WASTE MANAGEMENT


India has been struggling with devising an efficient waste management system  from the grassroots level upwards. Roads are often seen littered, fallow lands filled with unsegregated waste which poses so many threats like choking hazards for stray animals, a field for germs and disease to grow and the adverse impact upon the soil and the waste released into water bodies has proven to contaminate it, severely threatening the life they support. Improper waste management snowballs into major causes of air, water and land pollution. Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal.


WASTE MANAGEMENT IN HUBBALLI




There is a long tradition of Indian farmers purchasing organic urban waste for use as a soil amendment, but there are few documented references to this practice. Research on the sale and use of municipal solid waste in Hubli-Dharwad has identified constraints on the continuing use of such waste, including an increase in the amount of inorganic waste (particularly plastics) and new initiatives in solid waste management. The use of organic urban waste provides an illustration of the urban-rural interactivity that characterises the peri-urban interface, and presents particular challenges to local government and other stakeholders. 

How do we deal with this problem?

The key problem with the solid waste management system is the costly transportation of this waste towards safe disposal and other steps to safer segregation and recycling processes



What constitutes waste management?

There are 4 major categories of waste
Industrial Waste
Municipal Solid Waste
Agricultural Waste
Hazardous Waste


 


Proper segregation, recycling and disposal conducted accordingly is what waste management basically constitutes. Municipal waste majorly includes the waste collected from homes. However, materials such as paper clips, clothing, packaging etcetera which are included in industrial waste are also found in it.

The urban population in the country generates a gigantic 1,43,449 metric tonnes per day of municipal solid waste, as per the Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB), 2014-15. Waste collected needs to further be segregated according to its properties such as bio-degradable, non-biodegradable, recyclable or non-recyclable. Food, plant and animal waste is organic waste and easily bio-degradable while plastic and metal waste is non-biodegradable.

IMPORTANCE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
   

                                     

 

There are many benefits to implementing an integrated waste management system in India. It can help to reduce pollution, improve public health, and create jobs. It can also save money by reducing the need for landfill space and preventing the release of harmful toxins into the environment.Environmental protection – from pollution or contamination. Money generation – companies may buy recyclable materials due to their value. 

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