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WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH – A REVIEW BASED ON DIFFERENT INDIAN CITIES

Neha Chopra*, Priyanka Keshri, Dheeraj Kushwaha, Piyush Anand and Shyam Lala

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Waste management minimises waste's negative impact on the environment and human health. Waste management is a complex problem that requires the combination of technology, economics, sociocultural, and political activities. Today's market offers a variety of advanced waste management systems. You can reduce waste more successfully by focusing on the first of the 3Rs, "reduce," then "reuse," and finally "recycle." The primary issues influencing solid waste management are unscientific treatment, ineffective garbage collection, and ethical concerns. Environmental deterioration, water pollution, soil contamination, and air pollution become an issue as a result. When it comes to waste management, many factors must be considered, including disposal options, recycling systems, waste avoidance and reduction efforts, and garbage transportation. Waste management includes the treatment of both solid and liquid waste. It also offers a number of possibilities for recycling items that aren't considered trash during the process. Nonbiodegradable and toxic wastes, such as radioactive leftovers, can cause irreversible damage to the environment and human health if they are not properly disposed of. Waste disposal has long been a source of concern, with the chief causes being population growth and industrialization. Recycling, incineration, landfills, composting, Biological Reprocessing, Animal Feed, and other waste disposal methods are examples. It also offers a number of possibilities for recycling items that aren't considered trash during the process. The waste management issues that emerging and industrialised countries face are very different. Population Trends, Large Population Increases, Migration from Rural to Urban Centers, Lack of Legislation and Policies, Lack of Rules and Regulations Relevant to Waste, Lack of Proper Disposal, Use of Inappropriate Dump Sites, Inappropriate Technology, Scavenging, etc. are some of the waste management issues that developing countries face. Solid waste management problems in emerging economies and developing parts of countries with mixed economies are raising growing concern. Trash disposal in developing countries, on the other hand, is still mostly unregulated, and massive amounts of garbage go uncollected. Waste management is more challenging in affluent countries due to a lack of comprehensive taxation, tariff, fee-for-service, loan, and debt payment regimes to fund infrastructure.

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