Municipal Solid Waste Management

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ECO HEALTH CENTER- A SUCCESS STORY 2014 AMAL.K ECO HEALTH CENTRE amalkrd@gmail.com Eco Health Centre (EHC) is a successful model of managing Municipal Solid waste. Joy.K.B, a grass root inventor and practical intellect, invented a machine-Automated Plastic Separation Machine (APSM) - that successfully separated Plastic from mixed Municipal Waste, and crushed the bio degradable particles, thus making it possible to extract the hidden value in waste and finding a permanent solution for the menace of waste management for the Municipality of Kodungallur. PREFACE: Economic growth and changing consumption and production patterns are resulting into rapid increase in generation of waste plastics in the world. The world’s annual consumption of plastic materials has increased from around 5 million tons in the 1950s to nearly 100 million tonnes; thus, 20 times more plastic is produced today than 50 years ago. This implies that on one hand,more resources are being used to meet the increased demand of plastic, and on the other hand, more plastic waste is being generated. In Asia and the Pacific, as well as many other developing regions, plastic consumption has increased much more than the world average due to rapid urbanization and economic development. Due to the increase in generation, waste plastics are becoming a major stream in solid waste. After food waste and paper waste, plastic waste is the third major constitute at municipal and industrial waste in cities. Even the cities with low economic growth have started producing more plastic waste due to increased use of plastic packaging, plastic shopping bags, PET bottles and other goods/appliances using plastic as the major component. This increase has turned into a major challenge forlocal authorities, responsible for solid waste management and sanitation. Due to lack of integrated solid waste management, most

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