Assessment of the Solid Waste Management System in Trivandrum City

In Trivandrum even though a solid waste management system does exist, it does not function properly due to various reasons. Authorities are spending significant resources to address this problems but the overall situation is far from satisfactory. The focus of this paper is to evaluate the present...

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Main Author: Sunil Edward and Vijitha V Kumar
Format: Printed Book
Published: 10th National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT09) 6-7 Nov 2009 2009
Subjects:
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/004231.pdf
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