MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
Includes commercial and residential wastes generated in a municipal or notified
areas in either solid or semi-solid form excluding industrial hazardous wastes but including
treated bio-medical wastes.
Sources of Wastes
 Households
 Commerce
 Industry
 Agriculture
 Hospital
Kinds of Wastes
Solid Wastes :
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Domestic and Commercial – Paper, Plastic, Cotton, Kitchen waste, Styrofoam
containers, bottles, cans, scrap iron, E-waste, waste medicines, mercury
thermometers, mercury lamps etc.
Factory / Industrial solid wastes – Coal ash, Packaging materials, Oily
cottons, metal scraps, plastics, Batteries, E-waste, Florescent tubes,
asbestos, hazardous wastes, empty containers.
E-waste – discarded electronic devices like computer, TV, music systems,
cartridges etc.
Plastic waste – plastic bags, bottles, buckets etc.
Metal waste – unused metal sheet, metal scraps etc.
Hospital solid waste – Human anatomical waste, waste medicines, bottles,
mercury thermometers, syringes, infected cottons, body fluids, etc.
Nuclear waste – process contaminated wastes from nuclear power plants.
Liquid Wastes :
Domestic – Sewage, Industrial – Liquid effluent, Oils, Liquid
Chemicals, Hospital liquid waste.
Gaseous Wastes :
Polluted air vented to atmosphere
Classification of Solid Wastes according to their Properties
Bio-degradable
 Can be degraded (plastics, bottles, old machines, cans, e-wastes etc.)
Further classified as :
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Garbage – Animal and Plant residue, mainly food wastes
Rubbish – Combustible and non-combustible portion of waste
excluding food wastes.
Trash – Combustible portion of rubbish.
Classification of Wastes accordingly to their effects on Human Health and the Environment.
Hazardous wastes
Substances unsafe to use
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Explosive
Flammable liquids
Flammable solids
Oxidizing substances
Poisonous substances
Infectious substances
Corrosives
Non-hazardous
Substances safe to use. Not having the above characteristics
Effects of Waste if not managed wisely.
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Affects our health
Affects our socio-economic conditions
Affects our environment
Affects our climate
What should be done
Adopt an ecologically sound waste management system which includes :
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Waste Reduction
More Efficient Collection
Segregation at Source
Recycling and Re-use
Composting
Management of Municipal Solid Waste of Talcher Municipality
Introduction :The Solid Waste Management Department of the Talcher Municipality headed by
one Assistant Health Officer, one Sanitary Inspector, three Zamadar, five driver and 109 nos.
of Sweepers & Sweepress & one disinfector. The overall responsibility of Solid Waste
Management of the town rests with Executive Officer of the Municipality. At times when the
requirement of the Sweepers increases particularly in festive seasons and during rains the
department also hires extra sweepers.
Waste Generation / Day / Talcher Municipality
At present Talcher Town generates about 15 MT of Solid Waste per day. The per
capita waste generation is 0.4 Kg. / day. The source wise generation of waste is given
below.
Sl.No. Source
1
2
3
4
5
Sl.
No.
Parameters
1
Collection of
Municipal
Solid Wastes
2
Segregation of
Municipal
Solid Wastes
3
Storage
of
Municipal
Solid Wastes
Approve
Qnty. In MT
House holds
Street Sweeps
Veg, fish & Meat market
Hospitals and Nurshing homes
Institution / Industry
TOTAL
4.0
6.0
4.0
0.5
0.5
15.0 MT
Description of Work
(a) Organising house-to-house / door to door collection of Municipal Solid Wastes
through community bin collection (central bin), house-to-house collection,
collection of regular pre-informed timings and scheduling by using bell ringing
of musical vehicle (without exceeding permissible noise levels)
(b) Devising collection of waste from slums and squatter areas or localities
including hotels, restaurants, office complexes and commercial areas.
(c) Wastes from slaughter houses, meat and fish markets fruits and vegetable
markets, which are biodegradable in nature, are managed to make use of
such wastes.
(d) Collected waste from residential and other areas one transferred to
community bin by hand-driven containerised carts or other small vehicles.
(e) Horticultural and construction of demolition wastes generated are regulated.
(f) Waste (garbage, dry leaves) are not burnt.
(g) Stray animals are not be allowed to move around waste storage facilities or at
any other place in the town and managed in accordance with the State laws.
(h) The Executive Officer notified waste collection schedule and the likely method
are adopted for public benefit of Talcher.
In order to encourage the citizens, Executive Officer have organised awareness
programme for segregation of wastes and shall promote recycling or reuse of
segregated materials. The Municipal Authority have undertake phased programme to
ensure community participation in waste segregation. For this purpose regular
meetings at quarterly intervals have been arranged by the Executive Officer with
representatives of local resident, welfare associations and non-governmental
organizations.
Municipality have established and maintain storage facilities in such a manner as they
do not create unhygienic and insanitary conditions around it.
 Storage facilities are created and established by taking into account qualities
of waste generation in a given area and the population densities. A storage
facility have been identified so placed that it is accessible to users.
 Storage facilities are set up by Municipality & so designed that wastes stored
are not exposed to open atmosphere and shall be aesthetically acceptable
and user-friendly.
 Storage facilities or ‘bins’ are ‘ easy operate’ design for handling transfer and
transportation of waste. Bins for storage of bio-degradable wastes have been
painted green, those for storage of recyclable wastes are painted white and
those for storage of other wastes are painted black.
Manual handling of waste are prohibited. If unavoidable due to constraints,
manual handling are to be carried out under proper precaution with due care
for safety of workers.
Sl.
No.
Parameters
4
Transportation
of Municipal
solid Wastes
Description of Work
Vehicles such as 4 nos. of Tractor, 1 truck, 2 Nos. Auto tippers, 21 trolley rickshaw &
50 Nos. wheel barrows are being used for transportation of wastes.
(a) The storage facilities set up by Municipality have daily attended for clearing
wastes, The bins or containers wherever placed are being cleaned before
they start overflowing.
(b) Transportation vehicles are so designed that multiple handling of wastes, prior
to final disposal is avoided.
Waste Disposal
One landfill site have been earmarked comprising area 10 Acre of land situated at
Rani Park of Talcher Municipality which is 0.5km. away from habitation clusters for disposal
of residual solid wastes on land in a facility designed with protective measures against
pollution of ground water, surface water and cur fugitive dust, wind-blown litter, bad odour,
fine hazard, bird menance, pests or rodents, slope instability & erosion.
Use of Bleeching
Disinfection of wells and toilets made by Municipality, Ghats of Municipal ponds,
disinfection of public placed during festival time.
Use of lime
Lime is being used to clean the Municipal pond water periodically.
Spaying Biotex
Biotex is sprayed by 2 Nos. of spray machines regularly to kill mousquitos as well as
insects.
Putting Malaria Oil
Malaria oil is used in various drains of Municipality area and places of water
stagnation to disinfect the breeding places mosquitos and insects.
Use of Cesspool :One cesspool has been used to clean the septic tanks of night soil and also used to
empty the water from collected pits.
Use of Fogging Machine
Two nos. of Fogging Machine have been used to kill mousquitos regularly in
Municipality area.
Water Tanker
5 Nos. of water tanks are being used to supply drinking water at water scarcity area
during summer season & at the time of requirement of public in other seasons.
PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT OF TALCHER MUNICIPALITY
Plastic waste management has assumed great significance inview of the Urbanisation
activities. Municipal Solid Waste contain 1-4 percent by weight of plastic waste.
Plastic waste from a wide range
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Discarded PVC chappals / shoes in various colours a grades of plastic materials.
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Discarded PVC mineral water bottles / PET mineral water and liquor bottles and PS
Ice cream / cold drink cups / disjosble catterring plates and grays and expanded PS
and PE foam packagings.
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PE, PVC, PP films, packages, shopping bags and medicine foils, used and
owscarded moulded items like containers and range of household non-darable,
combs, ball point, pens, tooth brushes etc. Progress plastic articles mostly of PE,
PVC, PS, PP, ABS, Nylon PET etc.
Steps Taken :-
Removal of plastic waste by Talcher Municipality
As per letter No. 7558/HUD, dt. 27.03.2010 of Housing & Urban Development Department,
Govt. of Orissa, Talcher Municipality have collected bio degradable non-biodegradable
plastics / polythenes deploying daily labours / rag pickers from the garbage waste &
transport them to Bargarh ACC cement factory.
There pre-treatment shredded waste plastics (granulated to a flake size of 11-15mm) are
loaded a hot melt in feed system directly into main prolysis chamber with continuous
agitation.
Executive Officer
Talcher Municipality