International Journal Of Engineering Research And Development e-ISSN: 2278-067X, p-ISSN: 2278-800X, www.ijerd.com Volume 14, Issue 4 (April Ver. I 2018), PP.29-38 29 Selection Of Collection Sites And Optimization Of Waste Bins Of Rohtak City, Haryana (India) Meena Deswal And J.S. Laura* Department of Environmental Sciences, M.D.U., Rohtak, Haryana Corresponding Author: Meena Deswal ABSTRACT: Placement of bins is an important aspect of the solid waste management process. Optimization of bin placement results in adequate number of bins as per the waste generation capacity of the locality, ease of access due to proper spatial distribution of the bin by the waste generators as well as waste collectors. In the present study the bin optimization for the city of Rohtak has been done using Geospatial inputs from remote sensing imageries and local solid waste generation survey and census. Solid waste generation was estimated for 488 blocks of the city taking population and socioeconomic conditions of each block in consideration while determining the waste generation. Bins of 3000 Liter volume having a calculated capacity of 990Kg were used as collection depots for deposition of solid waste collected from house to house through rickshaw trolleys. The Centroid of each block was generated using Data Management Tool .The distance of the block Centroid to the nearest road was determined through Analysis Tool. The bins deport of each block was placed on the determined nearest road. Depending upon the waste generation of each block the numbers of bins have been placed. It was ensured that the distance between two bins was not exceeding 500 meters and minimum distance 100 meters. To ensure this bin depots were combined or split. The optimization of bin placement through GIS resulted in ensuring adequate bin waste handling capacity, optimization of the bins distance for ease of waste collection and transportation to dumpsite. KEY WORDS- Municipal solid waste management, Geographical Information System, buffering, Community Bin Placement, service area. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Submission: 22 -03-2018 Date of acceptance: 05-04 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. INTRODUCTION The secondary storage (SS) is a crucial component of any solid waste management system (Vijay et.al., 2008; Gopagani et.al., 2014; Krishna et.al., 2014) . Secondary storage capacity should be adequate to handle the waste of the catchment area and at the same time the community bins (CBs) should be easily accessible for the waste generators in terms of distance (Yalan et al., 2008; Kashid et al., 2015; Abdulai et al., 2015). The placement should also ensure that they are easily reachable by waste collection vehicles. For optimization of bins, a spatial perspective is useful. It gives the planner a better understanding of the spatial arrangement of waste generation components, road network and proximity of all the components relevant for the waste management planning (Worrell and Vesilind 2012; Parrot et al., 2009). Bin placement is a basic step for the best management practice (Ghose et al., 2006). As placement of bins should placed in such a manner that it will covers the maximum service area, it easily accessible, and it should follow the rules as per given by Municipal solid waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2000. Using GIS environment, an optimization of the bins can be achieved in terms of numbers required for a geographical area and their optimized spatial distribution. Location modeling in GIS improves service area and at some time takes care of required constraints and enforces regulations made for bin placement (Senthil et. al., 2012; Kallel et. al., 2016; Khan and Samadder 2014; Karadimas et. al., 2008). II. STUDY AREA- Rohtak city of Haryana is our study area as shown in Fig.1. Rohtak city lies between longitude 76 0 31’47.764” to 76 0 42’43.071” and Latitude 28 0 49’53.354” to 28 0 56’33.819” (Fig.1) and situated at a mean sea level of 220 meters. As increase in population and urbanization the municipal limits also extended which was 30.96 Km 2 in 2007, this limit was extended in 2012 the municipal corporation included surrounding nine villages due to which limits became 139.4 Km 2 with a population 4.8 lac (Municipal Corporation Rohtak (MCR), 2013). With an objective of increase the efficiency and effectiveness of its waste management activities, the MCR divided the city in 6 MCR zones to collect and transport solid waste (Fig.2) by private contractors. Zone 5 and Zone 6 include 9 villages where as other zones include city area. A survey of the city depicts the following community bins scenario-