Managing waste for ecological balance

Industrialization and economic growth has produced more amounts of waste, including hazardous and toxic wastes. There is a growing realization of the negative impacts that industrial wastes have on the local environment air, water, land, human health etc. and ecology. As the marble industry grew up in early eighties, the new industry was welcomed by all sectors of society with the hope that there will be prosperity, employment, market upliftment and industrialization of the region. The expected results were also seen for few years but environmentalists soon realized the problems and drawbacks of the much liked industry. The problem was the ecological and environmental imbalance caused by the waste generated in mining and processing by the snow falling numbers of the mining and processing units in Rajasthan. Eco- friendly practices for managing waste to maintain ecological balance is the need of the hour both for developed and developing nations, for urban and rural areas, and for residential and industrial producers. Waste management is the collection of all thrown away materials in order to recycle them and as a result decrease their effects on our health, our surroundings and the environment and enhance the quality of life. The paper is outcome of the research study done in the selected mines of the Rajsamand area of southern Rajasthan region. The study explains dimensions of the waste generated in mining of marble and has identified the impact on surroundings as well as techniques to minimize the waste for ecological protection.