Solid Waste Management – A Case Study of Moradabad

Abstract

Many people feel that solid waste management is simply putting waste into a vehicle and unloading it at a dump. But if we consider it true then why do so many towns suffer from uncollected refuse, blocking street and drains, harbouring flies and rats and degrading urban environments? Successful solid waste management is rarely achieved without thought, efforts and much learning from mistakes. Preparation and management of a good solid waste management system needs inputs from a range of disciplines, and careful consideration of local conditions. Keeping in mind all above, the present paper is an attempt to combine several aspects of environmental, biological, chemical and civil engineering to resolve the problem related to solid waste management for the Moradabad district. It is felt that there is need to focus more on recycling and resource recovery as a common practice, need to focus on environmental impacts (e.g. surface and groundwater) of solid waste around dump sites etc a plan was prepared for its proper management. At present A2Z Waste Management Private Limited is involving for the solid waste management work in Moradabad. Data related to waste generation, composition of municipal solid waste etc is provided by Nagar Nigam, Moradabad, Municipal Corporation and A2Z Moradabad. In Moradabad, there are about 100 notified slum settlements constituting about 21% of the total population i.e. 1,80,000. The steady incremental in the city population results in the increase of domestic waste generation. This project consists of the hierarchy of solid waste management starting from sources, types and composition of solid waste, waste generation, handling, storage, collection, reduction, combustion, upto landfill and recycling for waste management.