Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research (AJMR)

The paper analyses the details of solid waste management in Coimbatore Corporation. Coimbatore is one of the most industrialized cities in Tamil Nadu and second largest city in terms of population in the state. Coimbatore district ranked seventh place among the highest population among the districts. Solid waste is an integral part of modern society. Human activities create solid waste and it is required to store, collect and dispose. Solid waste is not properly disposed and collected then it leads to environmental degradation in the society. Solid waste management is the responsibility of local government and corporation authorities in selected areas. The paper focussed on types and sources of solid waste, collection process and amount of waste generated in the particular corporation. The study is based on secondary data collected from different published sources. Even though the role of private sector active participation was very less in the past decades, now a fruitful involvement is being taken care in managing the waste handling techniques. The easiest way to reduce the problems of solid waste is user fee chargers or polluters must pay principle should be dynamically applied.