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Chapter ñ 8 Final Report: <strong>Arani</strong> <strong>Municipal</strong>ity<br />

8.4 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT<br />

Solid waste management is one of the important obligatory functions of any urban<br />

local body.<br />

8.4.1 Generation of Solid Waste<br />

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The daily average generation of garbage in<br />

<strong>Arani</strong> <strong>Town</strong> is 18 Metric Tonne (Mt). Per Capita<br />

Solid Waste Generation in the town is 296 grams.<br />

Out of the total waste generated, 50% of the<br />

waste is biodegradable and 2% paper, 0.60%<br />

plastic, 0.60% rags 0.05% metal, 0.05 rubber and<br />

leather, 0.06% inert 0.02% glass and rest is ash &<br />

household dust as non-bio degradable. More<br />

than 85%, i.e. 18 Mt of the waste generated is<br />

collected per day.<br />

Table 8-8: Type of Waste Generated from <strong>Arani</strong> <strong>Municipal</strong>ity<br />

S. No. Type of Waste %<br />

1 Biodegradable 50%<br />

2 Paper 2%<br />

3 Plastic 0.60%<br />

4 Rags 0.60%<br />

5 Metal 0.05%<br />

6 Rubber and Leather 0.05%<br />

7 Inert 0.06%<br />

8 Glass 0.05%<br />

9 Household Dust, Waste from Construction, slit etc 46.59%<br />

Total 100%<br />

Source: <strong>Arani</strong> <strong>Municipal</strong>ity<br />

Out of the total waste collected, 58.82%<br />

of the waste is from Households, petty<br />

shops and establishments, 11.76% of the<br />

waste is generated from markets,<br />

hotels, marriage halls and restaurants<br />

(discarded packaging from shops,<br />

waste food from eateries, waste<br />

generated from vegetable, fruit etc.),<br />

2.29% from Meat, Fish and slaughter<br />

house, 14.71% from Construction and<br />

11.76% is slit. Waste from Hospital (bio-<br />

medical waste) and pathology lab is very low i.e. 0.30 kg and can be considered as<br />

negligible.<br />

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