Study of Pneumatic Waste Collection System for Udaipur City

Author(s):

Chirag Paliwal , GITS,Udaipur

Keywords:

Pneumatic Waste Collection System (PWCS), Municipal solid waste management (MSWM)

Abstract:

Waste collection is one of the life cycle phases that influence the environmental sustainability of waste management. At present we follow with door-to-door collection, recycling and land -filling disposal. This system is highly flexible, however it has several drawbacks giving rise to important environment impacts and difficulty. One of its weak spots is found in collection process of waste streams following a conventional door-to-door collection using a combination of trucks and waste bins. Hygiene issues, efficiency shortfalls in waste collection, traffic disturbances and environment burdens in urban areas relating to the increased noise and air-emissions are some of its major disadvantages. This paper focuses on the underground automated vacuum waste collection system. Pneumatic waste collection system represents a new way of arranging waste collection in densely populated urban areas. The development of underground infrastructures for the efficient management and collection of urban waste streams offers great advantages and solutions in tackling problems relating to these activities. In recent decades, hundreds of municipal-scale pneumatic collection systems have been installed in Europe and Asia are running successfully.

Other Details:

Manuscript Id	:	RMSCRP008
Publication Date	:	05/04/2017
Page(s)	:	19-21

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