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| Title | Managing Solid Wastes In Developing Countries: Insights From Three Indian Smart Cities |
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| ID_Doc | 36297 |
| Authors | Vanjari S.; Dikshit A.K. |
| Year | 2024 |
| Published | Waste Management and Treatment: Advances and Innovations |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003258377-7 |
| Abstract | India’s rapidly growing population generates huge amounts of solid waste, which has become difficult for the urban local bodies (ULBs) to satisfactorily take care of. An improper and inadequate approach towards solid waste management presents a significant danger to both the environment and human health. The main aim of this chapter is to compare the state of solid-waste management in three smart cities of Maharashtra state in India; namely, Thane, Nashik and Aurangabad. A comparative analysis of waste generation, waste collection, level of waste segregation, waste treatment technologies utilized and landfill management has been presented. It can be observed that Thane City has the most advanced SWM system in place, followed by Nashik and Aurangabad. However, Thane City has been facing challenges to meet the ever-increasing demand of waste collection presently; waste is transported outside Thane City to be treated. Nashik Municipal Corporation has proposed to advance their treatment plants to process maximum percentage of the waste generated. Aurangabad City, new to SWM, has only begun treating SW in the past couple of years, and from collecting and treating zero MT/day to treating 480MT/day, has set a good example for other cities across the country. There is a tremendous scope of improvement in the waste processing systems for all the three cities such as to increase decentralizing the SWM systems, segregating 100% waste, implementation of advanced technologies and policies that meet the standards of international cities, educational programmes to increase awareness amongst the citizens, increased availability of appropriate infrastructure and funding to support these improvements. © 2024 CRC Press. |
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