Industrial Solid Waste Management Practices in Medium and Small Scale Industries located in TamilNadu

Environmental pollution is the major problem associated with rapid industrialization, urbanization and rise in living standards of people. Efforts has to be made for controlling pollution arising out of the disposal of wastes by conversion of these unwanted wastes into utilizable raw materials for various beneficial uses. The problems relating to disposal of industrial solid wastes are associated with lack of infrastructural facilities and negligence of industries to take proper safeguards. The solid waste management practices among medium scale and small scale industries located in South India are compared in this paper. The data on various solid waste management elements from the concerned industries were collected and analyzed to identify the type of industries adopting satisfactory solid waste management practices. Keywords— Industrial Solid Waste, Environmental Impact, Medium and small scale industries, Sampling, Management practices.