A Study on Solid Waste Management
Abstract
Solid waste is the useless, unwanted and discarded material resulting from day to day activities in the community. Solid waste management may be defined as the discipline associated with the control of generation, storage, collection, transfer, processing and disposal of solid waste. The present paper based on the study carried out on solid waste management practice by Yavatmal municipal corporation. Thisstudywas also designed to study the composition of solid waste.
Conclusion
The collected data shows that the maximum proportion of refuse caused by food and garden wastes, proportion of the reuse caused by food and garden wastes, second highest was paper and the third highest was inert material. Percentage of Plastic carry bags was higher, where glass, ceramic and metals were nearly equal with each other.Provision of litter bins at public places shall be made and there will compulsory segregation at all the sources.
