Journal
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 42, Issue 6, Pages 2311-2320Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.04.015
Keywords
hazardous and non-hazardous waste; recycling; construction materials; environmental pollution; resources conservation; greener environment
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Presently in India, about 960 million tonnes of solid waste is being generated annually as by-products during industrial, mining, municipal, agricultural and other processes. Of this similar to 350 million tonnes are organic wastes frorm agricultural sources; similar to 290 million tonnes are inorganic waste of industrial and mining sectors and similar to 4.5 million tonnes are hazardous in nature. Advances in solid waste management resulted in alternative construction materials as a substitute to traditional materials like bricks, blocks, tiles, aggregates, ceramics, cement, lime, soil, timber and paint. To safeguard the environment, efforts are being made for recycling different wastes and utilise them in value added applications. In this paper, present status on generation and utilization of both non-hazardous and hazardous solid wastes in India, their recycling potentials and environmental implication are reported and discussed in details. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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