In developing Asian countries, the municipal cooperations are unable to handle the increasing amount of municipal solid waste, which into the uncollected waste being spread on roads and in other public areas leading to tremendous pollution and destruction of land and negative impact on human health. Generation of municipal solid waste increases with the rapid urbanization and accelerated econom...

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) has become a serious environmental problem in major cities all over world. The problem of solid waste is also influencing the urban environment of Solapur city. Therefore, the present study was under taken to enlist the causes of solid waste generation and possibilities of associated problems. The study was mainly concentrated to investigate the present status of Mun...

Municipalities as well as any other organization have needed assessment and efficiency measurement to make better use of their limited resources and greater effectiveness. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of municipalities, determining efficient and inefficient municipalities using data envelopment analysis, and classifying the municipalities using Anderson Peterson technique...

In view of fast paced economic growth accompanied with rapid urbanisation, management of municipal solid waste has emerged as one of the major environmental challenges of present times. Indian cities are often characterized by poorly rendered services including waste management-the most ignored of all basic services, on account of various reasons. The situation worsens with increasing populatio...

India produces around 3000 million tones of organic waste annually. This huge volume of waste(s) comes from agriculture, urban and industrial sources and also from domestic activities. Utilization of this waste material for productivity process is important for both economical and environmental reasons. In the present study an effort has been made to asses the efficacy of E. foetida (red tiger ...

The need for increasingly accurate models of the complex interactions between mankind and the environment calls for more precise monitoring of many different areas, from forests to oceans, from inland waters to urban areas. Specifically, human settlements appear to be the focus of a number of issues such as desertification and pollution as well as water, energy, and waste management. Since most...

landfill is one of the primary methods for urban solid waste disposal. in order to reduce theenvironmental adverse effects and to protect the public health and human welfare, evaluating the landfill isutmost importance. in this research work evaluation procedure for the current condition of ahvaz city urbansolid waste landfill site with criteria of local screening method (lsm) is outlined. in t...

urban growth and development caused many environmental problems in current age. one of these problems is environmental impacts of wastes which can be solved by inhabitant’s participation in municipal recycling and waste programs. there are many psycho-social factors affecting people’s participation in municipal waste and recycling programs. one of these factors is environmental values. so, curr...