Effect Of Municipal Solid Waste On Chemical Nutrients Of Soil – A Case Study

Research Article
Murthy B.V.R., Bujji CH., Vasanthi K., Adilakshmi R and Vijayraju J
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2018.0905.2184
Subject: 
Engineering
KeyWords: 
Environment, major nutrients, contamination, municipal solid waste, chemical nutrition
Abstract: 

Soil is one of the important natural resource in environment. Soil fertility refers to the ability of a soil to sustain plant growth. A fertile soil will contain all the major nutrients for basic plant nutrition (e.g., nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium), as well as other nutrients needed in smaller quantities (e.g., calcium, magnesium, sulfur, iron, zinc, copper, boron, molybdenum, nickel). Soil pollution caused by human activities, either directly or indirectly. Municipal solid waste is one of soil pollutant generated from homes, institutions (e.g., schools), commercial establishments, and industrial facilities. In the present study the investigation focus on the effect of municipal solid waste on the chemical nutrition levels of soil and analyze how much area is affected in and around the study area.