3th WCSET-2014 at Nepal
Civil Engineering / Environmental / Architecture / Planning Session:
Title:
Sustainable Management Scheme for Household & Academic
Institutional Solid Waste generation: A Case Study in
Khulna Metropolitan City
Authors:
A. S. M. Riyad, Zohur-uz-Zaman, Sk. Farid Hossain
Abstract:
Khulna City like other fast urbanizing towns and cities
in Bangladesh are faced with a multitude of problems
ranging from poor state of roads, insufficient water and
electrical power supply, inadequate solid waste
management etc. Among this multitude of problems solid
waste management appears to be the most prominent in
recent years. This study has been undertaken to identify
the household solid waste generation in Khulna City in
order to find out better management options. Based on
the experimental results it was found that the waste
generation varies from 0.094 to 0.156 kg/capita/day. The
generation rate also increases with the income level due
to more consumption. Of all environmental problems that
have come into focus in Khulna, academic institutional
solid waste management has been the slowest to develop
either direction or regulatory mechanisms. The study was
conducted at different educational institution in
Khulna, Bangladesh to determine the generation rates and
identify the current situation of academic institutional
solid waste management (ISWM) which finally motivated to
take a sustainable decision of the management of the
Academic institutional solid waste. It has been found
that the organic food waste dominates in the University,
such as the College, the Technical College and secondary
and primary schools and the paper and cardboard category
is prominent in the academic institutions. However,
proper adjustments between the higher and lower chain in
the existing management process is needed for better
achievements from solid waste generation.
Keywords: Solid waste
management, Household waste generation, Academic
institution, Income, Sustainable decision, urban area,
Environmental problem, Khulna
Pages:
300-306