QUANTIFICATION OF SOLID WASTE AND APPRAISAL OF COMMUNITY ATTITUDE TOWARDS MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE IN JANT VILLAGE OF HARYANA, INDIAThaothuingam Malangmei and Koijam K.K. Mani Bhushan SinghAbstract The study is done to investigate the attitude of the people and to inculcate awareness toward household solid waste. With the boom in the growth of population coupled with urbanization, the solid waste is predicted to increase annually. Here, the Direct sampling method is used and it involves the household survey and the quantification and the composition of the solid waste. Manual hand sorting is applied in the characterization process. The results indicate people having positive attitude towards the solid waste and the solid waste generated in the Jant village is comparatively very less. Most people have little knowledge on solid waste management, 80.67% of the household throw their waste in an open space or on the street. There is meagre information and little work on solid waste for the small villages in India. People participation is considered vital if the solid waste management is to be carried out efficiently in any place. The data thus generated in the study would help the environmental planners in their decision making on managing the solid waste and controlling the environmental pollution for the Jant village. |