Municipal solid waste generation characterization microbial activity vermicomposting and management in Dindigul town (original) (raw)

2005

Municipal solid waste (MSW) is a highly heterogeneous mass of unwanted materials and consists of kitchen wastes, market wastes, plant residues, hotel wastes, construction wastes, bio-medical wastes, commercial wastes, animal wastes and night soil. These wastes cause fly breeding, rodent menace, pig menace, transmission of pathogens, pollution, bad odour and unsightly appearance. Generally the MSW is disposed of merely by dumping in the dumping yard located inside or outside the municipal limits. In the present study a model of MSW management for Dindigul, a Class-1 Town in Tamil Nadu, India, has been worked out.