MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN VARIOUS CITIES: A LITERATURE REVIEW
Journal Title: International Journal of Civil, Structural, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering Research and Development (IJCSEIERD) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Due to rapid increasing population, urbanization and industrialization waste generation rate also increases but, Municipal authorities are not able to collect all waste and they are not having advance technology for treating such waste it gives result in form of pollution. Improper Municipal solid waste management causes Air pollution, land pollution as well as water pollution. Due to uncontrolled dumping of waste on street side, open ground various types of diseases are spreading, it gives ugly look. Two of the major problems being faced are the insufficient collection system and improper disposal of MSW. To avoid this it is necessary to adopt proper MSWM systems. Study present a review of the available literature on SWM problem, impacts of pollutant on environment, characteristics, physical composition & disposal method adopted in various cities
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TRUPTI PHAPAL, S. M. BHOSLE, AMOL KULKARNI
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