There are certain trends and facts that more or less create the ‘bigger picture’ in which the waste management
industry will evolve. It is clear that new challenges are emerging, and the current situation must be seen in a
different way because the disposal site is limited and also it has to be made cost effective. Increasing population can
impact human lives by two ways: the rate of waste generation and secondly, its influence on human health, giving
rise to many infectious health disorders. However, currently no such study exists to explain the actual situation of
the waste disposal trends and its consequent health hazards in specific localities of Kolkata.
The purpose of this study is to outline the major trends of solid waste disposal system and challenges that will
shape health of the nearby residents (within 500m) in a major locality of Kolkata. The present study explains the
probable correlation among different factors of solid waste and the consequent health hazards. However to be more
specific the aim of the study is to explore the adverse health effects prevalent in the community that is associated
with the solid waste disposal system in a specific locality (i.e. Garia) of Kolkata.
This paper is divided into six sections. The introduction section describes the present status, the literature gap
and the objective of this study. Section two describes the methodology adopted in this paper. Section three presents
the field study. Findings of this study have been presented in the section that follows. The latter section is the
discussion part. The paper has been concluded in the conclusion section