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- Title
Application of EDSS-MSWM for Primary Collection and Secondary Storage of Municipal Solid Waste Management.
- Authors
Ohri, Anurag; Singh, Prabhat Kumar
- Abstract
The growing complexity in scientific handling of municipal solid waste has necessitated development and application of new tools, which comprehensively includes major steps and parameters involved in the process and reflect the analytical results in simple formats to help the managers and decision makers. Environmental Decision Support System for Municipal Solid Waste Management (EDSS-MSWM) is newly developed software which comprehensively incorporates all six major steps involved in MSWM including primary collection, segregation, secondary storage, transportation, processing and disposal in separate modules to analyze the scenario and take necessary course to further build the system. Financial aspect has been taken up in a separate module. Primary collection and secondary storage are the two initial and very significant steps in proper municipal solid waste management (MSWM). The present paper envisages showing the application of EDSSMSWM for these two steps in municipal solid waste management under Indian regulative frame works and discusses the results for Varanasi city (India). The analyses indicate the deficiencies of the existing conditions and help in aligning the forward steps to produce better outcomes. The test case validates the applicability of EDSS-MSWM as a scientific decision support tool for MSWM in India.
- Subjects
INDIA; MUNICIPAL solid waste incinerator residues; ENVIRONMENTAL policy; DECISION support systems; ENVIRONMENTAL protection software
- Publication
Journal of Solid Waste Technology & Management, 2015, Vol 41, Issue 4, p833
- ISSN
1088-1697
- Publication type
Article