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Effective and Sustainable Solid Waste Management in India: A Challenge

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Rapid unplanned urbanization and population leads to the generation of large amount of waste in India. Municipal solid waste is generated from various human activities like domestic and industrial. Huge amount of waste generation due to lack of efficient and effective management causes various diseases and environmental contamination. Municipal solid waste management (SWM) is nowadays a big issue not only due to environment and health issue but also to generation of large quantities of waste. Developments of an integrated effective management system have the understanding of amount of waste generated, availability of resources, and environmental condition of society. SWM is a discipline that concerns in controlling the generation, storage, collection, transportation, disposal, and processing of solid waste in a way that has no effects on economy, health, and environment and suits with public attitudes.

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  1. Department of Botany, Janta Vidya Mandir Ganpat Rai Rasiwasia (JVMGRR) College, Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India

    Sushila Saini

  2. Department of Environmental Science, Maharshi Dayanand (MD) University, Rohtak, Haryana, India

    Meenakshi Nandal & Geeta Dhania Bahamnia

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Saini, S., Nandal, M., Bahamnia, G.D. (2020). Effective and Sustainable Solid Waste Management in India: A Challenge. In: Arora, P. (eds) Microbial Technology for Health and Environment. Microorganisms for Sustainability, vol 22. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2679-4_10

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