Solid Waste Management Practices in Indian Cities

ABSTRACT

Solid waste management (SWM) including biomedical waste in this Covid-19 pandemic is one of the biggest challenges in India in terms of economical as well as environmental aspect. Improper practices for handling and management of solid waste drain natural resources which pollute an environment, and in turn, it causes threat to inhabitants. The purpose of the given review is to enhance understanding the concept of municipal solid waste management planning, infrastructure, components and strategies that are useful in the current Covid-19 outbreak. This paper aims to review rules and practical problem and implementation of various practices of SWM and biomedical waste. Appropriate management of solid waste could be quiet expensive in terms of resources and time as well. Systematic review has been done for the biomedical waste management system for its disposal and treatment for Covid-19. During this crisis, it is very important to find out various feasible options for properly managing and handling the waste in an effective manner which should be sustainable and safe too. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.