Solid and management of municipal solid wastes

Solidwastes could be defined as non-gaseous and non-liquid products of humanactivities, regarded as being useless (Babayemi and Dauda, 2009).

Its origin ismainly from households, construction and municipal (Munier, 2005). Solid waste can be classified according to itsorigin (industrial, commercial, institutional, domestic and construction),according to its potential hazard (non-toxic, toxic, radioactive, infectious, flammable,etc.), as well as according to solid waste contents (glass, plastic paper,metal, organic material, etc.) (Femi and Oluwole, 2013). The generation and management of municipalsolid wastes are the problems facing both developing and developed countries.Generation of municipal solid waste has become an increasing public health and environmentalproblem everywhere in the world, mainly in developing countries.

Fast expansionof urban, industrial and agricultural activities spurred by quick populationgrowth has created vast amounts of liquid wastes and municipal solid that contaminatethe environment and destroy resources (UNEP, 2005). In many countries with growthof population and the increasing demand for food and other essentials, therehas been a increase in the amount of municipal solid waste being generated creatingits management and dumping problematic (SS.Asadi et al, 2005). Municipal solidwaste management has long been a universal environmental problem. This isbecause of the quick growth of urbanization and population that reductions the non-renewableresources and dumping of toxic waste waste and arbitrarily, because of thismajor environmental issues posing stress to the arrival of human being (Allenet al, 1997). The most collective problems related with inappropriatemanagement of municipal solid waste include fire hazards, foul odor, transmissiondiseases, atmospheric and water contamination, aesthetic pain and economicvictims (Jilani et al, 2002).