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Cleaning up Kerala: studies in self-help in dealing with solid waste

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in local-level development, no.1Publication details: Delhi Daanish Books 2005Description: xviii, 128 pISBN:
  • 9788190294621
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.72850954
Summary: Waste happens. But dealing with waste poses a great challenge to the governments as well as the people. The obvious way of dumping, burying, or burning does not work anymore. Such disposal centric solutions end up destroying resources and spoiling the environment. Kerala has been at the forefront of research in this area and a number of studies have been carried out in the State to try out an alternative, more sensible way to deal with waste. This book is a synthesis of a series of studies carried out in the major towns of Kerala in recent years and details the paradigm shift in waste management. The studies involved experiments in alternative waste management methods using pilot projects, and they proved the viability of a resource recovery-oriented approach. The book also details the various challenges technical, organizational, and socio-political that need to be dealt with while taking the new approach. Further, the book elaborates on the possible processes of sustainable waste management.
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Waste happens. But dealing with waste poses a great challenge to the governments as well as the people. The obvious way of dumping, burying, or burning does not work anymore. Such disposal centric solutions end up destroying resources and spoiling the environment. Kerala has been at the forefront of research in this area and a number of studies have been carried out in the State to try out an alternative, more sensible way to deal with waste. This book is a synthesis of a series of studies carried out in the major towns of Kerala in recent years and details the paradigm shift in waste management. The studies involved experiments in alternative waste management methods using pilot projects, and they proved the viability of a resource recovery-oriented approach. The book also details the various challenges technical, organizational, and socio-political that need to be dealt with while taking the new approach. Further, the book elaborates on the possible processes of sustainable waste management.

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