Solid waste disposal needs good thought and thorough plannin

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Solid waste can be defined as material that no longer has any value to the person who is responsible for it, and is not intended to be discharged through a pipe. It is generated by domestic, commercial, industrial, healthcare, agricultural and mineral extraction activities and accumulates in streets and public places. The words “garbage”, “trash”, “refuse” and “rubbish” are used to refer to some forms of solid waste. Many people feel that solid waste management is a simple affair - putting waste into a vehicle and unloading it at a dump. If this were true, then why do so many towns suffer from uncollected refuse blocking streets and drains, harboring flies and rats, and degrading urban environments? Successful solid waste management is rarely achieved without thought, effort and much learning from mistakes. The preparation and management of a good solid waste management system needs inputs form the source i.e. apartment buildings. Collection and disposal of domestic garbage from a building is of significance for public health and environmental sanitation. Hence, Solid waste Management System is an essential part of built environment. The planning of apartment building should include collection, handling and treatment of solid waste as applicable to building occupancy concerned.

In designing a collection system for an urban apartment premises, the aim shall be to provide suitable speedy and efficient conveyance of garbage to the municipal/corporation clearance, as an essential objective. The system introduced should avoid burning garbage which causes smoke pollution, littering of plastics, discarding organic waste in open land and encourage ‘source segregation’ and composting of organic waste at various levels at home and in apartment residential colonies.

Vermi-Compost treatment should be provided for organic waste in composting pits located in the shade. The pits should be used to receive the benign (devoid of non-degradable waste) garbage in periodic cyclic order. For example, five pits to receive garbage in five days and these 5 pits together must take daily load of garbage. The gross area of composting pit required will be about 0.1 esq. per person. The pits should not have the risk of inundation. Sorted garbage free from inert and toxic matter shall be applied in the composting pit in layers of 75 mm and spread and covered with a layer of 75 mm thick dry leaves followed by sprinkling of water. The compost may be removed from the bottom of the pit after 3 to 6 months. The compost so made is valuable manure for healthy organic farming.

Solid waste management is everyone’s responsibility. Installing a good solid waste management system in apartments and Kochi flats will aid achieving good environmental sanitation around urban habitat.

jessalba · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:50 am Post subject:

solid waster, never know before
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jonnydepp · Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:10 pm Post subject:

Good article!

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