Reducing Pressure on Existing Landfill: Challenges and Solutions Accompanied by a Case Study

This paper deals with the problem of managing and handling issues of municipal solid waste management system, considering the limited size of dumpsite or sanitary landfill in almost all Indian cities. In the next ten years, the filled up dump sites will appear as the biggest challenge to the city governments as well as the urban planners. Our objective is to suggest alternative ways to handle the issue so that lesser amount of waste gets dumped in the existing dumpsites and landfills. Use of a small mechanical composter helps to reduce dumping of average 25 tons of waste per month to the dumpsite. The first section is the review of existing literature which sets the background. The second section describes the dimension of the present problem. The third section deals with the rules and legal provisions. The forth section describes the case study on the details about the experiment. The last and final section is the conclusion.