Authors :
ANM Safiqul Alam
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 11 - November
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Abstract :
The management of urban solid waste is
considered one of the most immediate and serious
environmental problems facing municipal authorities in
developing countries in Asia. Solid waste management is
a matter of great concern in developing countries like
Bangladesh. Although municipal authorities recognize
the importance of proper solid waste collection and
disposal as well as resource recovery and recycling, it is
largely beyond their resources to deal effectively with the
quantity growing solid waste generated by expanding
cities. Bangladesh is a developing and densely populated
country. The urbanization process is increasing day by
day in this country. Dhaka is one of the busiest cities in
the world.Overcrowding and huge consumption lead to
large amounts of waste.Waste management is one of the
most serious and instantaneous problems for Dhaka City
Corporation (Islam, 2016). Due to the limited space,
locating and constructing a new Solid Waste
Management (SWM) facility is a major challenge in
DhakaA SWM facility should be recognized socially as
well as ecologically and economically. It is therefore seen
as one of the most serious environmental problems faced
by urban areas in both developed and developing
countries. Dhaka also faces difficulties in solid waste
management, as almost no sorting is done while dealing
with waste, which binds the Solid Waste Management
System (SWM) to paralyze and be unproductive and
makes any type of recycling impossible. Old waste
transportation system that operates with an inadequate
number of vehicles, most of which are open to the
environment and cause serious environmental
pollution.In addition, the absence of a composting system
results in untreated organic waste which causes serious
pollution (Talukder et. al., 2011). While the current
municipal solid waste disposal (MSWM) scenario is far
from satisfactory, several results and estimates in the
study have shown that there are sufficient ways to deal
with and improve the situation. The study recommends
giving the highest priority to institutional /
organizational strengthening of the guardianship section
since without adequate configuration, manpower and
adequate equipment it will not be possible to obtain the
desired improvements (Das et. al., 2015).
In this paper the problems associated with existing
SWM of Dhaka is critically discussed and accordingly,
some remedies have been proposed such as organic
waste will be transported to composting site and the
other type inorganic waste will be sent to proper
recycling industry. This type of composting and
recyclingare proposed for its low cost. The city of Dhaka
is almost surrounded by the Buriganga River and all
existing dump sites in Dhaka are in addition to several
rivers
Keywords :
Waste Management, Plastic Waste, Environmental Degradation and Solutions, Recycling, Reuse
The management of urban solid waste is
considered one of the most immediate and serious
environmental problems facing municipal authorities in
developing countries in Asia. Solid waste management is
a matter of great concern in developing countries like
Bangladesh. Although municipal authorities recognize
the importance of proper solid waste collection and
disposal as well as resource recovery and recycling, it is
largely beyond their resources to deal effectively with the
quantity growing solid waste generated by expanding
cities. Bangladesh is a developing and densely populated
country. The urbanization process is increasing day by
day in this country. Dhaka is one of the busiest cities in
the world.Overcrowding and huge consumption lead to
large amounts of waste.Waste management is one of the
most serious and instantaneous problems for Dhaka City
Corporation (Islam, 2016). Due to the limited space,
locating and constructing a new Solid Waste
Management (SWM) facility is a major challenge in
DhakaA SWM facility should be recognized socially as
well as ecologically and economically. It is therefore seen
as one of the most serious environmental problems faced
by urban areas in both developed and developing
countries. Dhaka also faces difficulties in solid waste
management, as almost no sorting is done while dealing
with waste, which binds the Solid Waste Management
System (SWM) to paralyze and be unproductive and
makes any type of recycling impossible. Old waste
transportation system that operates with an inadequate
number of vehicles, most of which are open to the
environment and cause serious environmental
pollution.In addition, the absence of a composting system
results in untreated organic waste which causes serious
pollution (Talukder et. al., 2011). While the current
municipal solid waste disposal (MSWM) scenario is far
from satisfactory, several results and estimates in the
study have shown that there are sufficient ways to deal
with and improve the situation. The study recommends
giving the highest priority to institutional /
organizational strengthening of the guardianship section
since without adequate configuration, manpower and
adequate equipment it will not be possible to obtain the
desired improvements (Das et. al., 2015).
In this paper the problems associated with existing
SWM of Dhaka is critically discussed and accordingly,
some remedies have been proposed such as organic
waste will be transported to composting site and the
other type inorganic waste will be sent to proper
recycling industry. This type of composting and
recyclingare proposed for its low cost. The city of Dhaka
is almost surrounded by the Buriganga River and all
existing dump sites in Dhaka are in addition to several
rivers
Keywords :
Waste Management, Plastic Waste, Environmental Degradation and Solutions, Recycling, Reuse
