LITERATURE SURVEY / PRIOR ARTWORK

 The following reports show that there is no centralized system for collection, transport and management of waste. The reports also indicate that, there is no master plan to eradicate the problem.

According to report of CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD on STATUS OF COMPLIANCE BY CPCB WITH MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES (MANAGEMENT AND HANDLING) RULES, 2000,

·         1, 27,486 TPD (Tons per day) municipal solid waste is generated in the Country during 2011-12. Out of which, 89,334 TPD (70%) of MSW is collected and 15,881 TPD only (12.45%) is processed or treated.

·         House-to-house collection is most critical issue in the entire management of MSW.

·         Municipalities are well equipped with waste transporting vehicles, but many of them are not following the waste transportation norms like –transporting waste under covered conditions so that littering does not occur on the way and it should not be exposed to the public, arrange alternative vehicle while breakdown on the way, etc

According to Solid Waste India Review- 2008, by Mufeed Sharholy, Kafeel Ahmad ,Gauhar Mahmood  R.C. Trivedi,

·         90% of MSW is disposed of unscientifically in open dumps and landfills, creating problems to public health and the environment.

·         Stress on Data on quantity variation and generation are useful in planning for collection and disposal systems. With increasing urbanization and changing life styles, Indian cities now generate eight times more MSW than they did in 1947. Presently, about 90 million t of solid waste are generated annually as byproducts of industrial, mining, municipal, agricultural and other processes. The amount of MSW generated per capita is estimated to increase at a rate of 1–1.33% annually (Pappu et al., 2007; Shekdar, 1999; Bhide and Shekdar, 1998)

Above reports clearly urge for a centralized, scientific and smart collection, transport and disposal of waste and our project proposed concerns on collection and transport in initial stage and further developments on success can address disposal and re-cycling of waste.