Solid Waste Management of Mumbai, India

Introduction Mumbai is India's financial capital, the capital of Maharashtra, India, one of India's most developed cities. It is the most populous city in India, the fourth most populous city in the world. The metropolitan area, including the cities of New Mumbai and Thane, has a total population of 20.5 million. It is on the west coast and is called Alpha World City. It is the richest city in India and is the best GDP city in any city in South Asia, West Asia or Central Asia.

"India produces more than 150,000 tons of city solid waste (MSW) a day, Mumbai is the fifth largest waste city in the world, but only 83% of the waste is collected and 30 % In waste disposal amount per day will reach 377,000 tons in 2025.

So far, solid waste management is only one of the social responsibilities of the business community or services provided by the municipal governments, it is also a non-priority task of the national government. However, in Mumbai, 22,000 tons of harmful pollutants occur annually, including particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrite, sulfur oxides, carcinogenic dioxins, furans, due to insufficiently controlled waste. These numbers apply only to Mumbai. This is true even in cities in developing countries. There are many examples showing that groundwater is contaminated with heavy metals and organic pollutants due to solid waste landfill sites.

The biogas department of Mumbai Campus of Welingkar Institute will be in charge of solid waste. Dr. Uday Salunkhe pointed out that solid waste management is a major problem for densely populated cities such as Mumbai. The Biogas initiative takes measures to eliminate the accumulation of waste and turn it into a clean form of available energy.

Before introducing solid waste management, let's explain the material being managed - solid waste. Solid waste refers to a series of wastes generated by animal and human activities and discarded as unnecessary and useless. Solid waste arises from industrial, residential and commercial activities in specific areas and can be disposed of in various ways. Therefore, reclaimed land is often classified as sanitation, municipality, construction and dismantling or place of industrial waste.