Waste disposal

Direct dumping of MSW in open site is the most common practice in many developing countries including Sri Lanka. Disposal of MSW in Sri Lanka is primarily by open site dumping located at lowland areas where leads to surface and ground water pollution .source and separation is still not practiced for MSW thought it is an essential process to recycle and reuse possible materials for example collection of glassware in island wide is successful thus it reduces the manufacture of bottles by 60%. Common problem with open site dumping can be explained as odour emission to the atmosphere, ground water pollution by leachate transport, health and hygiene problem for living beings, pollution of aesthetic appearance, natural water bodies’ pollution, scavenger’s problems and fly and mosquito problems. But this requires large land area and has to handle massive quantities, further it creates many problems mentioned above and has to be stopped immediatel