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Contents
Introduction: Why waste management ?
Categorization of Waste
Where we stand
Hospital and Organic Waste
Waste collection and Disposal Flows
Conclusions

Introduction

Waste management refers to the activities connected with the collection and disposal
of wastes. Waste management comprises the following activities:
1. Waste collection
2. Waste transportation
3. Waste segregation
4. Waste recycling
5. Waste disposal
6. Waste minimization & control

Urban India generates 188,500 tonnes per day (TPD) of waste at an average rate of 0.5 kg
of waste per person per day.

The increasing waste generation has a link to the increasing GDP. As per capita income
increases the spending power increases that results in increased waste generation.

Urban India produces 68 million tons of MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) per year, which is a
50% increase in waste generation since 2001.

At this rate, urban India will generate 160.5 million tons per year by 2041!

Categorization of Waste
a) Discarded sharps
b) Laboratory and associated waste
c) Human tissue including solutions
containing blood
d) Cytotoxic waste
e) Pharmaceutical waste
f) Chemical waste
g) Radiation waste
h) General waste

Hazardous Waste

Hazardous waste is ignitable, corrosive,

reactive and toxic. This is harmful to
human beings and other living
organisms.
Waste generated by pharma & chemical

industries
Nuclear waste
Hospital waste such as needles, old
medicines, human organs

Hospital and Organic Waste

Waste Management from both hospitals and
municipals is a gigantic problem across the
world of medical waste is annually produced
from all sorts of healthcare facilities. Most of
this wasted material is burned in open
spaces.
It is quite un fortunate that no monitoring has
been done to measure the level of these
emissions and resulting pollution in the air
when it is burnt.

Hospital and Organic Waste

(Cont.)
The organic fraction of the waste often
contributing to more than 50% of the total
waste amount.
With the increasing world population,
there is a serious lack of planning and
sustainable policies on account of waste
management even such highly urbanized
city.

Waste Collection and

Disposal Flaws
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is to be collected on the
roadside bins but the Municipal corporation collects it
infrequently.

Residential waste is usually collected and transported directly

to landfill sites, However these landfills are not properly
designed hence creating problems like incomplete
decomposition of MSW, that damages the environment and
the groundwater.

Waste Collection and Disposal

Flaws (Cont)
The container carrying waste are mostly transported from
one place to another with the help of truck or tractors, which
most of the time overflows and are not properly covered.
The waste spills out from the containers and allot of it falls
on the streets before reaching the landfills.

Conclusions
Waste Management is crucial issue that needs governmental
attention immediately, the practices used in Generated waste
are too dangerous not only for our selves but they could be
disastrous for our children. At present very little awareness
exists amongst the stakeholders, it is crucial to educate
people and convince them to adopt practices for reduce,
reuse and recycle rather then generating crap.

Thank you !!!