The term waste management generally relates to substances produced by human activities and the process generally assumes to reduce their effect on environment, health and aesthetics (business dictionary, 2010). Waste management is the production, anticipation, description, supervising, controlling, reuse and final remaining disposition of wastes. Throughout most of history, the amount of waste generated by humans was insignificant due to low population and low societal levels of the exploitation
Solid waste is one of the worst urban problems to the capital city of Dhaka in Bangladesh. Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), as municipal urban agent, is responsible for solid waste management in city. The present system of solid waste management (SWM) has been regarded as inadequate and insufficient and failed to keep pace with the gigantic amount of solid waste produced in the urban areas (Mohit, 2000:1-3). A study shows, solid waste generation in Bangladesh during the last decade has increased enormously
account to raise awareness about the issue of solid waste management. Marketing should focus mainly on thinking creation. Marketing professionals can increase the importance of solid waste management and how people can be part of it. While there are many
project management is concerned. The success of a project depends on a lot of reasons, but if there should be a failure it should not be unrealistic scheduling. Preparing a project schedule is an easy endeavor compared to evaluating its quality and therefore project scheduling is a major factor in predicting a projects success or failure.
Framework of the Study Solid waste management or the collecting, treating, and disposing of solid material no longer needed because it has served its purpose or is no longer useful. Inappropriate disposal of solid waste can cause unhealthy conditions, which in turn can result to destruction of the environment and dispersal of vector borne diseases – which are spread by rodents and insects. The responsibility of solid waste management presents difficult technical challenges. They also pose a wide
1.3.2 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS / WASTE LEGISLATION These acts and principles below highlight issues that were identified within the solid waste management section in the Lesotho lowland districts and it can be concluded that there is very limited legal and institutional framework concerning solid waste, nearly no solid waste management system involving coordinated recycling and insufficient collection system which is limited , random and open dump sites are used for disposal, limited awareness
Practicing Zero Waste Management in Vellore, Tamil Nadu Urbanization brings prosperity but at the same time creates environmental problems like pollution, accumulation of solid waste and poor sanitation. Use of tetrapacks, plastic plates, cups and bags, tin cans and similar throw-away items has increased in the last decade as has the amount of organic waste. In many Indian states, rural areas are fast catching up with urban areas in generating solid waste. Lack of proper waste collection, segregation
I. Intro Improper solid waste management might be the most common, yet most neglected problem in one’s community. This is, without a doubt, a problem encountered in the third world countries. This is an important issue as well as a major challenge not only in cities, but even in rural areas. The top-down approach to fix such problem was long proven useless, participation of the people in one’s community is the best approach to achieve a successful waste reduction program, as well as knowing the
decision in multiple attribute environment. Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) has been found to be a useful approach to solve such kind of problems. In this paper, an integrated Fuzzy-AHP-TOPSIS based methodology is applied to solve the municipal solid waste landfill site selection problem in the city of Mumbai, India. The methodology has been developed under Indian socio-economic and regulatory set-up. The Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (F-AHP) is used to make pairwise comparisons of identified criteria
2.1 Waste to Energy (WTE) The objective of the MSW management is to reduce the quantity of solid waste by several methods. The MSW management is the application of suitable techniques and procedures for waste reduction based on the sources to achieve waste reduction and effective management of waste still after waste reduction. The basic procedures include storage and segregation of collected wastes into compostable, recyclable and inert components. There are various types of waste management practices