernmental organizations and community based organizations. The problems and constraints of the solid wastes management system are also identified to find a sustainable management concept for the urban areas of Bangladesh.

scholarly journals Research Regarding Use the Condensed Water from Thermo-Baric Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste in Cement Mortars

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Adriana Moanță ◽  
Ionela Petre ◽  
Ileana Mohanu ◽  
Gherghina Ciortan ◽  
Andreea Cristina Vijan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Cement Mortars ◽  
The World ◽  
Condensed Water

Municipal solid waste management is an important environmental concern around the world. [...]

scholarly journals Municipal Solid Waste Management Practices and Challenges in the Southeastern Coastal Cities of Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4556
Author(s):  
Abdul Majeed Aslam Saja ◽  
Abdul Majeed Zarafath Zimar ◽  
Sainulabdeen Mohamed Junaideen
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Eastern Coast ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Post Conflict

Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) has become a major challenge in Sri Lanka for post-conflict development activities. Many urban areas are facing severe problems in managing 10 to 50 metric tons of waste per day. However, limited research has been carried out to identify the key issues and policy gaps in MSWM. This research studies the existing complexities of MSWM processes, practices, and emerging challenges in three highly congested urban areas in the south-eastern coast of Sri Lanka. A mixed method strategy using field observations, semi-structured interviews and secondary data sources was employed for the data collection. The study revealed that, although the MSWM systems in the urban areas include all necessary elements, their effectiveness and efficiency are not satisfactory due to poor or non-segregation of waste at the source of generation; lack of resources; absence of regulation to reduce waste generation and control polluters; absence of regular collection schedule; and lack of technical know-how and initiatives. The recommendations drawn from the study include feasible solutions and immediate measures required to improve the MSWM before the related environmental and public health problems become a social catastrophe. The recommendations will also greatly contribute in the achievement of developing sustainable cities.

scholarly journals VOC emissions from urban municipal solid waste dump sites

2007 ◽  
pp. 517-523
Author(s):  
Anjali Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Present System ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Waste Dump ◽  
Dump Site ◽  
Safety Property

Municipal solid waste management in India is becoming important in view of the fact thatincreasing amount of solid waste generated in most cities is now being recognized as a major publichealth problem. Poor management of solid waste leads to problems, which transcend traditionalenvironmental boundaries and contribute to air, waters and soil pollution,The percentage of India's population living in cities and urban areas has doubled to 28.8% by 200 Ifrom 14% at the time of Independence, showing the rapid pace of urbanization. The progressivelyimproved standards of living and the wasteful consumer attitudes have resulted in increase ofquantities of municipal wastes to be handled.The present system of solid waste management in India, like any other developing country, isfraught with many inadequacies. Illegal dumping is a major problem that raises significant concernswith regard to safety, property values, and quality of life in our communities. Poor collection ordisposal practices are the problem. Since most cities in India still lack properly engineered landfillsfor safe disposal, waste here is mostly disposed in open dumps, which causes major environmentalhavoc.Apart from other environmental hazards from open dumping of municipal solid waste, one of themajor problems that rise are the uncontrolled emissions of VOCs or Volatile organic Compounds.VOCs are well known to be hazardous to human health and are potent carcinogens,The present paper deals with qualitative and quantitative identification of VOCs from a twomunicipal waste dump site in Mumbai. Air at dump sites was sampled and analyzed on GC/MS inaccordance with USEPA TO-17 compendium method for analysis of toxic compounds. As many as20 VOCs were qualitatively identified and some VOC's were quantified, Concentration of Benzenewas observed in the order of 0.6ppm, Some of the VOCs identified were Hazardous Air Pollutantsaccording to USEPA clean air act amendment of 1990,

scholarly journals A Review of Municipal Solid Waste Management in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 153-159
Author(s):  
Vaibhavi Galande ◽  
Harshavardhan Kamble
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Climatic Condition ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Development Organization ◽  
Financial Factor ◽  
The World ◽  
Limited Scope

Municipal Solid waste (MSW) is one of the significant spaces of concern everywhere on the world. In non-industrial nation like India, there is fast expansion in metropolitan solid waste because of urbanization and populace development. Organization of waste shifts with various components like expectation for everyday comforts, climatic condition, financial factor and so forth In this paper gives current situation of India as for civil strong waste amount, quality and its administration. We have introduced a concise outline of MSWM in Major urban areas medium scale towns and limited scope towns. We have likewise introduced some intriguing outcomes on MSWM of limited scope towns and their encompassing towns.

scholarly journals A Study and Factor Identification of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Mexico City

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 6305
Author(s):  
Francisco Gutiérrez Galicia ◽  
Ana Lilia Coria Páez ◽  
Ricardo Tejeida Padilla
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Solid Waste Management ◽  
Municipal Solid Waste Management ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Treatment Services ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

Mexico City generates 12 thousand tons of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) per day, which places it as one of the cities that produces the most MSW in the world. However, the treatments used in the city are not enough for recycling materials and organics valorization of at least 45% of the MSW, which is the minimum for a medium-high-income city. To put in a global context the deficiency in Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) in Mexico City and evaluate the policies that have been implemented thus far, Wasteaware benchmark Indicators for Integrated Sustainable Waste Management (ISWM) were used to obtain a desired profile for the comprehensive MSWM in Mexico City. The Wasteaware Benchmark Indicators have been tested in more than 50 cities around the world. The results showed that in Mexico City, certain aspects of governance present the most considerable delay and, at the same time, that there are certain areas of opportunity to improve the efficiency of MSWM in its physical aspects, such as collection systems or treatment services.

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