WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Kshema R. and Dr. S. Basavarajappa*

ABSTRACT

Mysore is a third most populous city in Karnataka, provides shelter for diversified population withdifferent socio-economic standards. It has rich, vibrant history and heritage, attracting good number oftourists every day. People from different parts of India and the world would like to reside in Mysore cityand expecting good and clean environment around the year. To record the municipal solid waste producedfrom different residential houses, 18 wards were selected randomly and 144 residents (40% male and 60%female) were met personally during January to April, 2018. The municipal solid waste origin, source,production, collection, storage, isolation, transportation and disposal were collected along with the statusof respondents by using pre-tested questionnaire. The bio-degradable waste from 18 vegetables, 11 fruits,seven kitchen items and 14 paper types and non-biodegradable waste from 29 plastic items, 15 metals and14 electronic items appeared at every residential house. Quantity of municipal solid waste recorded fromedible and non-edible items varied considerably. Moreover, the quantity of municipal solid wasteproduced from nuclear and composite families varied considerably. However, 3.8 and 17.5% respectivelythe nuclear and composite families didn’t provide the information about municipal waste produced perday. However, the daily using few domestic commodities made with different raw materials such asplastic, iron, woolen, cotton, rubber and paper etc, were difficult to isolate separately as edible or nonediblewaste which were commonly appeared as waste every day at residential houses. Overall, eight itemssuch as three from edible items (i.e., vegetables, fruits and kitchen), five from non-edible items (i.e.,plastic, paper, metal, electronic and others) which contributed 96.9% non-edible items and 3.1% edibleitems recorded as municipal solid waste at residential houses in Mysore. Despite the clean city status threetimes, Mysore is still experiencing hardships to manage municipal solid waste and it demands regularsurvey and solid waste analysis to be conducted to develop strategies to control waste and maintain goodenvironment amidst clean cities.

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