Waste: Concern, Impact & Solution

Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) with 5 tier approaches is the solution to waste management according to The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In India population and density in cities are major problem to waste managemnt. The study focuses on these concern and data collected for waste generation in India and dataset’s source was Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Govt. of India, in 2017. Maps on Statewise Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generation and Per Capita MSW production in 2017 created using ArcGIS.

In Maps, Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generation in different states, indicating high waste generation in Maharastra (21867 tonnes per day), Tamil Nadu (14500 tonnes per day), Gujarat (10480 tonnes per day), Karnataka (8697 tonnes per day), Delhi (8370 tonnes per day). Lowest waste generation occurs in Arunachal Pradesh (13 tonnes per day), Lakshadweep (21 tonnes per day), Sikkim (49 tonnes per day), Daman & Diu (85 tonnes per day).

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The Cover page of Newsletter designed by me on the types of wastes using various sources from google and internet.

For more information on the Newsletter, please see the Waste: Concern, Impact and Solution.