Some Considerations on Waste Management

Abstract

Development  within   the   carrying capacity of the   ecosystem,  in  a  way  without  destroying the   environment,  is  Sustainable Development  With the  development  of modern technologies  and  in the  name   of development. we  are utilizing our  precious natural resources extensively and  discharging huge  quantity of wastes,   thus  degrading the  environmental quality  The  extent of degradation is increasing with  the  rate of withdrawal and  unmanaged utilization of our  natural resources. Sustainable development can be achieved either by utilizing our natural resources more  effectively and  more  efficiently and  'or by converting the  so  termed waste into  wealth.  The  present contribution is an  attempt to explain the  ways to understand the nature  of waste and  to approach for the  best  suited  treatment of the  waste so  as to ascertain  the  sustainable development.