Mariyah HASANAT, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Allahabad, India
Tabassum YASMEEN, Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, India
Plastic waste problem is a fastest growing and a very big problem globally which effects environment. Approximately 1-10% plastic has become a significant component of solid waste in recent years, reason is domestic and industrial places generate large amounts of plastic waste. Serious environmental problems occur when plastic waste burns open on the roadside or in illegal dumpsites. Plastic represents latest contamination in the marine environment while increased use(we produce about 300 million tonnes of plastic waste every year, that is nearly equivalent to the weight of the entire human population) of plastic has led to negative environmental impacts. The main area of this proposal is to identify and monitor of plastic debris patches on land using geospatial technology from freely available high resolution satellite Sentinel-2 image. Also initiate the best suitable site for dumping zones for solid waste and analyses the spatial arrays of solid waste dumping zones in major cities of the central Gangetic plain such as Prayagraj, Banaras and Kanpur which are highly populous, and industrial place also has religious importance.
Mots clés : Plastic|Sentinel-2|Geospatial technology|Solid waste management|Dumping site suitability.
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