arise throughout the year. Case studies and assessment reports will help researchers
to frame out the current status and success stories of the implementation of
strategies and policies for sustainable waste management system. The outcome
of the research will be beneficial to the stakeholders and policymakers for the
betterment of waste management system and a set of factors that reveal the most
significant causes for the system failure.
The 8th IconSWM 2018 received 380 abstracts and 320 full papers from 30
countries. Three hundred accepted full papers have been presented in November
2018 at Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. After
thorough review by experts and required revisions, the board has finally selected
appropriate chapters in this book, Solid Waste Policies and Strategies: Issues,
Challenges and Case Studies, dealing with the information, education and communication (IEC) campaign for awareness, 3Rs concept, city-specific waste minimization, environmental awareness, best practices and case studies, role of
pollution control board in waste management, sustainable waste management
strategies, framework for auditing of municipal SWM, capacity building strategies,
Swachh Bharat Mission, ODF status, waste pickers, smart cities and sustainable city
framework, case study in Nepal and community-based solid waste management
strategy.
The IconSWM movement was initiated for better waste management, resource
circulation and environmental protection since the year 2009 through generating
awareness and bringing all the stakeholders together from all over the world under
the aegis of the International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water
(ISWMAW). The international society has supported a few research projects across
India. Such research projects were carried out at CST, IISc, Bangalore, Jadavpur
University, two colleges in West Bengal and one housing society, DCS, at Kolkata.
The Consortium of Researchers in International Collaboration (CRIC) and many
other organizations across the world are helping in the IconSWM movement.
IconSWM has become significantly one of the biggest platforms in India for
knowledge sharing, awareness generation and encouraging the urban local bodies
(ULBs), government departments, researchers, industries, NGOs, communities and
other stakeholders in the area of waste management. The primary agenda of this
conference is to reduce the waste generation encouraging the implementation of
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3Rs) concept and management of the generated waste
ensuring resource circulation. The conference will show a paradigm and provide
holistic pathways to waste management and resource circulation considering the
issues and challenges.
The success of the 8th IconSWM is the result of significant contribution of many
organizations and individuals, specifically the Government of Andhra Pradesh,
several industry associations and chamber of commerce and industries, the AP State
Council of Higher Education and various organizations in India and in different
countries as our partners including UNEP, UNIDO and UNCRD. The 8th
IconSWM 2018 was attended by nearly 823 delegates from 22 countries. The 9th
IconSWM-CE 2019 was held at KIIT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, during 27–30
November 2019 participated by 21 countries. Sri Venkateswara University has
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to frame out the current status and success stories of the implementation of
strategies and policies for sustainable waste management system. The outcome
of the research will be beneficial to the stakeholders and policymakers for the
betterment of waste management system and a set of factors that reveal the most
significant causes for the system failure.
The 8th IconSWM 2018 received 380 abstracts and 320 full papers from 30
countries. Three hundred accepted full papers have been presented in November
2018 at Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. After
thorough review by experts and required revisions, the board has finally selected
appropriate chapters in this book, Solid Waste Policies and Strategies: Issues,
Challenges and Case Studies, dealing with the information, education and communication (IEC) campaign for awareness, 3Rs concept, city-specific waste minimization, environmental awareness, best practices and case studies, role of
pollution control board in waste management, sustainable waste management
strategies, framework for auditing of municipal SWM, capacity building strategies,
Swachh Bharat Mission, ODF status, waste pickers, smart cities and sustainable city
framework, case study in Nepal and community-based solid waste management
strategy.
The IconSWM movement was initiated for better waste management, resource
circulation and environmental protection since the year 2009 through generating
awareness and bringing all the stakeholders together from all over the world under
the aegis of the International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water
(ISWMAW). The international society has supported a few research projects across
India. Such research projects were carried out at CST, IISc, Bangalore, Jadavpur
University, two colleges in West Bengal and one housing society, DCS, at Kolkata.
The Consortium of Researchers in International Collaboration (CRIC) and many
other organizations across the world are helping in the IconSWM movement.
IconSWM has become significantly one of the biggest platforms in India for
knowledge sharing, awareness generation and encouraging the urban local bodies
(ULBs), government departments, researchers, industries, NGOs, communities and
other stakeholders in the area of waste management. The primary agenda of this
conference is to reduce the waste generation encouraging the implementation of
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3Rs) concept and management of the generated waste
ensuring resource circulation. The conference will show a paradigm and provide
holistic pathways to waste management and resource circulation considering the
issues and challenges.
The success of the 8th IconSWM is the result of significant contribution of many
organizations and individuals, specifically the Government of Andhra Pradesh,
several industry associations and chamber of commerce and industries, the AP State
Council of Higher Education and various organizations in India and in different
countries as our partners including UNEP, UNIDO and UNCRD. The 8th
IconSWM 2018 was attended by nearly 823 delegates from 22 countries. The 9th
IconSWM-CE 2019 was held at KIIT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, during 27–30
November 2019 participated by 21 countries. Sri Venkateswara University has
vi
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