ISSN 2319-5347, ISI Impact Factor: 0.763

VOLUME 02  NO. 04 OCTOBER 2014:

Title:          Management Behaviours in Supervision of Municipal Solid Waste - An Effective Collection Practices: A Case Study on Udupi City Municipal Corporation Karnataka, India
Authors:       Chetana Bekal, B. S. Maddodi
Abstract:     Municipal Solid Waste contains the waste generated from various commercial and residential areas of a developing city. Solid waste contribute in a form of paper, plastic, vegetable parts, cloths, bags, rubber, glass etc., Its management includes proper collection, segregation from source storage, transportation, processing and disposal from the responsible authority of that area. Today, managing the municipal solid waste from CMC`s is a gigantic assignment. Growth in population density with higher level of consumerism and expansion of industrial and business activities resulted in generation of solid waste at higher volume. These accumulations of
solid wastes cause problem to living class and agitate healthiness and contentment of people on a hefty range.Municipal solid waste management expertise has expressed their opinion that the proper separation of solid wastes at the collection stage is essential for the successful implementation of solid waste management practices in any region. Effective handling of solid waste is possible, if proper segregation takes place at the collection stage itself. For this, bio-degradable and non-bio degradable solid waste should be collected separately. The mixing of bio-degradable and non-bio degradable solid waste creates impediment in their proper management. City Municipal Corporations in urban Parts of our country need to play a vital and socially responsible role to enhance the living quality of people. The present paper is based on the study of Waste Management practice taken by City Municipal Corporation UDUPI. The study highlights on the modern force taken by Udupi City Municipal Corporation towards the Successful solid waste management crux on the collection practices. The study also provides some suggestion to improve the quality of waste management and implementation of scientific process of wastes which will help in the production of manure and gas. Operation of Modern technology by CMC`s will also make livelier the urban quality and better service to general public. e..

Pages:       247-254

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