International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Year : 2018, Volume : 8, Issue : 7
First page : ( 672) Last page : ( 690)
Online ISSN : 2249–2496.

Solid waste management in India

Sharma Kanchan Kumari

Research Scholar, Dept. of Economics, Dibrugarh University

Online published on 1 August, 2019.

Abstract

A solid waste management (SWM) system includes the generation of waste, storage, collection, transportation, processing and final disposal. India is the second largest nation in the world, with a population of 1.21 billion (census 2011), accounting for nearly 18 percent of world's human population, but it does not have enough resources or adequate system in place to treat its solid wastes. Its urban population grew at a rate of 31.8 percent during the last decade to 377 million, which is greater than the entire population of US. India is facing a sharp contrast between its increasing urban population and available services and resources. Solid waste management is one such service where India has an enormous gap to fill. Proper municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal system to address increasing amount of waste is absent. Improper solid waste management deteriorates public health, causes environmental pollution, accelerates natural resources degradation, causes climate change and greatly impacts the quality of life of citizens. Therefore, in this research work an attempt has been made to analyze the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generation rates in different urban centers in India and also to study the effect of economic growth and changing lifestyle on composition and generation of MSW in India. This research work is mainly descriptive in nature and simple statistical tools have been used.

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Keywords

Solid Waste Management, environmental pollution, economic growth.

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