Today the world is beset with the problem of rising concentration of green house gases and consequent ill effects like global warming. Kyoto protocol lays down various actions to be taken by the countries to reduce these gases and most nations are signatories to the protocol. Any waste generated adds to the environmental pollution.

It therefore becomes the responsibility of all individuals, society, corporations, civic bodies and nations to endeavor to reduce waste as a first step and manage waste, which is inevitable, in a manner that CO2 and methane are arrested and kept to the minimum or below prescribed level..