Abstract
The rates of waste generation in India have been increasing with increasing population and urbanization. Since higher education campuses are like mini autonomous cities, they can act as a model for solid waste management (SWM) and enhance sustainable development. SWM is the controlled generation, storage, collection, transport, processing, and disposal of solid waste considering public health, conservation, economics, and environmental conditions. A SWM program on campus will benefit the campus through reduced resource consumption and waste diversion. Developing countries like India are lacking behind in SWM from the developed countries which are using advanced technologies along with efficient management. This paper will analyze the issues related to SWM at IITR (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee) campus and provide feasible solutions to be implemented at IITR campus for becoming zero waste campus. The SWM at the IITR campus is disorganized and incompetent. Lack of awareness and improper collection, imprecise segregation, exposed transportation, inefficient processing and disorganized disposal of solid waste are the major reasons for it. IITR has the potential to manage its waste properly through various techniques discussed in this paper. These would reduce the amount of waste diverted to landfills and the problems arising on campus due to solid waste, thus leading to a zero waste campus. Other campuses like IITR with similar context and issues can learn from this case study and work towards a zero-waste campus. This paper identifies a need to implement a robust SWM at the IITR campus in India.
Highlights
Solid waste management (SWM) is one of the basic services arranged and administered by the municipal authorities in the country to enhance the cleanliness of the urban centers [1]
This paper will analyze the issues related to SWM at IITR (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee) campus and provide feasible solutions to be implemented at IITR campus for becoming zero waste campus
This paper identifies a need to implement a robust SWM at the IITR campus in India
Summary
Solid waste management (SWM) is one of the basic services arranged and administered by the municipal authorities in the country to enhance the cleanliness of the urban centers [1]. 100,000 areand the increase overthan five five percent inthe a solid waste generation perathe estimation of the Energy which is more than five times the current level in India. Contributors waste generated in the to the 3955 different cities of India with a comparison of the change in the rates of waste generation over time. The current study evaluates the solid waste profile at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) campus, and characterize the waste generated along with its source by means of qualitative and quantitative analysis It identifies SWM systems adopted in the campus. Based on the literature and technologies available for SW processing, it suggests a corrective course of action for SWM at the IITR campus to make it a ‘zero-waste’ campus
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