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Warren Colaco Odilia Dias Staycy Dsouza Oswinda Gomes Cliff Gonsalves Mustafa Hamidi Mohammed Ayaz R-11-03 R-11-07 R-11-08 R-11-17 R-11-19 R-11-20 R-11-36
Civilization began and developed everywhere. Things were manageable at those times as people lived in harmony with nature. Industrialization changed everything. At the end of the 19th century the industrial revolution saw the rise of the world of consumers. Concentrated population packets developed at and around industrial area. Rapid Urbanization process posed many challenges before planning authorities. Government, local administration tried and is trying their level best to provide all basic amenities to this population. While doing so, one difficult challenge before administration is to manage waste generated by this large population. Waste generation is a continually growing problem at global, regional and local levels. Solid waste can be defined as any solid or semi-solid substance or object resulting from human or animal activities, discarded as useless or unwanted. It is an extremely mixed mass of wastes, which may originate from household, commercial, industrial or agricultural activities. The municipality collects all type of waste as Industrial Waste, Hazardous Waste, Bio-Medical Waste and Electronic waste (E-waste) depending on their source & composition. It consists of organic and inorganic constituents which may or may not be biodegradable. On the other hand, some of its toxic and harmful constituents may pose a danger if not handled properly. Source reduction, recycling and composting, waste-to-energy conversion facilities, and land filling are the four basic approaches to waste management.
Collection
Collection of waste from different places in and around the Margao area comprises lifting and removal / passage of waste material from the source of production to either the point of treatment or final disposal i.e. at Sonsodo. Collection includes not only the gathering of solid waste, but also the transport of these materials, after collection, to the location where the collection vehicle is emptied at Sonsodo.
People at large do not segregate waste. Different colour bins are promoted in Aquem Bus stand by the municipality to segregate waste. But segregation at one point is not enough. It should be followed at all stages. If collected waste is well segregated, then it will be treated well in the end.
Fish Market The waste generated in this section is all the remains of the fish The garbage which is generated there is collected twice a day by two persons kept in charge of collecting the garbage and dumping it in a place. The person in charge in collecting the garbage collects the garbage at late night and in the afternoon. The sellers selling their fish pay the person Rs.40/- per stall for cleaning their stall in a month. The MMC comes to collect the garbage at around 2.15 pm. He also told us that these remains of the fish like the bones, fins could be used as manure for coconut trees.
General Store The waste generated in this section is plastic, papers, boxes etc. The waste like plastic was thrown at a place and these are collected by the MMC. The Margao Municipal also collects waste from the general stores so that they do not litter the area.
Flower Shop Waste like stems of flowers, leaves were collected at a place which was then taken away by the MMC workers. The dirty water was just thrown in the open or any pit.
Chicken, beef and mutton section In this section the waste was the unwanted meat, bones and skin of the animal. Here the waste is collected in huge plastic container and kept till the MMC comes to collect it. Some kind of waste is also sold to the customers who come so that they can feed their pets or for some other use. The waste here is collected twice a day. The garbage of different chambers or sections is collected separately by the MMC and the collected garbage is then taken away. The MMC collected the waste twice a day.
Its very nice to see that the government does make efforts to keep the area clean, hygienic etc. for example the government has now employed two supervisors who constantly see to the cleanliness maintained. One of the supervisors was overall in charge of the market complex. There are eight workers appointed in each section. These workers work for 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the evening; that means the market is cleaned twice a day. These people are responsible to sweep off the garbage, separate the dry waste from wet waste and finally collect and keep the garbage in its own dumping zone.