From the Pune Muncipal area daily 1000-2000 MT( metric tonne) solid wake generated. This waste ls not segregated. The one municipal authorities allocates 65 ha. Area for disposal of waste near to Urali-Devachi village. The disposal site have facing various environmental problems due to improper disposal strategies i.e air,water and noise pollution. The disposal area is not used further disposal of this waste. Pune municipal authorities search for new disposal site. Increasing growth of population in the last few decades, there has been a shift in the population from rural area to urban area in the country and abroad. The increasing urbanization leads to social and environmental problems. Problem of urbanization discussed below. Composition of Solid Waste ln Urban Areas
Item and percentage
Item and percentage
- Paper, wood, cardboard 53%
- Garbage and garden waste 22%
- Glass, crocked ceramics 10%
- Metals 8%
- Plastic, rubber, distended textiles and abandoned vehicles 7%
- Population size of urban area is high. Each Indian generates 0.4 Kg. solid waste per day. solid waste increases with increasing population.
- Affluent solely (means society per capita income is high) more demands for fashionable items and goods, which is also cause of solid waste.
- Industrial wastes (paper), waste from research institutes (biological waste), hospital waste (bio-medical waste, surgery skin) are the sources of urban waste.
- Demolition and construction waste from residential area,commercial and industrial building.
- The garbage from markets Includes vegetable waste, fruits 'and waste food from restaurants, hotels and commercial buildings solid
Indian Urbanization : Urbanization is a movement of population from rural to urban area and the resulting increasing proportion of population that resides in urban rather than rural place according to Anderson (1953 : 11) urbanization is a two way process. It involves not only movement from village to city but changes from agricultural occupation to business, trade, services and profession, but it involves change in migrants."industrialization and urbanization begin at a time. The problems like crime, alcoholism, drug, abuse, over crowding and pollution begin with early urbanization. However, the definition of 'city' or 'urban area' is differ in countries. Example : In Japan only 3,000 population is required for the place to be recognized as urban. It is 20,000 in Netherlands. In India, the urban population is in 1971 is 109.11 million, in the year 1981 it was 160.1 million, and in 1991 it was 217.18 million. It became 291 million by March 2001. According to UN projection 45.2% people in india (630 million) will be living in urban area, by the year 2025.
