Assignment

On
Solid Waste Disposal And
Management
Course (ENV 323)
Submitted By
Group : B
ID : 13208055
13208056
13208057

Submitted To:
K M Nazmul Islam

Introduction:
This assignment is all about the Comparison between the solid waste
management systems of two countries Bangladesh and Pakistan. We will
discuss in brief about the waste generation, composition , collection
systems , recycling process and overall the status of solid waste
management in these two countries .

Waste Generation:
waste generation estimates in Bangladesh:

(Wasteconcern.org, n.d.-a)
Waste generation estimates in Pakistan:

(Pak-EPA, n.d.)

Here we can see that the generation of waste varies from city to city
,whether its Bangladesh or Pakistan the capital cities and the big cities
produces more waste than other cities , In Bangladesh Dhaka produces more
than any other cities , in the same stat of Pakistan , Karachi produces largest
amount of waste as its the biggest city.

Collection System:
Bangladesh:

(Planning Organization, n.d.)

Pakistan :
Waste Collection System of Pakistan.

(Waste Management Company (WMC) Pvt. Ltd., n.d.)

Only 60% waste is collected from the collection points, left
waste burnt at waste collection points.

Waste collected in the Bins, skips and reserved spots with 4feet wall at
various locations of the city.

Few Trucks with Hydraulic jack and compacter, Trucks

, Tractor Trolleys and Animal driven carts

Waste composition:
Composition of waste in Bangladesh:

(Wasteconcern.org, n.d.-a)

Composition of solid waste in Pakistan:

Composition

Percentages

Food waste
Leaves, grass, straw, fodder
Fines
Recyclables

8.4% to 21%
10.2% to 15.6%
29.7% to 47.5%
13.6% to 23.55%

(Organic Waste Management, Lahore-2014 Ambassador report - Our Actions - Tunza Eco
Generation, n.d.)

Disposal System:
Bangladesh:
There are many secondary disposal site, community bins, waste
containers are mainly used for disposal. The situations of SDSs in all
city corporations are very much unpleasant and alarming. The SDSs
are deteriorating the city environment at a large scale.

Pakistan:

After generating the waste people dispose it at many

ways

On site storage
Open dumping
At municipilities collection.

Recycling :

In recycling sector developing country like Bangladesh and

Pakistan have far more opportunities. In both country they used the
recyclable product like plastic, glass, metalloid utensil, iron , clothings etc.

Status of Solid waste management in Pakistan:

Types of service

A. Direct
waste
manageme
nt related
services
1.collection

2. transportation

3. pre- treatment
4. recycling/
recovering
5.Disposal
B. Support
services
1.Awareness
-raising

Status

Gaps and
weakness

Suggested
improvement
measure

40-60% waste is
collected

100% waste
generated is not
collected

Directly
transported to
dumping site.
No pre-treatment

No transfer
station

Private sector
should be
involved for
collection of the
waste.
Transfer station
should be built

Private sector is
involved for
recycling
Waste is dumped
on open hand

No any subsidy is
provided for
recycling
No any sanitary
landfill site

Very small scale

Awareness is not
imparted to
waste generators

2. information

Very small scale

3. technical
expertise

Not available

4. financing

Very less

No pre-treatment

Waste should be
pre treated
Subsidy should
be provided for
recycling
Sanitary landfill
should be built

Large scale
awareness
program should
be initiated
All type of media All type of media
is not utilized for
should be used to
information
disseminate the
information
Not available with Technical expert
TMAs
should be
appointed or
hired
Not sufficient
The sufficient
should be kept for
solid waste
disposal or

5. others

Generators are
not responsible

Generators are
not charged

treatment
Waste generators
should be
charged.

(Mahar et al., 2007)

Status of solid waste management in Bangladesh:

(Wasteconcern.org, n.d.-b)

Fig : A dustbin in a road of karachi, Pakistan

Fig : An open dustbin in a street of Dhaka

Fig : A dumping site in Pakistan .

Fig : A dumping site in Bangladesh

In comparison to Pakistan , Bangladesh is much more populated

country and the population density is very high in Bangladesh.
Due to population density the waste generation is also high. The
waste generation system in Pakistan in also not that rich if we
compare it with other developed countries . Bangladesh and
Pakistan they both have some lacking in there waste
management system . More research work is bound to be done in
this countries , Government should put some extra emphasis in
this sector as , waste can be a very vital resource if it is utilized
properly . Some recommendations for Bangladesh waste
management system is given below that can improve the
condition :
In management system of Pakistan there is a few Informal
collection system (tokai, rubbish pickers) like Bangladesh.
And these practice should be reduced here. Though it is
debatable.(ROLE OF THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN SOLID
WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ENABLING CONDITIONS FOR ITS
INTEGRATION EXPERIENCES FROM GTZ, n.d.)
In Bangladesh the waste disposal site or waste containers
are mostly situated in busy roadside, residential area .
The waste collection timing is also a factor for
mismanagement, in Pakistan its mostly at night but
Bangladesh its very critical.
In waste transportation system Pakistan used coverd van
but we used open truck which causes many harmful effect in
environment.

Though the government of Bangladesh with the help of the mayor

of city corporations are trying there best but some corruptions in
this sectors can also be seen and these are affecting the goodwill
of the government . So at last I must say , as a concerned citizen
of our country we have to come together with some innovative
and sustainable solutions for the waste management system in
this country after all waste is the new resource.

References :
Mahar, A., Malik, R. N., Qadir, A., Ahmed, T., Khan,
Z., & Khan, M. A. (2007). Review and analysis
of current solid waste management situation in
urban areas of Pakistan. In Proceedings of the
International Conference on Sustainable Solid
Waste Management (Vol. 8). Citeseer. Retrieved
from
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?
doi=10.1.1.529.3759&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Organic Waste Management, Lahore-2014 Ambassador report - Our Actions - Tunza Eco
Generation. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.ecogeneration.org/ambassadorReportView.jsp?
viewID=10052
Pak-EPA. (n.d.). Retrieved October 6, 2016, from
http://environment.gov.pk/
Planning Organization. (n.d.). Retrieved October 6,
2016, from
http://www.bip.org.bd/site/Planning+Organizati
on/61
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MANAGEMENT AND ENABLING CONDITIONS
FOR ITS INTEGRATION EXPERIENCES FROM

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Waste Management Company (WMC) Pvt. Ltd.
(n.d.). Retrieved from
http://wmc.com.pk/ouredge.asp
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