Urban solid waste management a study on comilla city corporation

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Urban Solid Waste Management: A Study on Comilla City
Corporation
Shapan Chandra Majumder
Lecturer, Department of Economics, Comilla University, Kotbari-3503, Comilla, Bangladesh, Cell No:
+88-01712181339, Email: scmajumder_71@yahoo.com
And Mohammad Razaul Karim
Lecturer, Department of Public Administration, Comilla University, Kotbari-3503, Comilla, Bangladesh, Cell
No: +88-01716085627, Email: razaul_karim16@yahoo.com
* E-mail of the corresponding author: scmajumder_71@yahoo.com
Abstract
Improper management of solid waste is one of the main causes of environmental pollution and degradation in
many cities. Low collection coverage, unavailable transport services, and lack of suitable treatment, recycling
and disposal facilities are responsible for unsatisfactory waste management, leading to water, land and air
pollution, and for putting people and the environment at risk. The process of establishing door-to-door waste
collection system is not always transparent to the public. People usually receive services of primary collection
service providers (Community Based Organization) and Comilla City Corporation (CCC) are not fully involved
in the activities/decision making process. Comilla City Corporation does not have adequate capacity to handle
the increasing solid waste mainly due to limited budgets. This paper aims to identify the status of waste
management process, explore the problems of service delivery, and to justify the public satisfaction. It also
provides some recommendations for better solid waste management in Comilla City Corporation.
Keywords: Solid Waste Management, Comilla city Corporation, Satisfaction, Public Awareness.

1. Introduction
Waste Management has emerged as one of the greatest challenges facing urban local authorities throughout
Bangladesh though it is an obligatory function of it. Bangladesh is a densely populated country. Her population
will be about 17 core by 2020 (BBS, 2001; Population Council, 2010). In a country like Bangladesh, urban solid
waste creates an incredible environmental hazard and social problem in city lives (Hasan & Chowdhury, 2006).
A massive volume of solid waste is generated every day in the city areas and unfortunately, solid waste
management is being deteriorated day by day due to the limited resources in handling the increasing rate of
generated waste (Enayetullah & Hashmi, 2006). With over 3.3% annual growth of urban population in
Bangladesh during 1991-2001 census years, solid waste generation has also increased proportionately with the
growth of urban population (SAARC workshop). Zurbrugg (2003) describes that one to two thirds of the solid
waste generation in developing countries is not collected. Human activities create waste, and it is the way these
wastes are handled, stored, collected and disposed of, which can pose risks to the environment and to public
health. According to Pierce and Turner (1994) current systems of solid waste management in most of developing
countries are inefficient and ineffective. This inefficient solid waste management is generating the problems of
air pollution in form of green house effect, ozone depletion, acidic rains as well as water and soil pollution
(Visvanathan, 2006). In urban areas, especially in the rapid urbanizing cities of the developing world, problems
and issues of Urban Solid Waste Management (USWM) are of immediate importance. The uncollected waste,
which is often mixed up with human and animal excreta, is dumped indiscriminately in the streets and in drains,
resulting in flood, breeding of insect and rodent vectors and the spread of diseases. Furthermore, collected waste
is often disposed of uncontrolled.

1.1 Definition of Waste
Solid waste can be defined as “any residue that is of no use in its current status to the people who caused it”
(Khattak et.al.; 2009). Synonyms to solid waste are terms such as “garbage”, “trash”, “refuse” and “rubbish”.
Urban solid waste (USW) is defined to include refuse from households (kitchen and yards), non-hazardous solid
waste from industrial (raw material and packaging), commercial (shops, markets, hotels, and restaurants) and
institutional (schools, hospitals, and offices) establishments, construction and demolition sites, wild and
domesticated animals (carcasses of dead animals, manure), parks (fallen branches, leaves from trees) and street
sweepings (sand, silt, clay, concrete, bricks, asphalt, residues from air deposition and dust). Urban solid waste
management (USWM) refers to the collection, transfer, treatment, recycling, resources recovery and disposal of
solid waste in urban areas (T. Ch. Ogwueleka, 2009). Solid waste from industrial processes are generally not

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considered "municipal", however, they need to be taken into account when dealing with solid waste as they often
end up in the municipal solid waste stream ((Zurbrugg, C.,2003).

1.2 Waste Generation Rates
Waste generation rates are affected by socioeconomic development, degree of industrialization, and climate.
Generally, the greater the economic prosperity and the higher percentage of urban population, the greater the
amount of solid waste produced.
Figure 1: Sources and Types of Solid Wastes

Source Typical waste generators Types of solid wastes

Residential Single and multifamily dwellings Food wastes, paper, cardboard, plastics, textiles,
leather, yard wastes, wood,

glass, metals, ashes, special wastes (e.g., bulky
items, consumer electronics,

white goods, batteries, oil, tires), and household
hazardous wastes

Industrial Light and heavy manufacturing, Housekeeping wastes, packaging, food wastes,
fabrication, construction sites, construction and demolition materials, hazardous
wastes, ashes, special wastes
power and chemical plants

Commercial Stores, hotels, restaurants, markets, , Paper, cardboard, plastics, wood, food wastes,
glass, metals, special wastes, hazardous wastes
office buildings, etc.

Institutional Schools, hospitals, prisons, government Same as commercial
centers

Construction New construction sites, road repair, Wood, steel, concrete, dirt, etc.
and demolition
renovation sites, demolition of buildings

Municipal Street cleaning, landscaping, parks, Street sweepings; landscape and tree trimmings;
services beaches, other recreational areas, water general wastes from parks,
and wastewater treatment plants
beaches, other recreational areas, beaches, and
other recreational areas; sludge

Process Heavy and light manufacturing, Industrial process wastes, scrap materials,
refineries, off-specification products, slag, tailings

chemical plants, power plants, mineral

extraction and processing

Agriculture Crops, orchards, vineyards, dairies Spoiled food wastes, agricultural wastes,
feedlots, farms hazardous wastes (e.g., pesticides)

Source: THE WORLD BANK, Urban Development Sector Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region, May 1999

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1.3 Study Area
Comilla District (Chittagong division) with an area of 3085.17 sq km, is bounded by Brahmanbaria and
Narayanganj districts on the north, Noakhali and Feni districts on the south, Tripura (state of India) on the east,
Munshiganj and Chandpur districts on the west. Annual average temperature of this city is maximum 34.3°C and
minimum 12.7°C; and rainfall 2551 mm. Main rivers are Meghna, Gumti and Dakatia. Comilla City Corporation
stands on the bank of the Gumti River, which was formed in 2011. It consists of 27 wards. It has an area of
53.04 sq km and a population of 8 lakh; male 52.56%, female 47.44%. Literacy rate among the town people is
60.3% (Banglapedia, 2008).

1.4 Objectives
The specific objectives of the study are:
• To identify the current status of solid waste management process of Comilla City Corporation.
• To investigate the problems of service delivery in terms of waste management.
• To find out the public satisfaction on waste management.
• To evaluate the environmental aspects around the ultimate disposal sites of solid waste of the city and
tosuggest for taking necessary measures to safeguard the environment.

1.5 Methods of the Study
The study used both primary and secondary data. Primary data collected from officials and general people of
Comilla City Corporation. The methods used for this study are a combination of observation by case studies
and questionnaire survey. Relevant data for this study were collected directly from the field by using a
questionnaire and depth-interview. The sample size was 250 respondents (Residential respondents 150,
Commercial 50, Service Sector 50) for the questionnaire survey. The study conducted from January 2012 to
February 2012. The key part of the questionnaire inquires the perception on the general people who received the
service. The methods adopted for the present study also make extensive use of secondary material analysis to
build up and support the objectives of the study. These were mainly collected from different

2 Findings and Discussions

2.1 Problems of Urban Solid Waste Management in CCC
While people are willing to pay for water and other services that are essential to their survival, solid waste
removal does not always fall into this category. In Solid Waste Management of Comilla City Corporation, typical
problematized areas can be identified. These can be described as the following Table.
• Within 27 wards, City Corporation provides solid waste services only to 18 wards even though those
wards are not covered by the service vastly. CCC is unable to provide standard service.
• The workers who are in contract basis, they have no commitment to their jobs. As a result, conservancy
department faces difficulty to control them.
• The city corporation has not enough equipment such as van, trucktor, storage container, waste wagon
etc.
• In most of the developing countries, the basic issues related to the solid waste management is the lack
of financial and institutional capability of the local governments and CCC is not different from it. Poor
funding is one of the main reasons for poor collection and disposal of refuse. The waste management
fee is insufficient for waste management system. CCC does not have adequate capacity to handle the
increasing solid waste mainly due to limited budgets.
• CCC has no recycling system; it stores wastage in the open place of Jakuni para. It collects the waste in
traditional ways. It has no proper plan how to improve its service.
• In particular, the legislative and regulatory context for solid waste management is dispersed,
fragmented, and incomplete, and so does not tend to facilitate the formation of cross-sectoral
partnerships.
• Operational inefficiencies of solid waste services operated by municipalities are due to inefficient
institutional structures, inefficient organizational procedures, or deficient management capacity of the
institutions involved as well as the use of inappropriate technologies.
• Conservancy department is understaffed and inadequately staffed with poorly trained-up workers. The
department is faced with financial difficulties in meeting the large recruitment of the labours. Lack of
expertise and manpower also hinders to run solid waste management program in Comilla City
Corporation.

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• There is no reliable measurement of generated waste. Non-appreciation of the magnitude of the waste
management is a problem.
• Most of the used vehicles are not sophisticated, they are known, as truck. Their carrying capacity is very
low. After a short time of operation usually only a small part of the vehicles fleet remains in operation.
Solid waste collection vehicles are assigned to urban areas without any serious waste analysis. Route
selection is left to the drivers. Solid waste collection is done in a contractual basis, which contributes to
high solid waste collection cost and the crippling fuel crisis. The vehicles are not full on some trips to
the disposal site. The vehicles are obsolete and too expensive to operate and maintain. The containers
are old and few. Transportation of waste using heavy vehicles is very difficult because the roads are
very congested.
Table1: Problems of solid waste management in CCC

Problem Very serious serious Not so No
serious problem

Inadequate service coverage (some people not √
given service)
Lack service quality (not frequent enough, spill, √
etc.)
Lack of qualified contractual Labours √
Difficult to control contractual service √
Lack of control on hazardous waste √
Lack of financial resources √
Lack of vehicles √
Lack of equipment √
Old vehicle/equipment frequent breakdown √
Lack of capability to maintain/repair √
vehicle/equipment
No proper institutional set-up for solid waste √
management service
Poor response to waste minimization √
(reuse/recycling)
Lack of legislation √
Lack of planning (short, medium and long term √
plan)
Poor public cooperation √
Rapid urbanization outstripping service capacity √
Poor cooperation by Government agencies √
Uncontrolled proliferation of squatter settlements √
Difficult to obtain cover material √
Public Awareness √
Source: Health & Conservancy Department of CCC
• At present, the solid waste management system in CCC is not well organized. For instance, it has
recently proposed a Solid Waste Management Cell to improve the waste management services in the

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city. Solid waste management is organized and run by conservancy section of the CCC, the prime
responsibility of that is to collect waste.
• The service of the CCC is unable to cope up with rapid urbanization. It has no capacity to provide
services with growing people.
• Although production and consumption are rising, awareness of citizens, and co-operations of
governments agencies are still low towards waste issues. A large number of people of Comilla may still
be unaware of the waste, how it pollutes environment, and why it should be protected. Slum dwellers
are living in an unhygienic condition and polluting environment through regular activities i.e. burning
of biomass, unsanitary practices etc. Lack of awareness and insufficient services are identified as major
causes behind it.

2.2 Human Resources of Conservancy Department in CCC
The city authority has limited fund for utility service management and development activities. Comilla City
Corporation has not yet separated department of conservancy. It is working under the Health and Conservancy
Department. There are only four permanent employees in conservancy department whereas 319 labours are
working on contractual basis. There are ten drivers, seventy-four sweepers, 124 labours (52 vichale labours, 57
ward labours, 15 garden and park labours) and 29 labours’ supervisors in CCC. All of the cleaners and sweepers
are hired on temporary basis. The chief conservancy officer or assistant conservancy officer in the CCC has to
coordinate with the transport department to get the waste transferred from collection points to designated waste
disposal sites. In addition to the shortage of personnel, the staffs are handicapped with relatively small amount of
resources available to them for management of solid waste in their particular area of operation.

2.3 Waste collection and transportation in Comilla City Corporation
The collection of solid waste is the function of Urban local government. Community Based Organization (CBO)
exists in parallel with official agencies in 18 wards for solid waste collection operations. Otherwise the informal
(guard of residential areas) collectors provide the service for a fee. In most urban areas, stationary containers
system is adopted for waste collection; the waste containers remain at the points of waste generation. This
method requires the delivery of waste by the residents to a storage container. These containers are generally kept
at open spaces along the street ends or junctions. Some bins are fixed on the ground and some are movable.
House-to-house service is very rare in Comilla City Corporation, which is done by CBO within a limited scope.
Different types of vehicles are used for solid waste collection in Comilla City Corporation. The four-hydrulic
trucks, seven mini trucks, one-bimlift trucks and four trucktors are the commonly used vehicles. It was observed
that 60 percent of trucks always remain out of service. There is little service coverage in most urban areas and it
is totally absent in peri-urban areas. Comilla Sador South has no access to waste collection service though it is a
part of newly formed CCC. They dump waste at any vacant plot, public space, and cannel or burn it in their
backyard, thereby polluting the air. Solid waste generation exceeds collection capacity. As per traditional method
of waste collections, Rickshaw vans are modified to collect waste from each house under the project of UGIIP-2,
and City Corporation has its own vehicles for collecting waste. There is no regular routine collection. Urban
solid waste is collected and taken by collection vehicles directly to the disposal sites. The waste accumulates in
open dumps at roadsides. The open dumps provide harborage for diseases causing organisms, bacteria, insects,
and rodents.

3. Service Covered by Comilla City Corporation
CCC does not provide the waste management service to all the wards belonging to it. Community Based
Organization that provides five units for each ward covers eighteen wards. In the following service, covered
scenario has been illustrated.
Table2: Service covered scenario
Service Covered by CCC Residential Commercial Service Sector
Yes (n=108) 72% (n=40) 80% (n=22) 44%
No (n=37) 25% (n=9) 18% (n=28) 56%
Unknown (n=5) 3% (n=1) 2%
Total (n=150) 100% (n=50) 100% (n=50) 100%
Source: Field Survey, 2012

In residential areas, 72% respondents said that they received the service covered by CCC. In commercial area,
the percentage is 80 and in service sector, it is 44. So service sectors are the lowest service covered area by CCC.
The reason lies behind the fact that most of the service sectors specially the hospitals and clinics have their own

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wastage carriage system. On the contrary, it is the commercial area that got the service most. As nine of the
twenty-seven wards of the CCC are out of the services of Community Based Organization (CBO) and CCC, 25%
people get no waste management service.

3.1 Community Based Organization for solid waste management
Community Initiatives’ (based on primary solid waste collection by CBOs and NGOs) house-to-house waste
collection in neighborhood started due to the lack of satisfaction with solid waste management service. It is clear
that due to limited resources and organizational capacity, it is hard for CCC to ensure efficient and appropriate
delivery of solid waste collection and disposal services to the entire city population. Therefore, CCC is
encouraging community based organizations and local NGOs to organize and carryout community waste
management program (mainly house-to-house collection and disposal).For example at present CBO is working
in eighteen wards of CCC which is partially financed by the projects (UGIIP-2) of Bangladesh Government,
Asian Development Bank, and BMZ. In addition, beneficiary users of the wards finance the rest. The activities
provided by CBO are to construct transfer station, to make treaty for waste management, to revive dustbins, to
revive Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and to manage hospital wastage.
Table3: The Satisfactory level

Satisfaction Residential Commercial Service
Yes (n=36) 24% (n=15) 30% (n=22) 44%
No (n=98) 65% (n=24) 48% (n=23) 46%
Moderate (n=16) 11% (n=11) 22% (n=5) 10%
Total (n=150) 100% (n=50) 100% (n=50) 100%

It is obvious from the table 3 that most of the residential (65%) are unsatisfied to CCC waste service delivery
systems. Only 24% respondents are satisfied and 16% people are satisfied moderately. On the other hand, in
commercial area only 30%, people are satisfied and half of the respondents (48%) are unsatisfied to this service.
In service sector, 44% people are satisfied whereas 46% are not convinced. Those respondents are not satisfied to
CCC waste management services. They identified some problems, which are shown in the following figure:
3.1.1 Why people are not satisfied
Figure2: Respondent comments of waste management system.

Residential Commercial Service

• Not available dustbin • Waste is not • Lack of efficiency
• Service is not covered by CCC. collected in time • Waste collected in
• Waste does not collected daily. • Lack of sufficient office hour
• Employees/Labours are not storage bin • Service provide only
punctual. • Waste labour are not high income areas
• Poor response from CCC cordial in service • Lack of
• Lack of proper system • Poor service standard conscious/awareness
• Charge is applicable • No effective service
• Lack of trained labour
• No recycling system

3.2 Types of storage bin used
The types of the storage bins used by the respondents are shown in the Table 4.

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Table4: Types of storage bin used

Type of Residential Premise Commercial Premise Service Sector Premise
Storage A F S N A F S N A F S N

Metal bin (n=150) (n=50) (n=11) (n=5) (n=34)
100% 100% 22% 10% 68%

Plastic bin (n=111) (n=39) (n=13) (n=37) (n=28) (n=6) (n=16)
74% 26% 26% 74% 56% 12% 32%
Plastic (n=12) (n=14) (n=27) (n=97) (n=5) (n=10) (n=35) (n=25) (n=25)
bag 8% 10% 18% 64% 10% 20% 70% 50% 50%

Oil Drum (n=150) (n=7) (n=3) (n=40) (n=1) (n=6) (n=43)
100% 14% 6% 80% 2% 12% 86%
Open (n=45) (n=14) (n=91) (n=28) (n=22) (n=6) (n=6) (n=38)
Space 30% 10% 60% 56% 44% 12% 12% 76%

Concrete (n=21) (n=129) (n=9) (n=3) (n=38) (n=6) (n=16) (n=28)
Bin 14% 86% 18% 6% 76% 12% 32% 56%

Source: Field Survey, 2012. Notes: N= Total number of Respondent Surveyed, n= Number of respondent by
specific storage bin used.
A= Almost exclusively used
F= Frequently used
S= Sometimes used
N= Never used
It is shown the Table 4, that the metal bin is entirely unused by the respondents. 74% of them almost exclusively
used plastic bin, 8% almost exclusively used plastic bag, 18% used it sometimes but 64% never used it. No
respondents used oil drum. Almost 30% people threw the waste in open space though 60% never did it.
However, 10% people used it sometimes. As the concrete bin is not available in the area far from the main road,
only 14% people almost exclusively used it. Moreover, the rest 86% people do not used it.
It is obvious that in service sectors 22% respondents almost exclusively used metal bin but 68% never used it. In
addition, 10% respondents sometimes used it. Plastic bin is much more used than the metal bin. Almost 56%
respondents responded to it positively and only 32% of them used it never. Then half of the respondents almost
exclusively used plastic bag and the rest half never used it. 86% people never used oil drum. Only 12%
respondents almost exclusively used the open space but 76% never used it. And 12% of them sometimes used it.
As the concrete bin is not accessible, 56% respondents did not use it. 32% of them used it sometime and only
12% people used it almost exclusively.
In commercial sector, metal bin is never used. 26% people almost exclusively used plastic bin but 74% did not
used it. To plastic bag, 70% respondents responded negatively but 10% respondents to it positively. Only 14%
people use oil drum. More than half of the people (56%) threw the waste in the open space whereas only 44%
never threw the waste elsewhere. As the concrete bin is not enough, 76% respondents did not use it. Only 18%
people use it. Therefore, it is clear that most of the respondents in commercial area throw their wastage in open
space that polluted the environment.

4 Environmental and health impacts of improper solid waste management
Effective solid management systems are needed to ensure better human health and safety.
The problem of solid waste management and the subsequent impact on neighborhood environments is critical in
CCC. The environment in part of the city bears signs of polluted environmental conditions because of the
accumulated uncontrolled garbage on the roads and drains filled with solid wastes. Solid waste disposal
possesses a greater problem because it leads to land pollution when openly dumped, water pollution when
dumped in low land and air pollution when burnt (Akter et al., 1997). CCC is facing serious environmental
degradation and public-health risk due to uncollected disposal of waste on streets and other public areas,
drainage congestion by indiscriminately dumped wastes and contamination of water resources near uncontrolled
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environmental problems in the existing sites that cause threats to human health and nature. Noise pollution is
occurring due to waste spreading operations using equipment, collection vehicles and compactors (Islam and
Shafi, 2004). The noise pollution status is moderate in the existing disposal site, since the use of operation
vehicles is very limited. The unauthorized and uncontrolled burning of waste at the existing disposal site causes
air pollution. Burning of waste, including partly hazardous and clinical waste, creates smoke, which releases
toxic compounds and ashes into the air that are threats to the environment. Burning is done at limited scale, in all
the sites. As no daily covers are used. Dusts as well as unwanted green house gases mixes with the atmosphere
and pollutes the air. Odors are a complex mixture of gases, vapors and dust. Study reveals that odor is a
significant pollutant at solid waste disposal areas of CCC. Hazardous wastes are also dumped at the site that can
pose a threat to human health and the environment. CCC authority is falling short in providing a satisfactory
service to the city dwellers with its limited resources and a poor management plan. A derisory information base
on the quantity, type and characteristics of wastes; poor operation and maintenance of service facilities and
above all, a lack of civic awareness on the part of a section of the population are together leading to the
worsening environmental condition. Health and safety issues also arise from improper solid waste management.
Human fecal matter is commonly found in municipal waste. Insect and rodent vectors are attracted to the waste
and can spread diseases such as cholera and dengue fever. Using water polluted by solid waste for bathing, food
irrigation, and drinking water can also expose individuals to disease organisms and other contaminants. The U.S.
Public Health Service identified 22 human diseases that are linked to improper solid waste management
(Tchobanoglous et al., 1993). Waste workers and pickers in developing countries are seldom protected from
direct contact and injury; and the co-disposal of hazardous and medical wastes with municipal wastes poses
serious health threat. Exhaust fumes from waste collection vehicles, dust stemming from disposal practices, and
open burning of waste also contribute to overall health problems. People know that poor sanitation affects their
health, and nowhere is this link more apparent than in low-income countries.

5 Conclusion and Recommendations
Urban solid waste issues represent major problems of the governments of developing nations. For the
development of the poorer nations, infrastructure and technology should be improved to overcome barriers to the
safe disposal of urban waste. Effective solid management systems are needed to ensure better human health and
safety. They must be safe for workers and safeguard public health by preventing the spread of disease. In
addition to these prerequisites, an effective system of solid waste management must be both environmentally and
economically sustainable.
It must operate at a cost acceptable to community. Clearly it is difficult to minimise the two variables, cost and
environmental impact, simultaneously. There will always be a trade off. The balance that needs to be struck is to
reduce the overall environmental impacts of the waste management system as far as possible, within an
acceptable level of cost.
Summarizing the discussion, it can be concluded that Solid Waste Management services in CCC are not
satisfactory. At present, the solid waste management system in CCC is not well organized.
The following recommendations are made based on the study findings to improve the SWM services in CCC.
Higher awareness should be followed to motivate public towards better solution. Awareness rising
should continue in a bid to change negative attitudes. CCC should raise public awareness/education
campaigns focusing on legislation, waste hazards, waste minimization, material recovery, composting,
recycling and engaging the media for increasing coverage on waste management.
It should set up collection and recycling centers in the residential, commercial and industrial areas,
which will generate employment-generating opportunities as well as help in environment friendly
disposal of solid waste. Recycling projects should be encouraged for income generation.
People’s participation must be encouraged to keep cities clean. Efforts to improve urban waste
management essentially involve activities promoting participatory processes; developing effective
partnerships among all citizens of civil society, particularly the private and community sectors.
Reduction of the amount of waste generated at the source will be very much effective for waste
management. In case of increase in waste quantities, the levying (by communities) of cess/fees for
waste management services should be increased.
Mobilizations of the resources are needed for financing entrepreneurship based on waste recovery,
reuse, recycling and composting. Waste should be considered as wealth.
Transportation should be well maintained and needs to be modernized to improve collection and
transportation efficiency.
Three ‘R’s of solid waste management i.e. reduce; reuse and recycle must be adopted by CCC. This will
help in reducing the quantum of solid waste that the local governments have to deal with.

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Efficiency of waste collection must be improved in cities by bringing about the necessary changes in the
design of equipment used by sanitary staff, manpower management and planning.
Crude/ open dumping of waste must be completely discouraged by encouraging controlled tipping.
Separate collection of public and private hospital waste must be ensured in all over the city.

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Figure3: Map of the Study Area.

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