Approaches Toward Sustainable Urban Solid Waste

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Approaches toward Sustainable Urban Solid Waste Management: Sahakaranagar Layout Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Degree of Master’s in International Environmental Science at Lund University, Lund, Sweden May 2005 Submitted by: Jonathan Elisha Mull 84 Sheri Lane Northwest Corydon, Indiana 47112-7106 United States of America Supporting institutions: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment www.atree.org Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, ATREE 659 5th A Main, Hebbal, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560 024, INDIA Phone: +91-080-2353 3942, +91-080-2353 0069, +91-080-2363 8771, +91-080-2354 0639 Fax: +91-080-2353 0070 www.atree.org Lund University Master’s Programme in International Environmental Science, LUMES P. O. Box 170, SE-221 00 Lund Sweden Phone: + 46 46 22 204 70 Fax: + 46 46 22 204 75 www.lumes.lu.se Contact email: jonathan.mull.695@student.lu.se Abstract: Rapid growth in population has added unmatched burdens to the urban municipal systems currently collecting and disposing of solid wastes. In Bangalore, India, the recent growth in the local economy has led to the rapid expansion of Bangalore District’s development and population, which includes the surrounding municipalities. The increasing population and development has produced increasing volumes of waste to be managed by the current systems in place. Local solid waste management has not met the excess demand for proper waste disposal creating a backlog of wastes that accumulate within the urban environment. The deterioration of the urban environment reinforces incorrect disposal habits as people do not see their individual impact on such an environment. The Integrated Urban Environment Initiative for Sahakaranagar Layout (IUEISL) aims to create an improved community based solid waste management program through conducting
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