31Lanious-Plastic and Municipal Waste Management

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Waste is defined as discarded material whichhas no value in normal use or for ordinaryuse.

Solid wastes are those undesirable, uselessand unwanted materials and substances thatcomes from human and animal activities.

The hazardous wastes disposed in open land

creates air pollution as well as ground watercontamination.


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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION and itspreservation is today the major concern allover the world.

An environmental damage within theboundaries of one state has trans-borderramifications.

Its also Affecting the day to day life of

humans to an great extent.


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Recycling the waste material, and using itagain to make valuable goods.

Disposing off the hazardous and pollutingwaste properly

By implementing new technologies tominimize the output of waste material.

Government to act upon such issues and

make effective rules and regulation on wastemanagement.


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Municipal solid waste (MSW), also calledurban solid waste, is a waste type that includeshousehold waste (domestic waste) withsometimes the addition of commercial

wastes collected by a municipality within a givenarea. They are in either solid or semisolid formand generally exclude industrial hazardouswastes. The term residual waste relates to waste

left from household sources containing materialsthat have not been separated out or sent forreprocessing


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STEP 1. Mobilizing the Planning Process

STEP 2. Define Baseline

STEP 3. Establishing The Strategic Planning Framework

STEP 4. Identifying and Evaluating Options

STEP 5. Developing the Strategy

STEP 6. Preparing the Action Plan

STEP 7. Implementing the Strategic Plan


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Plastics, one of the wonderful inventions of20th Century, is a Ubiquitous material. Plasticshas replaced the traditional material (paper /cloth etc.,) as packing and carry bags because of

cost of convenience. India has witnessed asubstantial growth in the consumption of plasticsand increased production of plastic waste. Theplastic waste is now considered as environmental

hazard due to the "Throw away culture". Thehazards plastics pose are numerous.


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The land gets littered by plastic bag garbage presenting

an ugly and unhygienic seen.

The "Throw away culture" results in these bags finding

their way in to the city drainage system, the resulting

blockage causes inconvenience. This littering also reduces rate of rain water

percolating, resulting in lowering a already low water

levels in our cities.

The soil fertility deteriorates as the plastic bags form

part of manure remain in the soil for years.


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Burning Plastic Waste under controlledenvironment. So that it may not leave harmfulgases and other toxic materials in thesurroundings.

Recycling plastic bottles, tubes, poly-bagsand many other plastic products.

Bio-Degrable plastics can easily be broken

down and turn into fossils fuel. So use ofsuch plastic should be promoted.


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