Abstract

Abstract: Solid waste management has been a challenge forcertain decades in metropolitan cities, where tons of wastes are generated fromseveral sources. These wastes produced don’t have proper disposal methods, butnowadays the research has been carried out for proper disposal and removal ofchemicals from industrial waste also municipal solid waste. As of today thesolid waste is usually disposed by dumping method which requires large area andit contains toxic substances which are harmful to the environment. This can besubstituted by biotechnological methods such as composting, biodegradation ofxenobiotic compounds and bioremediation. In this review the above mentionedmethods are explained which are effective. Significant research has beencarried out for several years to find the efficient method for solid wastemanagement. Composting which is a method of decomposition of organic matter bymicrobes under controlled condition has been efficient bio technique for manymunicipalities. Xenobiotic compounds are artificially developed compounds suchas benzopyrene and explosive oils etc. These compounds enhance the microbialactivity. These are advancements in disposal of solid waste usingbiotechnological methods.

Keywords – Composting,Biodegradation, Xenobiotic, Benzopyrene, Explosive oils.