What is the need for Solid Waste Management (SWM)?
Most of the cities and towns of India are plagued by the problems related to solid waste. Drains are choking, community bins are overflowing, rivers are dieing and there is filth and garbage littered on the roads. The ever growing population in the Indian cities inevitably adds to the amount of the solid waste being generated in the city. On top of this, there is lack of serious efforts by town/city authorities to tackle this problem of solid waste. In many cities nearly half of solid waste generated remains unattended, giving rise to unsanitary conditions and pollution of land and water bodies. So, as more and more wastes are being generated, very less amount of it is getting recycled by natural or artificial processes. Therefore in such situations, SWM is the most practical solution to this problem.
