Arani Town - Municipal
Arani Town - Municipal
Arani Town - Municipal
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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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