Integrated Solid Waste Management
Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) takes an overall approach to creating
sustainable systems that are economically affordable, socially acceptable and
environmentally effective. An integrated solid waste management system involves the
use of a range of different treatment methods, and key to the functioning of such a system
is the collection and sorting of the waste. It is important to note that no one single
treatment method can manage all the waste materials in an environmentally effective
way. Thus all of the available treatment and disposal options must be evaluated equally
and the best combination of the available options suited to the particular community
chosen. Effective management schemes therefore need to operate in ways which best
meet current social, economic, and environmental conditions of the municipality.