QUANTIFICATION OF SOLID WASTE AND MANAGEMENT OF DAVANAGERE CITY

Abstract

Solid wastes are posing serious problems as the available technologies are not adequate for their safe disposal.The amounts of solid wastes generated each day per capita are increasing as a result of social, economical andtechnological changes. The great increase in production of wastes is not only posing problems in storage, collection andtransport but also in treatment and ultimate disposal of Solid waste management is a serious problem faced by most ofthe countries of the globe and there is an urgent need to solve this burning issue. Municipal Solid waste managementcomprises of scientific collection, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of waste without causing any harm tothe humans and environment. In this study the current scenarios of Municipal solid waste management of Davanagerecity is studied which has the population of about 4,27,128.Out of 37 Wards of the Davangere City based on the priorityand as per standard of living 3 wards are selected for this study. Door to door survey is done in all the 3 wards to collectthe data of quantity of waste generated along with the population. Using a questionnaire, the ward wise data and currentsolid waste management procedures are collected from Davangere city Municipal Corporation. The quantity of wastegenerated for all the wards is calculated by establishing relationship between population and quantity of waste generated.The study reveals that approximately 150 Tons/day of solid waste is generating in Davangere city. Analysis is made bystudying the current practices and some of the best practices like segregation of waste at source, recycling and reusing ofwaste composting the organic waste are suggested. Further it was observed that since most part of the waste was found tobe organic in nature Sanitary land filling is suggested in order to maintain clean and hygiene conditions in the city