A Decision Making Tool - Design of Community Storage System for Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management

The Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management is a complex service that should be provided with suitable and feasible technologies in developing countries like India. The collection element plays a vital role in the MSW management. Hence, the planning and design of community bins make a greater impact on the environment. In this regard, an application model called Design of Community Storage System (DCSS) was developed using .NET programme. This model considered the assessment factors such as waste generation, size of the bin, collection frequency, number of bins, catchment area and bin density etc., Also the model enables the resource consumption during the community bin production and the emissions on air, water and industrial soil. This developed tool audits the policy makers to understand degree of environmental impact during decision stage. The practical implementation of this tool for the Coimbatore city shows the potential application for continuous improvement of municipal solid waste management in the design of community storage bins at the local level.