ABSTRACT

The waste generated from the households or commercial establishment except industries and healthcare facilities is termed as municipal solid waste. The waste might be solid or semisolid in nature depending on the level of moisture. It includes domestic wet (biodegradable) & dry waste (recyclables and domestic hazardous waste) and treated biomedical waste too. Anyhow, hazardous industrial waste shall be exempted from inclusion in municipal solid waste (MSW). Due to the widespread source of generation and heterogeneouscharacteristics, decentralize management of MSW is a mammoth task. Contrarily, centralized management with the integrated approach is of utmost convenience but attributes ancillary challenge in the form of waste quantity, malodour etc. Therefore, scientific planning and pertinent execution is necessary. Another additional challenge of handling MSW is timelessness. The generation is consistent and the service also needs to be provided in a timely manner to avoid any risk. Thus the operations of waste management industries are around-the-clock. Hence additional backup of manpower and machinery is mandatory, which causes additional economic burden. Moreover, the economic profitability is utterly questionable due to facts such as market acceptability of the products, lower market rate in comparison to the competing products, transportation charges, and growing rivalry.
Publication date: 01/08/2020

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2020/9.8.4965