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Solid Waste Treatment Processes- A case study for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation

Author(s):

Ramesh H Sheth , L . D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad; NIL, NIL

Keywords:

Solid Waste Treatment Processes, Recycling, Composting, Energy from waste (EfW), Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT), Pyrolysis, Higher Recycling, exponential growth, land fill, green house gas emission.

Abstract

Nowadays climate change especially global warming has raised humans’ concern regarding environmental problem and a part of global warming results from inappropriate waste management. Waste is an important contributor to co2 emission in world. There is a real need to alternate waste treatment to deal with above requirement.This research paper sets out a methodology for discovering best waste treatment that reduces the generation of green house gas. This research paper also directs to estimate waste arising in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.for 20 years from the year 2011-2031 and to calculate co2 emission for a number of different waste management systems in the future.

Other Details

Paper ID: IJSRDV2I5315
Published in: Volume : 2, Issue : 5
Publication Date: 01/08/2014
Page(s): 765-767

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