~ 513 ~ International Journal of Chemical Studies 2019; 7(6): 513-518 P-ISSN: 2349–8528 E-ISSN: 2321–4902 IJCS 2019; 7(6): 513-518 © 2019 IJCS Received: 01-09-2019 Accepted: 03-10-2019 Arindam Ghosh Department of Agricultural Extension, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India Dinesh Das Kaibartya Department of Agricultural Extension, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India Swarna Sekhar Kumar Department of Agricultural Extension, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India Amitava Biswas Department of Agricultural Extension, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India Corresponding Author: Dinesh Das Kaibartya Department of Agricultural Extension, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India Urban waste management: Socio-economic status and waste management practices Arindam Ghosh, Dinesh Das Kaibartya, Swarna Sekhar Kumar and Amitava Biswas Abstract Solid waste has been produced since the beginning of civilization. Solid waste management is one of the most neglected aspects of India’s environment. Municipal solid waste (management and handling) Rules 2000 have made it mandatory for the administrative authority of any area to undertake responsibility for all activities relating to municipal solid waste management. The present investigation had been conducted in Jalpaiguri Municipality of West Bengal. In Jalpaiguri Municipality there are altogether 25 wards, 10 respondents have been selected from each of 25 wards thus the total sample size was 250. The result had shown that municipal waste collection were two types i.e. domestic waste collection system, market waste collection system. Total 15 markets were there and11000kg waste per day collected and 260 kg wastes per day were collected from 7 hotels. The study also reveals that total 710kg and average 2.84 kg wastes generated per day from households. The study also revealed that total 52510kg wastes per day generated from Jalpaiguri municipality out of which 29490 kg of wastes were bio-degradable and 23020kg of wastes were non-biodegradable. Keywords: Municipal wastes management, recycling of wastes, solid waste management, waste management and environment Introduction Waste is a continually growing problem at global and regional as well as at local levels. Solid waste has been produced since the beginning of civilization. During the earliest periods, solid wastes were conveniently and unobtrusively disposed of in large open land spaces, as the Density of the population was low. However, today, one of the consequences of global urbanization is an increased amount of solid Waste. Solid waste management is one of the most neglected aspects of India’s environment. Municipal solid waste (management and handling) Rules 2000 have made it mandatory for the administrative authority of any area to undertake responsibility for all activities relating to municipal solid waste management. India is a developing country whose economy is currently growing at an extremely rapid annual growth rate of 8 to 9%. It is clear that a growing economy and population are likely to result in growth rates of 11 to 12% in MSW generation. Sudha Goel, 2008 [1] stated that major problem is that- underestimation of generation rates and therefore, underestimation of resource requirements, lack of technical and managerial inputs, and lack of reliable and updated information to the public are much higher than the current expert estimates of 1.3% for per capita MSW generation and 4.2% for total MSW generation. Present approach to MSW collection and transport results in insufficient utilization of resources. Modern technology and tools like remote sensing and mathematical optimatization method and GIS can be used for more efficient allocation and utilization of resource. Chinyama et al. (2000) [2] explained the solid waste which is collected by the city council contains a very high proportion of organic substances (about 90%) and less recycled materials. Kumar et al. (2009) [3] examined in detail and an integrated solid waste management plan proposed based on the study results. At present, the total solid waste generated in Kharagpur municipality is 95 metric tons/day, but the waste collected by the municipality is about 50 metric tons/day, which implies that almost 45 metric tons/day of the solid waste generated remains uncollected. Behmanesh (2009) [4] stated that the disposal of waste presents an increasing challenge to the administrative bodies of megacities. India has introduced source separation systems and onsite organic waste composting. The citizens concerned are looking for practical ways to treat their organic wastes and they have found city farming to be a viable solution.