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Solid waste management includes collection, transfer, resource recovery, recycling and treatment of waste. The main target is to protect population health, promote environmental quality, develop sustainability and provide support to economic productivity. The problem of solid waste is having an impact on the urban environment of the Chalakudy market as well. The primary purpose of the study was to conduct an inquiry of the current situation regarding the segregation and treatment of garbage in the Chalked market. This investigation covered the collection, separation, treatment, and disposal of waste. The necessary data was gathered from the Chalakudy Municipal Corporation as well as through individual field visits. The methodology of this project consists of data collection and proposing a convenient method for efficient solid waste management in chalakudy market. The Chalakudy municipality consist of a total of 41 number of wards, stretching over an area of 33.57 sq Km. The total population of Chalakudy Municipality as per 2011 census is 65,031, with 16433 houses, 3 markets and 2200 shops. The amount of solid waste generated making a total of 16,350 kg waste per day in chalakudy market. Non-Biodegradable waste generated is about 1 tonne waste per day. The physical composition of waste consist of 2% of inert materials, 2% of ash and fine earth, 2% of plastic waste, 4% of domestic hazardous, 80% of compostable organics, 1% of metals and 1% of glass. The present procedure is as follows solid waste is collected from market. The waste is then stored segregation is done. The segregation is done manually by the workers of chalakudy municipality. The disposal and treatment consist of Thumboormuzhy Aerobic Model. The plastic is sold to green Kerala mission and no other treatment is adopted. From the studies it was understood that the Chalakudy lacks a efficient segregation unit. The segregation of is done manually which is not efficient method for segregation. Hence proposed a convenient method i.e MRF, material recovery facility, which is semiautomatic in nature and provided a solar panel as a renewable source of energy and providing a system for treating the blood of slaughtered animals.