EVALUATION OF EXISTING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR SOLAN CITY-INDIA

摘要

Management of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is an essential function of the Urban Local Body (ULB) of the city or town. The paper presents an overview of the existing solid waste practices followed at Salogra dumpsite located in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. Total SolidWaste generated in Himachal Pradesh (HP) is about 350 Tons per day (TPD) of which the daily average dumping at Salogra site in Solan city is about 22.5 tons per day. The per capita waste generation in Solan city is 0.4 kg/capita/day with a collection efficiency of about 60%. Of the total budgetaryprovisions for management of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated under the purview of Solan Municipal Corporation (MC), about 90% of them are utilized for collection and transportation purposes. The existing waste management practice at the study location was evaluated using the 'wasteaware' benchmark indicators which include qualitative and quantitative parameters for the assessment. In addition, a matrix method has been used for quantitative representation the results. The overall score achieved using the matrix method was only 32% indicating that there exists a significantscope for improvement in the management of the existing waste system practices in Solan. In this context, some suggestions have been proposed for improvement of the existing MSW management system in Solan.