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Municipal Solid waste

In most of the developing countries, municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal has been a chronic problem, particularly in areas with high population density, high production of refuse, and scarcity of land adequate for landfills. Due to lack of efficient solid waste management system and improper dumping of MSW as open landfills, the ground water and surface water is found to be contaminated in various places Solid waste includes all the discarded solid materials from commercial, municipal, industrial, and agricultural activities. Land filling is the preferred method of municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal due to its favourable economics. However, poorly designed landfills can create contamination of groundwater, soil, and air.

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Permalink Reply by Arpita Bhagat on May 19, 2014 at 12:04pm

This is a fantastic report. I'm currently working towards starting a campaign around garbage disposal. Bringing youngsters together for the project in a creative way.

Also, it'd be great if you can share this picture and report on a crowdmap for environmental malaise in India https://ecomapindia.crowdmap.com/ It is very simple and doesn't need registering. You can look at some of the other reports we have collected. It is one of the very firsts in the world.

Arpita.

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