Improving Municipal Solid Waste Management in India : A Sourcebook for Policy Makers and Practitioners

Human activities create waste, and the ways that waste is handled, stored, collected, and disposed of can pose risks to the environment and to public health. Solid waste management (SWM) includes all activities that seek to minimize health, environ...

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Main Authors:	Zhu, Da, Asnani, P. U., Zurbrügg, Chris, Anapolsky, Sebastian, Mani, Shyamala
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL WASTE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION ANIMAL EXCRETA ANIMAL WASTE ANIMALS ASH BACKACHE BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL BIODEGRADABLE WASTE BURIAL CARBON DIOXIDE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS CHEMICAL TREATMENT CHEMICAL WASTE COLLECTED WASTE COLLECTION FREQUENCY COLLECTION OF WASTE COLLECTION OF WASTES COLLECTION ROUTES COLLECTION SYSTEMS COLLECTION VEHICLES COMMERCIAL WASTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPOST COMPOST MARKETING COMPOST QUALITY COMPOST QUALITY STANDARDS COMPOSTING CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION WASTE COOLING DECISION MAKING DEMOLITION DEBRIS DEMOLITION WASTE DISINFECTANTS DISPOSAL DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES DISPOSAL FACILITIES DISPOSAL OF WASTE DISPOSAL PRACTICES DISPOSAL PROBLEM DISPOSAL SITE DISPOSAL SITES DOMESTIC SOLID WASTE DOMESTIC WASTE DRAINS DUMPING GROUND DUMPS ENERGY RECOVERY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FATIGUE FINAL DISPOSAL FIRES FOOD WASTE GARBAGE GAS EMISSIONS GASIFICATION GENERATION OF WASTE GHG GLASS GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDWATER HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS HAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL HAZARDOUS WASTE HAZARDOUS WASTE HEALTH CARE HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT HEALTH CARE WASTE HEALTH HAZARDS HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD WASTE HUMAN EXCRETA HUMAN FECAL MATTER HYGIENE INCINERATION INCINERATORS INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE INDUSTRIAL WASTE INFECTIOUS WASTE INORGANIC MATERIALS INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT LANDFILL LANDFILL DISPOSAL LANDFILL GAS LANDFILL GAS RECOVERY LANDFILL SITES LANDFILLING LANDFILLS LARGE LANDFILLS LAWS LEACHATE LIQUID WASTE LITTER LITTER BINS LIVING CONDITIONS LOCATION MANURE MEDICINES METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS METROPOLITAN CITIES MSW MUNICIPAL SOLID MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COMPOSITION MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT MUNICIPAL WASTE MUNICIPAL WASTE SERVICE NIMBY NONHAZARDOUS INDUSTRIAL WASTE NURSING NURSING HOMES NUTRIENTS OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ODORS OPEN DUMPS OPEN TRUCKS ORGANIC MATTER ORGANIC WASTE PARASITES PLASTIC POLLUTANTS POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POROSITY PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PYROLYSIS QUALITY OF LIFE RECOVERY SYSTEMS RECYCLABLE MATERIAL RECYCLABLE MATERIALS RECYCLABLE WASTE RECYCLING RECYCLING COOPERATIVES RECYCLING INDUSTRY REFRIGERATORS REFUSE RESOURCE RECOVERY RUBBISH SALVAGING SANITARY LANDFILL SANITARY LANDFILLS SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION WORKERS SMOKE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOLID WASTE SECTOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES SOLID WASTE STREAM SOLID WASTES SPARE PARTS SPECIAL WASTE STREET CLEANING STREET SWEEPINGS SWM TOXIC SUBSTANCES TRASH TREATMENT OF WASTE UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBAN WASTE VERMICOMPOSTING VIRUSES WASTE COLLECTION WASTE COLLECTION POINTS WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES WASTE COLLECTORS WASTE DISPOSAL WASTE DISPOSAL SITES WASTE FACILITIES WASTE GENERATION WASTE MANAGEMENT CHAIN WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WASTE MANAGERS WASTE MATERIALS WASTE MINIMIZATION WASTE PLASTICS WASTE QUANTITIES WASTE RECOVERY WASTE RECYCLING WASTE SEGREGATION WASTE SOURCE WASTE STORAGE WASTE TRANSPORT WASTE TREATMENT WASTE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES WASTE TYPES WASTE · COLLECTION WASTES WATER RESOURCE WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS WORMS YELLOW FEVER
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9030960/improving-municipal-solid-waste-management-india-sourcebook-policy-makers-practitioners http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6916