ABSTRACT
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is one of the biggest challenges in the development of urban pockets worldwide. The composition of municipal solid waste varies greatly from municipality to municipality, and it changes significantly with time (Kumar, et al., 2016). The process of waste management includes an array of tasks which are focused towards generation, prevention, characterisation, monitoring, treatment, handling, reuse and residual disposition of solid wastes. As compared to the natural ecosystem and the ecological cycle, waste management focuses on the waste generated from the man-made activities and processes. This process faces a lot of challenges in situations like India with increasing population, squalor and dwindling economic conditions. The system of governance is also a big hurdle consisting of corrupt practices, rapid unplanned urbanisation and lack of resource management. The development trend has exerted more pressure on the existing system which requires better management and technological interventions. The management of waste in a wetland region brings a set of uncertain factors for effective execution. The scope of the research includes solid waste disposal strategies pertaining to a wetland region. The study is based on primary and secondary data collected pertaining to the Kuttanad Wetland Region (KWR) which surrounds the Vembanad Lake.
