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Solid Waste Management in India: A Ground Report

Authors : Tabassum-Abbasi, Sonu Kumar Sahu, S. A. Abbasi

Published in: Recent Advances in Recycling Engineering

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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Ever since solid waste generation began to spiral up from early 1970s onwards enormous efforts have been vested from scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs as also governmental agencies, to control/treat/reuse/recycle/recover Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). But the quantities and complexities of the MSW have only been rising, that too rising steeply… almost exponentially. From the late 1980s two new solid waste streams—e-waste and plastic waste—have been added while the stream of battery waste has swelled. As all these are non-biodegradable as well as hazardous, they have made handling of MSW increasingly more complex. The situation is particularly grim in developing countries like India who are facing the prospect of being swamped by MSW. This study has aimed to go beyond the claims of governmental agencies, and the material available in scientific papers, books and reports, to assess the ground reality associated with the MSW challenge.

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Title: Solid Waste Management in India: A Ground Report
Authors: Tabassum-Abbasi
Sonu Kumar Sahu
S. A. Abbasi
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Book: Recent Advances in Recycling Engineering
Print ISBN: 978-981-19-3930-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-19-3931-0

Copyright Year: 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3931-0_1

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