This book provides basics as well as new methods of municipal solid waste management including generations, collection and storage, transportation and treatment and disposal. The problems and prospects of MSW management in Mysore city have well explained with sevral images of MSWM operation.Further, difficulty faced generally by most of the municipal body in managing solid waste is discussed in comprehensive manner which will update the readers of solid waste management. This book fulfills the needs of undergraduates, post graduates and researcher of Environmental science, Biotechnology, and other related fields.