India’s waste

management

Waste: current status

Daily solid waste generation:
~160,000 metric tonnes.
Collection efficiency: 96% (153,000
TPD collected).
Treatment: 50%.
Landfilling: 18.4%.
Unaccounted for: 31.2%.
Significant increase in waste
processing: 19% in 2015-16 to
49.96% in 2020-21 over the last five
years.

ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN THUS

FAR:

KOLKATA: SWM IMPROVEMENT

PROJECT.
KANCHRAPARA: PROMOTING
SWM WITH CITIZEN
CHALLENGES: PARTICIPATION.
• INSUFFICIENT COLLECTION AND KOLLAM: MSW MANAGEMENT
SORTING PROCESSES. PROJECT.
• LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF LAND. CHENNAI: MSW PROJECT.
NAVI MUMBAI: MSW
• THE IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF
MANAGEMENT PROJECT.
ELECTRONIC WASTE. VISAKHAPATNAM: SWM
• A LACK OF AWARENESS. THROUGH CITIZEN
INVOLVEMENT.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
DECENTRALIZED SWM.
CIDCO: SWM IN AREAS NEAR
NAVI MUMBAI.
GOA: SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT EFFORTS.
AHMEDABAD: METHANE GAS
UTILIZATION FOR ENERGY.

Recommendations:
• Enhancing waste storage and collection
involves implementing standardized
bins for every household.
• Establishing communal central
collection points.
• Encouraging greater source separation
of waste.
• Promoting collaboration among
communities, the informal waste sector,
formal waste collectors, and authorities.
• Reducing manual handling of waste.

Economic Impact:

Landfill expansion wastes valuable

land.
Inadequate waste collection leads to
drain blockages and urban flooding,
causing economic losses.
Poor waste management diminishes
tourism potential due to city filth.