Waste management is been a crucial environmental issue since the second half of 19th century. It has been seen that the generation increases with increasing population, industrialization and urbanization etc. Cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, and Kolkata are facing problems in managing their waste, these examples tell us the need of solid waste management in growing cities, therefore by keeping approach of prevention from future threats this work is executed. This study is a review of solid waste management in Gadhinglaj which is situated in the Kolhapur district, the population of the city is 27,185 in 2011, which generates waste 5MT/day. The growth ratio of city is very high, present work evaluates all aspects of waste management and elaborates the situation and also highlights the deficiencies in the system. The overall study of generation, collection, transportation, treatment of waste in the city has been made with physical observations and review from the people, also some information is collected from municipal council office and some web references are utilize for the same. After a genuine review of the system few interesting outcomes are come forward those are discussed in the paper. As scope of work is very wide and available resources are less, there are some limitations of work. The depth of investigation can be increased in upcoming studies; there is good scope for some betterment of waste management system in the city.
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