Green Solution For Solid Waste Management

Akrati Shrivastava; Jobanpreet Singh; Smriti Priya; Aritri Adhikary; S. Brindha; S. Ravichandran

Akrati Shrivastava
Jobanpreet Singh B. Tech., Student in Aerospace Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
Smriti Priya B.Sc. Student in Agriculture, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
Aritri Adhikary B.Sc. Student in Agriculture, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
S. Brindha Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Applications, SRM Faculty of Science and Humanities, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Potheri, Chengalpattu, Tamilnadu, India.
S. Ravichandran Professor in Chemistry, School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.

Abstract

Solid waste is the discarded solid materials produced from domestic, residential, commercial or industrial activities. On the basis of types of material such plastic, paper, metal organic waste, glass, toxic, industrial waste, domestic waste etc. Over population, industrialization, urbanization are mainly responsible for increasing rate of solid wastes. About 7.8 million tonnes of wastes have been produced worldwide and out of which 11-15% of which have been recycled. The solid waste Figure 1 management includes the generation of waste, storage, collection, transportation, processing and disposal. Improper solid waste management degrades people health, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, climate change which greatly impacts the quality of life on this earth. In this article, the solid waste types and the methods of solid waste disposal were discussed in detail.