Abstract:
Industrial activity has boosted in Pakistan with a view to increase the per capita income. But in the course of this development no attention has been given to the harms caused by this activity to the environment. Most of the work documented till now regarding industrial waste is restricted to the liquid effluents quantitatively and gaseous emissions qualitatively only. This study carried out on Industrial Solid Waste Management. Industrial solid waste can be recyclable or non-recyclable, and the focus of this study is only on the non-recyclable industrial waste management plan. The scope of the work has been limited to one industrial area i.e. Township Industrial Estate Lahore, where various types of industries exist. Study area surrounds three key issues of the Solid Waste Management a) storage, b) Transportation and c) disposal. As a result of physical survey it was estimated that about 7300 tons of recyclable waste is being generated and sold/recycled where as only 1043 tons of nonrecyclable waste is being dumped on the roads and streets of this industrial estate. Seven types of industries namely flour mills, rubber, carpet, shoes (leather, Rexene), marble and herbal medicine are generating this kind of waste which require proper disposal. Among the major share was from marble cuttings. To assess the proper management of waste its physical parameters like weight, volume and density were measured accordingly. All these three parameters of storage, transportation and disposal are designed and proposed for the existing and keeping in view the future expansion of Township Industrial Estate Lahore along with the cost analysis. In light of the recommendations of the study, necessary measures could be taken for solving the problems of the waste storage, transportation and disposal
