A STUDY ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE POLICIES OF THE CENTRAL AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT (TELANGANA)

Abstract

The carefree and negligent attitude of humans has led to a dangerous and threatening situation to life and the environment at large today. A major one of this has been the disregard towards solid waste generation and its treatment. Solid Waste generation is an essential by-product of human activity. Its negligence has resulted in the whole world facing a menacing challenge while also leading to the ignorance of the notion of sustainable development. The generation of million tons of solid waste per capita is growing almost at a double rate every five years, mainly due to rapid urbanization, changing lifestyles, swift population growth, a solid increase in industrialization, insufficient availability of resources, and a rise in earning capacity and living standards of the people. This hasty increase in the generation of solid waste and improper solid waste disposal and management has triggered a challenge to various economies of the world and human life at large. With this view, the following article tries to show a suitable flow of activities and pressurized source segregation in the best holistic manner which can lead to efficient and healthy solid waste management and might produce opportunities in multiple ways.