Policies and Strategies for Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Urban Residential

Abstract

Abstract-In urban areas, the residential wastes contribute the lions' share of municipal waste. Managing these residential wastes is highly challenging as most of the developing countries do not have a proper waste management plan for their urban areas. The high organic and plastic content and the non segregated form of these wastes make them difficult to handle. Policies and strategies should be framed in such a way that, it must be suitable for the type of wastes generated in the area, nature of generation, characteristic of the area and other factors. This paper presents various policies and strategies for sustainable management of these urban residential wastes through a case study in Kochi city, Kerala, India.