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In our day-to-day life, we generate several types of waste knowingly or unknowingly. It could be anything from vegetable peels to plastics to old newspapers to old clothes and many more. Historically these were thrown into garbage bins and ultimately landed in landfill site. Over the years this practice created a huge negative impact on the environment and ground water. But with the invent of several scientific processes, most of these wastes could be processed and/or recycled or reused, to save the negative impact on the earth and generate renewable energy thereby reducing the load on conventional energy generated from Coal, water, petroleum products etc. This entire process of managing waste is known as ‘Solid Waste Management.’

The generated waste can be divided into three major categories: Organic (all kinds of biodegradable waste), dry (or recyclable waste) and biomedical (or sanitary and hazardous waste). Nearly 50% of the total waste is organic with the volumes of recyclables and biomedical/hazardous waste growing each year as India becomes more urbanized.

The US Public Health Service has identified 22 human diseases that are linked to improper solid waste management (MIT Urban Development Sector Unit 1999). Several studies have been published that link asthma, heart attack, and emphysema to burning garbage. Human faecal matter is also frequently found in municipal waste—this, along with unmanaged decomposed garbage, attracts other rodents, that further lead to a spread of diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, malaria and other vector borne diseases.

Burning garbage is classified as the third biggest cause of greenhouse emission in India—apart from the impact on human health, the effect on land, water and food pollution is a matter of grave concern. Burning releases carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, Sulphur dioxide, and carcinogenic hydrocarbons, apart from particulate matter into the air, resulting in India releasing 6% of methane emissions only from garbage (compared to a 3% global average) (Planning Commission 2014).

Firstly, one MUST start segregating the waste at source. Ensure the waste collectors are collecting and transporting waste in different streams. Ensure the wet waste is completely processed to generate renewable energy and compost using right technology. Last but the most important is to start practicing 3R, “REDUCE-REUSE-RECYCLE”. Remember, we need to create a Better World for our coming generations.

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