Content: Foreword Preface Acknowledgement 1. BASICS 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Types of Solid Waste 1.3 Waste Management Concepts 1.4 Health & Environmental Impacts 1.5 Global Warming 1.6 Source Reduction 2. WASTE GENERATION AND CHARACTERISATION 2.1 Waste Generation and Composition 2.2 Waste Characterization 3. WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING 3.1 Recycling 3.2 Status in Developing Countries 3.3 Status in Developed Countries 3.4 Case of Plastics 3.4.1 Nature of Plastics 3.4.2 Recycling of Plastic Waste 3.5 Recovery and Recycling of E-waste 3.6 Waste Trading 3.7 Waste Picking as a Livelihood 4. WASTE COLLECTION AND TRANSFER 4.1 Waste Collection in Developing Countries 4.2 Waste Collection in Developed Countries 4.3 Waste Processing and Disposal 5. COMPOSTING 5.1 Process 5.2 Benefits 5.3 Composting technologies 5.3.1 Backyard or a Home Composting 5.3.2 Vermi Composting 5.3.3 Aereted (Turned) Windrow Composting 5.3.4 Aereted Static Pile Composting 5.3.5. In-Vessel Composting 5.4 Biowaste Composting 5.5 Composting challenges 5.6 Composting in Developing countries 5.7 Composting in Developed countries 6. ENERGY FROM WASTE 6.1 Introduction 6.1.1 Assessment of Energy Recovery Potential 6.1.2 Environmental Impacts of the Technologies 6.2 Thermal Processing 6.2.1 Combustion/ Incineration 6.2.2 Pyrolysis 6.2.3 Gasification 6.2.4 Plasma Arc Gasification 6.3 Biochemical Processing 6.3.1 Anaerobic Digestion (Biomethanation) 6.3.2 Mechanical Biological Treatment 6.3.3 Fermentation 6.4 Chemical Processing: Esterification 6.5 Recent Developments in WTE Technologies 6.6 Planning and Execution of WTE Technologies 6.7 Applications of Industrial Wastes 7. LANDFILLING 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Environmental Impact Study 7.3 Landfill Construction 7.4 Decomposition in the Landfill 7.5 Benefits 7.6 Recovery and uses of Landfill Gas 7.7 Associated Activities 7.8 Health and Environmental Impacts 7.9 An Example 7.10 Landfills in Developing Countries 7.11 Landfills in Developed Countries 8. MSW MANAGEMENT IN INDIA 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Analysis of MSW 8.3 Storage and Collection of MSW 8.4 Transfer Stations and Transportation 8.5 MSW Treatment/Disposal 8.5.1 Landfilling 8.5.2 Composting 8.5.3 Anerobic Digestion (Biomethanation) 8.5.4 Incineration 8.5.5 Gasification 8.5.6 RDF Plants 8.6 Recovery of Recyclable Materials 8.7 Healthcare Waste Treatment 8.8 Hazardous Waste Management 8.9 E-waste management 8.10 Rules, Legislation and Legal Provisions 8.11 Financial Resources 8.12 Future Scenario 9. PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN INDIA 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Options in PSP Arrangement 9.3 Examples of PSP in MSW Services 9.4 Important Contractual Issues 9.5 Survey on Privatisation of MSW Services 9.6 Role of NGOs and CBOs 9.7 Initiatives by Some State Governments 9.8 Case Studies 10. MSW MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING - GLOBAL EXAMPLES 10.1 Asia 10.2 Africa 10.3 Latin America 10.4 Europe 10.5 North America ANNEXURES A1 Waste generation and Management Data by Country A2 Waste-to-Energy Facilities in USA A3 Waste-to-Energy Plants Operating in India A4 Composting Plants in India A5 Waster-to-Energy Status in China A6 International Agreement and Commitments to Environmentally Sound Management of Waste A7 Types of Biogas Plants A8 Zero-waste approach A9 Integrated Solid Waste Management A10 Door to Door Refuse/Garbage Collection System in Surat Municipal Corporation City - A Project in Best Practice A 11 Centralised Co-digestion of Multiple Substrates: (CAD) Example of Denmark Glossary References