Solid waste management in Kolkata, India: Practices and challenges

Hazra, Tumpa; Goel, Sudha

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2008.01.023

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“…It has been related that the practices like collection, transfer and transport are influenced by inappropriate bin collection system, poor road planning, lack of data and information regarding the schedule of collection, inadequate infrastructure, weak route and number of vehicles for waste collection (Hazra and Goel, 2009;Moghadam et al, 2009;Henry et al, 2006). Furthermore, organizing the unofficial segments and boosting micro-enterprises were said by Sharholy et al (2008) as an impressive methods of expanding affordable waste collection services.…”

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“…Literature proposes that technical factors affecting the system are pertain to the lack of technical skills amongst personnel within municipalities and government authorities (Hazra and Goel, 2009), insufficient infrastructure, poor roads and out of date vehicles, inadequate technologies and reliable information and data respectively offers which the factors influencing the environmental aspects of solid waste management in developing countries are the lack of evaluation of actual impacts and as well as environmental control systems (Moghadam et al, 2009;Matete and Trois 2008;Asase et al 2009). suggested that the involvement of the population in active environmental organizations is essential to have better systems.…”

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Municipal Solid Waste Management Challenges and Problems for Cities in Low-Income and Developing Countries

Zohoori¹,

Ghani²

2017

IJSEA

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Solid waste management is a challenge, problem as well as opportunities for the cities' authorities in developing countries especially low-income ones mostly because of the enhancing generation of waste, the burden posed on the budget of municipalities as a consequence of the high expenses belonged to its management, absence of the perception over a variety of factors which affect the various stages of management of waste and linkage essential to provide the whole handling system functioning. The data and information provided is very beneficial for changing, implementing or planning waste management system in towns. This article brings a general overview of state of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) by domestic authorities and available condition and current challenges of solid waste management (SWM) in developing countries particularly low-income ones. In addition, approaches of feasible solution which can be undertaken to prosper municipal solid waste (MSW) services are discussed. Approximately poor economic growth of the low-income developing countries annually has resulted in a rise in the poverty levels. Besides, migration from rural zones to urban zones has resulted in an unplanned settlements in suburban areas accommodation. Furthermore political interference prevents the smooth running of the domestic authorities. Vulnerability of surface and groundwater pollution is increasing due to lack of surveillance of local authorities in considering the environmental impact in siting MSW disposal sites. Illicit dumping of MSW on the roadside or river banks demonstrates economic and environmental threats on suburb properties. There are also lack of servicing of MSW collection vehicles, poor state of infrastructure and inadequate funding and budget which fight against the optimization of MSW disposal service. The rural economy requires to be developed if the migration of rural-urban areas is to be handled. In addition, involvement of stakeholders is necessary to obtain any meaningful and sustainable municipal solid waste management. Successful usage of low-tech approaches, and the association of informal refuse scavengers and collectors exist in different Asian, African and Latin American towns. Besides, a decentralized system can help solve the apparently intractable challenges and problems of waste management in low-income developing country cities in a socially favorable, economically viable, and environmentally sound manner.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Municipal Solid Waste Management Challenges and Problems for Cities in Low-Income and Developing Countries

Zohoori¹,

Ghani²

2017

IJSEA

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“…Some researchers have focused on optimizing the transportation component of the waste management process [22], and some have provided models to help reduce costs and better organize this process [23]. It has been identified that in some cases the costs and energy consumption of transportation are higher than those involved in landfilling, and it has been proven that these collection and transportation costs are the result of poor collection schedule management and infrastructure [24,25].…”

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Waste Management System for Batteries

2018

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Abstract:We live in a technology driven era where each day new gadgets improve the way we live our lives. Many resources are being spent on building these devices that often turn obsolete overnight. Taking into account that these electronics have a long-term impact on the environment, a waste management system must be embedded in the electronic product lifecycle. In this paper, we propose a monitoring system for recycling batteries from electronic equipment and devices. This solution covers specific waste management issues to manage and reduce battery waste and to recover valuable materials and components. A solution for the continuous monitoring of each battery waste container is also proposed. The solution involves the storage of all information regarding the recycling process, such as pickup date and time, collector's name, quantity, and location. The research is also extended for smartphone usage. This is an important feature for collectors who need to access data in real time from any location. The mobile application directly reads the weight of battery waste, automatically saves the date and time, and stores the location along with any other useful information.

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“…SWM studies were carried out in Chennai using landfill lysimeters (Sri et al, 2009). SWM studies were carried out at Kolkata (Tumpa et al, 2009) and gave solutions to waste management problems. The study was conducted as the households rending in the Bavanagar municipal area within Kolkata metropolitan city (Ashok et al, 1991).…”

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confidence: 99%