Estimation of municipal solid waste generation and landfill area in Asian developing countries.
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2010-09
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In developing Asian countries, the municipal cooperations are unable to handle the increasing amount of municipal solid waste,
which into the uncollected waste being spread on roads and in other public areas leading to tremendous pollution and destruction of land and
negative impact on human health. Generation of municipal solid waste increases with the rapid urbanization and accelerated economic
development with in the rapidly growing advanced technological societies. The nature of municipal solid waste is a term usually applied to
a heterogeneous collection group of waste produced in urban areas, the nature of which varies from region to region. The common problem
faced by all developing Asian countries, is the disposal of municipal solid waste and availability of land fill site area. Present study explains
the correlation analysis of among different factors of municipal solid waste and the objective is to assess the future municipal solid waste
stream in Asian developing countries. The other goal of this study was to calculate the future land area that would be required for landfill
site disposal in Asian developing countries.
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Municipal solid waste, Urbanization, Waste generation, Landfill area, Asian developing countries
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Khajuria Anupam, Yamamoto Yugo, Morioka Tohru. Estimation of municipal solid waste generation and landfill area in Asian developing countries. Journal of Environmental Biology. 2010 Sept; 31(5): 649-654.