A Novel Introduction of Municipal Solid Waste Management

Author(s): Sylvia Adipah, Ofotsu Nana Kwame

Managing solid waste is problem facing worldwide. In developing counties rapid increase of solid waste is produced as a result of rapid population increases, urbanization, rapid industrialization and economic sustainability. The challenges in urban areas are diverse and enormous in a global point of view, but looking at the developing countries, particularly in the cities, an inadequate waste collection and its inefficient management systems are the causes of serious urban pollution and risks to public health and environment, affecting the population, expressly the poor ones [1]. The research process will focus on sustainable development and integrated solid waste management theories.