Department of Structures and Environmental Engineering

SEE (624) Solid waste management Assignment no. 1

Submitted to : Dr. Imran Nawaz
Submitted by : Mahum Rizwan (2017-ag-7871)
B.Sc. Environmental engineering (8th semester)
1.0. Integrated solid waste management: ISWM is a sustainable approach towards solid waste
management which deals with all the aspects from generation, sorting to collection and treatment.
ISWM emphasis on efficient resources.
1.1. ISWM coverage
ISWM covers following aspects of management :
 Geographical and administrative boundaries
 Jurisdiction (municipal, industrial) limits
 Institutions involved and administrative mandate
 Sectors and sub-sectors: (residential ,
 commercial, industrial, urban agriculture,
 healthcare, construction debris, and sludge)
 Waste streams (hazardous and non-hazardous)
 Recyclable and non-recyclable waste

It is a whole package that includes all the managemental systems like technology, communities and
voluntary measures.
 Figure 1 life cycle

2.0. Difference between SWM and ISWM

I would say Solid waste management is a conventional approach while ISWM is a modern approach
More differences are given below in table :
No. SWM ISWM
1 Solid waste management is a term that ISWM is a sustainable approach towards
is used to refer to the process of solid waste management which deals with
collecting and treating solid wastes all the aspects from generation, sorting to
collection and treatment
2 Waste management is all about how It deals with the efficient resources.
solid waste can be changed and used as
a valuable resource.
3 Solid waste management should be ISWM covers different aspects like
embraced by each household, including Geographical and administrative boundaries
the business owners across the world. Jurisdiction (municipal, industrial) limit
Institutions involved and administrative
mandate
4 SWM is a community level approach. Different organizations like UNEP.DTIE
and IETC etc. are involved.