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Municipal solid waste management in India - Current status, management practices, models, impacts, limitations, and challenges in future

  • Jagriti Patel (Department of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda) ;
  • Sanskriti Mujumdar (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda) ;
  • Vijay Kumar Srivastava (The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda)
  • Received : 2023.06.02
  • Accepted : 2023.06.20
  • Published : 2023.06.25
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Abstract

Pollution, climate change, and waste accumulation are only some of the new problems that have arisen because of the exponential population growth of the past few decades. As the global population expands, managing municipal solid trash becomes increasingly difficult. This is by far the most difficult obstacle for governments to overcome, especially in less developed nations. The improper open dumping of trash, which is causing mayhem across the country, has two immediate effects: it contaminates groundwater and surface water. Air pollution and the accumulation of greenhouse gases are both exacerbated by the release of methane and other harmful waste gases. Leachate from the landfill leaks underground and pollutes groundwater. In most cases, leachate moves into the groundwater zone and pollutes it after forming in association with precipitation that infiltrates via waste. This has far-reaching effects on people's health and disturbs the natural environment. This review article critically examines the current state of Solid Waste Management (SWM), addressing both the highlighted concerns and the government management solutions that have been put in place to address these issues. In addition, the constraints, and difficulties that India will face in the future in terms of solid waste management and the role of models for such a system are discussed.

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Acknowledgement

The authors would like to thank the Head of the Department of Environmental Studies, The Faculty of Science, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat. The first Author would also like to thank research scholar Hardik Giri Gosai for his constant support and suggestions for the paper. Authors will like to thank all the reviewers for their insightful and valuable comments.

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