People’s Perception and the Current Policy Gap for Solid Waste Handling in Delhi

IF 0.4 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2023-07-21 DOI:10.3233/ajw230051

Sumant Shekhar, M. Garg, V. Verma, T. Jindal

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Abstract

MSW management directly impacts public health and quality of life in cities. Unfortunately, solid waste management is generally considered the exclusive domain of government. However, since residents are the primary generators of municipal solid waste, there is virtually worldwide consensus among all major stakeholders that citizens must actively participate in this process. The need for more awareness among citizens and better communication between the government and citizens severely hampers this. Therefore, specific government initiatives are needed to bridge this communication gap. With this in mind, this study presents a structure for developing a waste management transmission process that recognises the public’s leading issues and the best strategies for raising public awareness. The results indicate that people’s attitudes toward solid waste could be more satisfactory. The government should also involve the public in managing regional and local waste problems.

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人们对德里固体废物处理的看法和当前政策差距

城市生活垃圾管理直接影响城市的公众健康和生活质量。不幸的是，固体废物管理通常被认为是政府的专属领域。然而，由于居民是城市固体废物的主要产生者，所有主要利益攸关方几乎在世界范围内达成共识，认为公民必须积极参与这一进程。公民需要更多的意识，政府和公民之间需要更好的沟通，这严重阻碍了这一点。因此，需要政府采取具体举措来弥补这一沟通差距。考虑到这一点，本研究提出了一个制定废物管理传递过程的结构，该过程认识到公众的主要问题和提高公众意识的最佳策略。结果表明，人们对固体废物的态度可能更令人满意。政府还应让公众参与管理区域和地方废物问题。

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Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-

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1.00

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20.00%

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期刊介绍： Asia, as a whole region, faces severe stress on water availability, primarily due to high population density. Many regions of the continent face severe problems of water pollution on local as well as regional scale and these have to be tackled with a pan-Asian approach. However, the available literature on the subject is generally based on research done in Europe and North America. Therefore, there is an urgent and strong need for an Asian journal with its focus on the region and wherein the region specific problems are addressed in an intelligent manner. In Asia, besides water, there are several other issues related to environment, such as; global warming and its impact; intense land/use and shifting pattern of agriculture; issues related to fertilizer applications and pesticide residues in soil and water; and solid and liquid waste management particularly in industrial and urban areas. Asia is also a region with intense mining activities whereby serious environmental problems related to land/use, loss of top soil, water pollution and acid mine drainage are faced by various communities. Essentially, Asians are confronted with environmental problems on many fronts. Many pressing issues in the region interlink various aspects of environmental problems faced by population in this densely habited region in the world. Pollution is one such serious issue for many countries since there are many transnational water bodies that spread the pollutants across the entire region. Water, environment and pollution together constitute a three axial problem that all concerned people in the region would like to focus on.