This article highlights the problems of solid waste management in the city of Guwahati. The institutional responsibility of solid waste disposal system is assigned to the Guwahati Municipal Corporation. But the service provided by the corporation is neither efficient nor sufficient. This has created enormous problem in the city. Therefore, an attempt has been made in this article to examine peo...

Municipal solid waste was collected from Varanasi’s municipal solid waste dumpsite and sorted for organic fraction present in it. Current work showed the consequences of calcium hydroxide or lime digestion on organic fraction of municipal solid waste of Varanasi, India. The organic fraction of municipal solid waste sample was digested with desired amount of calcium hydroxide. The different conc...

Waste-to-energy (WtE) facilities have been established worldwide as a sustainable method for the disposal of residual waste. In the present study the following competing WtE systems were compared: (1) municipal solid waste incinerators (MSWIs) with energy recovery; (2) co-incineration of waste in old lignite or coal-fired power plants; (3) substitute [refuse-derived fuel (RDF)] incinerators wit...

this experiment was conducted in order to study the influence of different levels of municipal solid waste compost and nitrogen rate on grain quality of sweet corn (zea mays l. saccharata) and some soil properties under marvdasht conditions during growing season of 2008-2009. the experiment was arranged as split plots based on a randomized complete block design with two factors and three replic...

Degradation of urban environment and health hazard is directly associated with the unscientific handling of Municipal solid waste of India. Urbanization also contribute intensify Municipal solid waste generation. Source segregation of solid waste not only the fact to converge but also possible in maximum resource recovery from the waste. Waste management is a problem due to the ineffective mana...

organic fraction of solid waste, which upon degradation produces foul smell and generates pathogens, if not properly managed. composting is not a method of waste disposal but it is a method of waste recycling and used for agricultural purposes. an integrated approach of composting methodology was tested for municipal solid waste management. solid waste first was composted and after 22 days, was...

Waste materials are common problem in modern living. Waste accumulates from number of sources including domestic, industrial, commercial, construction and demolition activity. A significant portion of municipality waste is construction related. Proper management of construction and demolition waste is important or else it will get mixed with municipal waste. This type of mixing leads to cutting...

background: developing cities like khulna, the third largest metropolitan city in bangladesh, have now begun to confess the environmental and public health risks associated with uncontrolled dumping of solid wastes mainly due to the active participation of non-governmental organizations (ngos) and community-based organizations (cbos) in municipal solid waste (msw) management. methods: a survey ...

Abstact: The aim of the research project was to carry out the co-digestion of organic fraction of solid municipal waste in the form of source separated kitchen waste and sewage sludge. The influence of the kitchen waste as a co-substrate on the stability and efficiency of the process was determined. Mesophilic fermentation (36 ̊C) was conducted for sewage sludge as well as mixtures of sewage slu...