Following are the advantages of solid waste management:
1. Fire accidents, spread of rats, disease- causing pests or germs and stray animals can be kept under control.
2. Disease will be kept under control, improvement in public health, working capacity will increase, less load of patients on hospital, etc.
3. Extraction of low toxic materials, prevention of water pollution.
4. Cheap and best botanical fertilizer will get, agriculture capacity and production will increase.
5. Cheap energy is obtained for production of electricity.
6. Many items can be produced from recycled raw materials.
7. Increase in employment opportunities.
8. Costly metals can be recovered from garbage.
