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Title: Evaluation of Existing Solid Waste Management System in Una Town, India
Authors: Thakur, Disha
Ganguly, Rajiv
Gupta, Ashok Kumar
Gali, Veeresh
Keywords: Municipal solid waste
Una
Himachal Pradesh
Open dumping
Wasteaware
Matrix method
Issue Date: 2020
Publisher: Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, H.P.
Abstract: Municipal solid waste management is an important function of the urban local body (ULB) of any city or town in India. The present study reports the existing prevalent MSW management system being carried out in Una, Himachal Pradesh. The total waste generation in Himachal Pradesh is about 350 tonnes per day (TPD) of which the total waste generation in Una town is about 6 TPD with per capita generation of 0.42 kg/day of which 5.5 TPD is disposed in an open dumpsite in Lalsinghi about 5 km from town with a collection efficiency of about 90%. The study uses the “wasteaware” benchmark indicators for evaluating the existingmunicipal solidwaste (MSW) management practices. The “wasteaware” benchmark parameters incorporate both quantitative and qualitative methods for determining the competency of the existing systems. Further, a matrix method has been utilised to complement the “wasteaware” benchmark indicators in evaluating the existing techniques. From the results, it was observed that the collection efficiency in the study area is good categorised as M/H, while transportation, disposal and recycling facilities are lacking (low). The overall score for theUna town is 38% after evaluation frommatrixmethod. Thus, the study showed that there is an immediate need in the improvement of the existingMSW management practices and certain suggestions have been provided in this context.
Description: © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 S. K. Ghosh (ed.), Sustainable Waste Management: Policies and Case Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7071-7_33
URI: http://ir.juit.ac.in:8080/jspui//xmlui/handle/123456789/4196
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