Solid waste can be classified in to different types, depending on their sources, such as household waste is generally classified as municipal waste; industrial waste as hazardous waste, and bio medical waste as infections waste. The term "solid waste" means any garbage, refuse, or sludge from ...
Solid waste managementIssuesPracticesEnvironmentRapid growth of population and urbanization has resulted in increasing the volume of solid waste generation in the study area in particular and in India with 68.8 million tons/day. The improper dispos...
Chennai solid waste initiative launched June 23, 2022 • India Siva V Meyyanathan, Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Forests, has launched an initiative to develop solid waste management at tannery clusters in Tamil Nadu. Username or E-mail Password Remember Me Forgot Password Full ...
In Tamil Nadu, cassava tubers are used as an industrial raw material for starch and sago production. About 8-10 large scale starch factories and 150-200 small scale starch and sago production units in Tamil Nadu are generating around 40-60 tonnes of solid waste (thippi) per annum creating...
Management of Cassava Starch Factory Solid Waste (Thippi) Through Composting to a Nutrient Rich Organic ManureBulk densityC:N ratiocelluloseearthwormproteinIn India, cassava cultivation is confined in South India. In Tamil Nadu, tubers are used as raw material for starch and sago industry. About ...
Management of bio-medical waste: awareness and practices in a district of Gujarat. With the objective of assessing the level of awareness about the various aspects of biomedical waste and disposal practices by the medical practitioners this study was conducted. It was a cross sectional study. 30 ...
COVID-19 Solid waste management Challenges Policy makers Techniques 1. Introduction The emergence of COVID-19 has generated unparalleled instability in the worldwide social and economic structures. No sector has remained unchanged, whether it is the introduction of social distancing initiatives, the reo...
“profitable” when adding the consideration of the cost saving for landfilling those recycled materials if they were not recycled. The major private companies for waste management in the United States claimed that the profit of recycling is uncertain and strongly depends on the price of commodities...
This paper presents sustainable waste management strategies in which the decision makers may put forward their views on material recycling and the assimilative capacity of the environment for two major factors; air pollution control and leachate impact. A mixed integer programming model with the ...
Pallavapuram is a fast-developing municipality of Chennai city in the southern suburbs about 20 km from Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu in India. The disposal of MSW was previously occurring in an indiscriminate and irrational manner in the municipality. Hence in the present study an ...