Abstract
Municipal Solid waste is a by product of the lifestyles of population of a city’s inhabitants and with increasing consumption based economic activity and a growing population, the quantum of waste is showing a growing trend.
The modern world has changed to a throwaway society with population explosion, increasing urbanisation coupled with changing life styles, more and more waste of diverse nature are being generated in many cities and townships. In early days, the waste did not create any problem to the community as quantity of wastes generated was within the assimilative capacity of nature. Today, the scenario is quite different and the urban environment, all over the world poses serious threat from excessive generation of solid wastes. Non-availability of land for management too accelerated the gravity of the issue. A waste is viewed as a discarded, which has no consumer value to the person abandoning it. Solid waste is applied to unwanted and discarded material from houses, street sweepings, commercial and agricultural operations arising out of mass activities. Solid waste is the term used to describe non-liquid materials arising from domestic, trade, commercial, agricultural and industrial activities and from public services. It is commonly known as garbage, refuse, and rubbish/trash. Its main sources are residential premises, business establishments and street sweepings and mixture of vegetable and organic matter; inert matter like glass, mental, stones, ashes, cinders, textiles wood, grass etc. According to the percentage of the ingredient, it would be highly compostable or combustible, biodegradable or inert.