CONTENTSExecutive Summary 2 1: Introduction 14 1.1. Background 2 1.2. Present Scenario of Municipal Solid Waste Generated in India 2 1.3. Issues related to Municipal Waste Management 2 1.4. Need of the Study 2 1.5. Research Question 2 1.6. Aim 2 1.7. Objectives 2 1.8. Methodology 2 1.9. Scope and Limitation 2 1.10. Structure of the Report 2 2: Literature Review 2 2.1. Basics of Municipal Solid Waste Management 2 2.2. Legal Framework 2 2.2.1 74th Constitutional Amendments 2 2.2.2 Report of the Committee constituted by the Supreme Court of India-1999 16 2.2.3 Municipal Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Rules- 2000 2 2.3. Reasons for inadequacy and inefficiency in services 2 2.3.1. Apathy of Municipal Authorities 2 2.3.2. Absence of Community Participation 2 2.4. Present scenario of MSWM system 2 2.4.1. No storage of waste at source. 2 2.4.2. Inadequate Primary Collection from the Doorstep 2 2.4.3. Irregular Street Sweeping 2 2.4.4. Transportation of Waste 2 2.4.5. Disposal of Waste 2 2.5. Case study 1: Suryapet 2 2.5.1 Introduction to Suryapet 2 2.5.2. SWM Status 2 2.5.3. Inspiration 2 2.5.4. Process of Municipal Waste Management 2 2.5.5. Innovations in the process 2 2.5.6. Results achieved 2 2.5.7. Learning 2 2.6. Case study 2: Nashik 2 2.6.1. Introduction to Nashik. 2 2.6.2. The Initiative 2 2.7. Case study 3: Surat 2 2.7.1. Introduction to Surat city 2 2.7.2. Initiation: The 1994 Plague: a wake-up call 2 2.7.3. The Situation Before the Start of the Door to door collection system .2 2.7.4 Post Plague Actions and Results 2 2.7.5. Description of the Door to door service 2 3: Existing Situation and Issues involved in the Vadodara 2 3.1. Development Trend 2 3.2. Municipal Solid Waste Management System 2 3.2.1 Organizational Setup for SWM .2 3.3. Resources Available for Municipal waste Management System 2 3.4. Waste Quantification and Characterization 2 3.4.1 Waste Quantification 2 3.4.2 Estimation of Ward Wise Waste Generation Quantities 2 3.4.3 Waste Characterisation 2 3.5. Existing System 2 3.5.1 Waste Collection 2 3.5.2 Waste Transportation 2 3.5.3 Treatment and Disposal of Waste 2 3.6. Summary of Existing Situation 2 3.6.1 Major issues in the system 2 4: Proposed Municipal Waste Management System 2 4.1. Proposed system 2 4.1.1 Phase 1 2 4.1.2 Phase 2 2 4.1.3 Environmental /Health Benefit 2 4.1.4 Financial benefit 2 4.2. Transportation 2 4.3. Disposal 2 5: Recommendation and Conclusion 2 5.1. Recommendation 2 5.2. Conclusion 2 5.3. Future Scope of Study 2 Bibliography 2 Annexure 68