Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Malkapur City
Abstract: Solid wastes are being produced since the beginning of civilization. During the early period, solid wastes ware conveniently and unobtrusively disposed off, as the density of population was low with large open land space. With the advent of industrialization and urbanization, the problems of waste disposal increased. Sewage are a dilute mixture of the various type of waste from the residential, public and industrial place. The characteristics and composition of sewage mainly depend on this source. Sewage contains organic and inorganic matter which may by in dissolved, suspension and colloidal state. Usually large proportion of the waste matter. Solid waste also known as dry refuse includes house refuse, trade refuse and street refuse and is practically in a dry state.
Keywords: solid waste, Management, Garbage, Rubbish, Ash, Organic wastes, Inorganic waste
How to Cite?: Bhushan Dhamodkar, Yogesh V. Gawatre, Dinesh W. Gawatre, S. V. Dewalkar, "Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Malkapur City", Volume 4 Issue 11, November 2015, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 2146-2152, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=NOV151541, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/NOV151541