SOLID LIQUID WASTE-CHANGED PERSPECTIVE AND LOCAL SOLUTIONS
Keywords:
Solid waste management, types of solid waste, segregation of waste, liquid waste management, collection of waste, recycling, reducing the waste, refusing the wasteAbstract
Management of solid and liquid waste is an issue in India and Uttar Pradesh. Rapid urbanization and its
reach to villages has made the situation of collection of waste to infinite. Along with this liquid waste is a huge issue.
There is no clear guidance and policy of government at centre or state which can guide to solutions in useful manner.
Landfills or burning of waste is a way to dump all collection of waste happens in rural and Urban areas. In rural area
too slowly it becoming an issues due to lose of conventional practices. Waste dumping is happening in natural water
resources in villages or is either burned. Plastics can be seen logging the water in drains. Excess use of plastic has not
only impacted our environment, it has also reached to stomach of animals specially fishes and cows. They are
subjected to death due to collection plastic in their stomach. Inadequate e guidelines on SLWM and inappropriate
policies make is more pathetic with the increase in the population, the generation of waste increases proportionately.
Swacch Bharat Mission has put lot of efforts towards making the villages open defecation free. One these gram
panchayats are made ODF which is just stopping open defecation by communities and using toilets, there is need to
put additional efforts to make communities managing their waste in form of solid waste of liquid so they are and basic
hygiene is maintained. Also there is need to create livelihood prospect for communities in village itself. Along with this
there is need to find solutions for solid and liquid waste in village itself.
This paper is an attempt to provide some solution which not only tell that the waste can be seen as resource, there are
easy solutions to reduce the waste, recycle, convert it into resources. Segregation at different levels is process which
can done in decentralised manner in low investment with long term effect. This is not only needed in each community
but for planet where we live. To reduce the after effects of landfills, climate change, on human life and water we have.
This helps to not only convert waste into resource, it also helps to think avenues for livelihoods for many.
