Volume : IV, Issue : XI, November - 2014

Solid Waste Disposal Practices In An Urban Slum Area of South India.

Dr. Abhay S. Nirgude, Dr. Poonam R. Naik, V G Prasad, K Nagaraj

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Background and Objectives: Urban slum area has many problems and issues with respect to Municipal Solid Waste Management. To understand the solid waste disposal practices regarding household waste, a study was undertaken among families of urban slum area of Nalgonda town. A community based cross–sectional study was undertaken during 2011–12 among 127 households of the urban slum selected by multistage systematic sampling. The information was gathered by one to one interview of adult respondents available at the time of house visit. Mean age of the study subjects was observed to be 42.32 years (±SD 11.09). Mean per capita per day waste generation was 125 grams. Majority of respondents i.e. 54.3% were having poor knowledge levels regarding segregation of solid waste. The most common problems for waste disposal reported were non availability of dust bin (36.2%) and municipal van (30.7%) for regular collection of solid waste.

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Dr.Abhay S. Nirgude, Dr. Poonam R. Naik, V G Prasad, K Nagaraj Solid Waste Disposal Practices in an Urban Slum Area of South India Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue : 11 November 2014

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