Assessment of Selected NGO Participation in Community Based Solid Waste Management:A case study of Sonadanga Residential Area
Chapter one 1.1 Background of the study When a useful material good reaches the end of its life cycle, it losses its economic value and turn into waste. Nearly half of the world’s growing population lives in urban areas, causing enormous pressure on the local environment. Particularly in the large agglomerations of the developing countries, inadequate waste management is causes of serious urban pollution and hazard. Industrialized economies are facing an ever-increasing load of waste and declining landfill space to dispose of these materials. Sustainable management of waste with the overall goal of minimizing its impact on the in an economically and socially acceptable way is a challenge for the coming decades. Khulna is a typical city in Bangladesh faced with growing urban environmental problems. Global concerns for urban environmental pollution are increasing day by day. The rapid growth of population and urbanization has witnessed depletion of non-r