Waste Management: Issues and Solutions for a Rapidly Growing Satellite City in National Capital Region, India Naveen BP 1* , Malik RK 2 , Shubhra Puri 3 1 Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University Gurgaon, Haryana, India 2 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University Gurgaon, Haryana, India 3 Director, NGO-Gurgaon First, Haryana, India EMS Environmental Sciences Journal Research Article Cite this article: Naveen BP. Waste Management: Issues and Solutions for a Rapidly Growing Satellite City in National Capital Region, India. EMS Envsci j 2018, 1(1):005 * Corresponding author : Dr. Naveen BP, Department of Civil Engineering, Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Amity University Gurgaon, Panchgaon, Manesar, Haryana-122413. India, Tel no: +91-9916232349, Email: bp.naveen864@gmail.com Received: 02-02-2018 Accepted: 17-02-2018 Published: 23-03-2018 Copyright: © 2018 Naveen BP Abstract Mostly different activities of solid waste management (SWM) viz. the collection, seg- regation, transportation, disposal, processing, recycling and treatment are not effec- tively handled and managed in cities and towns in India. The unscientific dumping of solid waste in the vicinity of city and towns has seriously affected the surrounding air, soil and water bodies. Today, we are facing with nearly 80 percent of generated solid waste going unprocessed. This is compounded by rapid urbanization, increased rural-urban migration and the complexity of waste management in largely unplanned and expanding cities. Gurugram, a Millennium City located in the National Capital Re- gion (NCR), Delhi with its dynamic population and constantly evolving infrastructure is an example of a city that requires concerted efforts from all stakeholders to ensure that waste is managed in a sustainable manner. While municipal efforts are on track to achieve the objective of complete scientific solid waste management under the mission. Stakeholders’ participation is critical to ensure a comprehensive approach to the same. The focus of the present study is an overview of the existing municipal solid waste management systems in Gurugram city. The major issues and the feasible solutions for management of municipal solid waste on sustainable basis have also been outlined. Keywords: Global Warming; Solid Waste; Sustainable Management; Stakeholders Introduction The wealthier a society, the more the solid waste is gener- ated. This is the real fact of developed as well as developing countries. In USA, middle-class families will have a huge re- frigerator full of large cartons of milk, juice, etc. The use of aluminum foil is commonly used for all the items ranging from razors to plastic bottles of soft drinks. All these add to the generation of more solid waste. In India, use of cartoon milk is not that common yet, instead of that the plastic packets for milk are used which are strewn about in thousands after use. Almost in every conference, we find proliferation of plastic bottles of water after use also, the streets in cities/ towns are littered with discarded plas- tic cups and papers and napkins, plates, etc. This is a clearly sign that in India more people are now capable to pay more to have more conveniences which include a lots of disposable items. The management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is a seri- ous problem in both developing and developed countries and rapid increase in urban population coupled with industrial- ization has serious environmental implication which have significantly contributed to the increased quantity of MSW and have also changed the generation and characterization patterns of the solid waste [1,2]. Grave situation has been created due to the lack of awareness and improper manage- ment on the part of the agencies managing the MSW especial- ly in developing countries. Solid waste is less generated in de- veloping country in comparison to that developed countries but disposal of solid waste is leading to environmental pollu-