INTEGRATED WASTE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Integrated Waste Resource Management (IWRM) is a comprehensive approach to managing waste by combining reduction, reuse, recycling, resource recovery, and safe disposal methods. With rapid urbanization, industrialization, and population growth, waste generation has reached critical levels globally, posing severe environmental, social, and economic challenges. IWRM focuses on minimizing waste generation at the source, improving segregation techniques, utilizing advanced treatment methods such as composting, anaerobic digestion, and waste-to-energy technologies, and promoting circular economy principles.