Solid waste Management

Improper disposal of municipal solid waste may lead to unclean situations, which can pave the way to increase pollution levels as well as vector-borne illness epidemics that is diseases carried by insects and rodents. Moreover, solid waste management responsibilities are technically challenging. It also provides a wide range of social, administrative, and economic problems that need to be addressed.

Regulation of Solid waste management 

Airports, airbases, ports and harbours are now implemented by the Rules, as they are considered as sites of significant history, pilgrimage, and religion. Source segregation of solid waste is required to recover, reuse, and recycle trash through the application of 3Rs. Wet waste such as biodegradable materials, Dry waste such as plastic, wood, paper, metal, etc. and household hazardous wastes namely diapers, napkins, insect repellents, empty cleaning agents, etc. are now generators responsibilities. State governments, Groups for Self Help, or any governing body should integrate garbage pickers, Kabadiwalas, rag pickers, and waste merchants, into the system of official. Generators will be charged a ‘User Fee’ and a ‘Spot Fine’ for littering as well as non-segregation. In order to dispose of utilised sanitary goods such as sanitary pads and diapers, throw them in the container designated for dry garbage/non-biodegradable waste.

All restaurants and hotels should sort out biodegradable garbage and incorporate a collection procedure or use the local collection authority’s system to guarantee that food waste is composted or bio-mechanized.

New townships and GHSs are now responsible for developing in-house waste management and bio-degradable waste processing systems. The rubbish produced by street vendors shall be stored in proper containers and deposited to the local authority’s designated waste station for storage or container. A waste management system must be funded by all generators of disposable products namely tin cans, plastic packaging, glass bottles, etc.  All brand owners who promote their goods in the packaging of non-biodegradable should install a method to gather the packaging trash generated during manufacture. Marketing firms, Manufacturers, and brand owners should provide knowledge to the public on product packaging and disposal. These wastes should be co-processed in cement or electricity facilities.

Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules 2016

The horticulture, as well as yard garbage, should be thrown away as per guidelines of local authorities. Event or accumulating organisers must guarantee trash segregation at the source and handover to garbage collectors or agencies as defined by municipal authorities. Special provisions for hilly garbage management: Avoid building landfills on the slope. A transfer station for residual and inert waste from the processing plant should be put up in an enclosed area. A suitable site for a sanitary landfill must be found in the plains, downhill, within 25 kilometres. This sanitary landfill will receive leftover garbage from the transfer station. In the absence of suitable land, a sanitary landfill region for residual and inert waste will be established. 

Municipal solid waste management

Commercial and home solid waste created in municipal or notified regions, except industrial hazardous wastes rather containing treated “bio-medical wastes”. City, town, and metropolitan areas notified in terms of state governments are forbidden from littering. Moreover, the local government must take the following efforts to prevent littering and encourage compliance:

Organizing house-to-house assemblage of municipal solid wastes utilising techniques such as community bin collection, house-to-house assemblage, and collection of pre-determined schedules has been started. Collected garbage from squatter areas, hotels, restaurants, offices, and commercial locations must be disposed of. Slaughterhouses biodegradable wastes such as fish and meat markets, vegetable and fruit markets should be controlled. Industrial and bio-medical wastes must not be mixed with municipal solid trash and must follow certain guidelines. Local rubbish must be transported to the communal bin through other compact vehicles or hand-driven carts. No waste or dry leaves should be burned.  Stray animals are not permitted near garbage storage facilities or anywhere else in town.

Manage solid waste effectively

Solid waste collection is critical for human health, safety, and environmental preservation. It is a “labour-intensive activity” that evaluates for approx three-quarters of entire waste management investments. Often, the job is done by municipal staff, although it may also be done by commercial businesses contracted by the municipality or by individual homeowners. Each collecting truck has a driver and a loader. These are usually enclosed compacting trucks with a 30 cubic metre capacity. 

Choosing the best collecting path is difficult, particularly in heavily populated areas. Choosing an ideal route needs computer calculations, which account for various numerous factors and complicated networks. Moreover, rural waste collection is difficult due to low population density and high unit costs.

Conclusion

Waste management is necessary for all aspects of creating a better ecosystem. Moreover, three Rs (recycle, reuse, and reduce) are important to manage waste effectively. Although it has various important ways to serve the betterment of earth health where we thrive.