Smart Waste Management Strategies for Small Pockets of Greater Hyderabad City: A Technical Review

Municipal solid waste management is one of the major environmental problems of world. Improper management of municipal solid waste causes hazards to public and environment. Various studies reveal that about 90% of MSW is due to improper management of open dumps and landfills, creating problems to public health and the environment. In Hyderabad more amount of solid waste is generating mostly due to the rapid population and industrialization and mainly due to unawareness of solid waste among the public and masses. In the present day, an attempt has been made to provide a comprehensive review of the characteristics, generation, collection and transportation, disposal and treatment technologies of MSW practiced in Hyderabad. An alternative and economically viable technique in the form of bio-mining attributed with refuse derived fuel (RDF) separation and compost recovery has been proposed. The day pertaining to has been carried out to evaluate the current status and identify the major problems. Various adopted treatment technologies for MSW are critically reviewed, along with their advantages and limitations.