In most cities, the municipal service for the collection and transportation of urban solid wastes comprises three separate functions as follows,

a)	sweeping, curbside and domestic waste collection from garbage bins
b)	Transportation by handcarts to large or road collection points, which may be open dumps.
c)	Transportation by vehicles to the disposal sites

Indian waste management system is starved of resources to tackle the increasing demands associated with growing urbanisation. Due to budgetary constraints, inadequate equipment and poor planning, house-to-house collection is very rare in India, particularly in certain low-income areas where waste is not collected at all. It is estimated that upto 30-40 percent (UNCHS, 1994) of disposed solid wastes are left uncollected. The areas, which are not serviced, are left with clogged sewers and litter which, create serious health problems for the resident population.