Open AccessWaste to Energy (WTE) Initiatives and Application of Frontier Technologies for Disaster Management in Coastal Andhra
Author(s) -
Atul K. Mittal,
Arundhuti Devi,
Ravulaparti Ramarao
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.c1028.1083s219
Subject(s) - municipal solid waste , urbanization , relocation , per capita , business , waste management , environmental planning , population , metropolitan area , engineering , natural resource economics , environmental science , economic growth , geography , economics , environmental health , medicine , computer science , programming language , archaeology
Growing population, increased urbanization rates and economic growth are dramatically changing the landscape of domestic solid waste in terms of generation rates, waste composition and treatment technologies.The socio-economic structure of the Indian society makes per capita generation of waste much low compared to that of the western societies. A substantial amount of MSW is recycled and reused through the primary intervention of rag pickers and second-hand markets, though there are problems like the health hazard to the rag pickers and the degradation and devaluation of the recyclables. This paper presents in brief an over view of the Municipal Solid Waste Management system which is the critical element towards sustainable metropolitan development and comprises segregation, storage, collection, relocation, processing and disposal of solid waste to minimize the adverse impacts on Environment. The recent attempts to increase the appreciation from 3R to 5R are also briefly dealt with in the case studies of three major towns in the coastal Andhra like Eluru, Kakinada and Visakhapatnam. The paper seeks to draw attention towards role of WTE technologies integration for disaster mitigation as part of sustainable development process.