CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES LINKED WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT UNDER GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: A MINI REVIEW

Abstract

In today’s world, Waste production and its handling has become a great challenge. Rapid urbanization and conversion of rural land into housing societies creates bulk of waste withing a short span in any area. While increasing population, increase in waste is a topic of discussion in developed as well as developing countries and it may become the biggest problem in the near future for the world. It is emphasized that only municipal solid waste will be 3.40 billion tons by 2050. Different types of waste are produced and it’s handling also requires different techniques. Now a day, different techniques are used to overcome this problem. These techniques reduce the waste by weight and severity of its effect, but they also release end product that maybe harmful for the environment. This review will discuss the techniques like landfills, incineration, composting, recovering, combustion, energy production, plasma gasification etc. Different techniques have different merits and demerits. However, every technique required specific input running cost and it may be varied from area to area and country to country due to economic crises in developing countries. This review covers the types of waste, waste management opportunities, and challenges as well as the benefits of waste management techniques