Vol. 8, Issue 1, Part F (2022)

Abstract
Municipal solid waste is a serious hazard to the whole world but more hazardous to the developing countries like India where urbanization is very fast and industrial development is still gaining speed. Almora municipal area of Uttarakhand where the growth of urbanization is high and population is continuously increasing. As a district headquarter Almora provides sites for different administrative, educational, trade, tourism, health and recreational activities. In Almora city, municipal body provides solid waste collection and management services to a great extent. Though, it is an essential service, but not attaining adequate priority, which it deserves in the fast growing city. In general, solid waste collection and management services are deprived and insufficient in Almora municipal area. This situation has created many problems in urban environment also to the public health of Almora municipal area. Huge interventions in natural settings by humans are the main cause of environmental and social hazards in urban areas. Incineration of municipal solid waste is producing black carbon, emitting harmful toxins like mercury, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide, etc. and also adding particulate matters in the urban environment. All these are collectively creating problems to the precious plants, wildlife and also to the human beings. Present study focuses on the municipal solid waste collection, management and disposal system and related lacking in Almora municipal area and provides measures to organize up with the problems.