Municipal Solid Waste Management at Amravati City -Present practice and future challenges

Khandve, P. V.; Rai, R.K.

Municipal Solid Waste Management at Amravati City -Present practice and future challenges

2011

Khandve, P. V. | Rai, R.K.

The quantity of solid waste produced in city depends on the type of the city, its population, living standards of the residents and degree of commercialization, industrialization and various activities prevailing in the city. Due to rapid growth of population in Amravati municipal corporation area and changing life styles has resulted in increased waste generation. Consequently, waste management has become a key issue needing to be addressed. Amravati city generates about 184.90 tons municipal solid waste per day. The various Solid waste streams in Amravati city include municipal solid waste (households, commercial establishments), biomedical waste (hospitals, dispensaries), industrial waste (industries) and electronic waste (discards from electronic equipments including PCs). Handling of MSW is the responsibility of the Amravati Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Solid waste management strategies adopted by AMC includes management of MSW at compost depot, management of biomedical waste, and implementation of MSW rules 2000. But these present facilities are falling short and hence new Landfill site proposal is sanctioned for AMC. The present paper is based on the study carried out on Solid Waste Management Practice by Amravati Municipal Corporation for Amravati City. The outline of existing situation of solid waste management system, problems associated with the system and the future requirement to handle the up growing situation are discussed.

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