URBAN RESIDENTIAL REFUGE COMPOSITION AND GENERATION RATE IN HARIDWAR CITY, UTTARAKHAND STATE, INDIA

An increasing amount of municipal solid waste and its consequent problems of disposal have become a major environmental issue in urban areas besides touristic and pilgrimage activities add the problem manifold. Municipal waste is generated from residential, commercial, institutional and industrial sources which consist of paper, plastics, glass, cloth, metals, organic waste and ashes etc. Present study was carried out in Haridwar city, a famous religious cum tourist spot of India. This study contains the results of two different type of wastes i.e. house hold and commercial waste. The aim of the study was to determine whether there is a connection between areas’ socio-economic status and quantities and qualities of waste produced. The study was based on solid waste generation rate of four socio-economic levels i.e. higher, medium, lower and mixed. In commercial area 100 shops of various kinds were selected, out of these only 68% respond.