Enhancing Municipal Solid Waste Management in Durg City Using Geographical Information System Techniques

Abstract

The rapid urbanization, expanding population, limited funding, emerging constraints on energy and raw materials, and growing industrial, commercial, and socio-economic development pose challenges for a city like Durg. The Durg city area has experienced a surge in the production of several forms of garbage. The management of solid waste is a significant challenge encountered by the city of Durg. Maintaining daily logs of collection and transport of solid trash in the city of Durg is a laborious and challenging task due to the huge amount of field data and statistics involved. Currently, 80% of the entire expenditure for solid waste management is allocated towards the collection and transportation processes. Therefore, it is imperative to implement effective monitoring of the system. This article aims to assess the proposed placement of municipal bins and the many alternative routes used for solid waste collection in the city of Durg. Utilizing Arc GIS 10, a geographical information system (GIS) centered urban municipal solid waste (MSW) management system is suggested for the designated region. This system aims to enhance the efficiency of trash collection and transportation routes by optimizing them and reallocating garbage bins. The objective is to minimize the distance traveled and time taken for waste management operations. Therefore, using a Geographical Information System model would somewhat alleviate the complexities in the waste management system and provide solutions for the same in the study area.