Comparative analysis of composting as a municipal solid waste treatment process in India
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Liu, Yeqing![Thumbnail](/bitstream/handle/1721.1/99568/924339181-MIT.pdf.jpg?sequence=3&isAllowed=y)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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David Langseth.
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A study of composting municipal solid waste (MSW) in India compared a specific facility in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India to existing standards and practices documented in literature globally and in other facilities in India. The scope of this study included an analysis of issues in various facilities around the world in light of relevant government regulations, perceptions, and social values. From these results, short term low cost improvements were proposed to increase efficiency and sustainability of the facility in Muzaffarnagar. Long term improvements were proposed to address inefficiencies within the Indian industrial municipal solid waste composting system as a whole.
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Thesis: M. Eng. in Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-60).
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2015Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Civil and Environmental Engineering.