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HomeWaste Management

Waste Management

Urban waste management, policy and schemes, Swachh Bharat Mission and practices, and the impact on sustainability.

Achan landfill, Srinagar's only garbage dumping site
Waste Management

Court orders ignored: Srinagar’s lone landfill site spreads disease and misery

January 17, 2023 Abid Bashir Wani

In 2007, the High Court ordered SMC to close the Srinagar garbage dumping site within 18 months. The orders have not been implemented till date.

An open garbage dump in an Indian city, used as a representative image.
Waste Management

CAG audit of urban waste management in Odisha finds not a single sanitary landfill

January 9, 2023 Himanshu Upadhyaya

Out of 114 Urban Local Bodies that should follow SWM Rules in the state, the CAG audit selected 21. Waste dumping was rampant in all of them.

Bhalsawa landfill, Delhi
Waste Management

Ecological damage, land lost: The cost of Delhi’s toxic landfills

December 14, 2022 Sri Krishna

Delhi’s landfills, mainly Ghazipur, Bhalswa and Okhla, are now toxic, growing sites causing immense harm to citizens in and around.

Picture of Aerobic Windrows at the wet waste processing plant set up by Indore Corporation.
Waste Management

Opinion: Why cities find it difficult to replicate Indore’s waste processing model

October 13, 2022 Pushkara SV

Indore has been judged India’s cleanest city for the sixth time in a row. An expert identifies key gaps that keep other cities from catching up.

Bhalswa landfill in Delhi has been on fire since April 26th
Waste Management

Bhalswa and beyond: Why has Delhi failed to put an end to waste dump fires?

May 9, 2022 Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya

Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill has been on fire for over 10 days now. Waste management expert Swati Singh Sambyal explains why such episodes keep recurring.

Disposable plastic items commonly found in waste
Waste Management

How and what to communicate for successful bans on single use plastics

April 18, 2022 Apurupa Gorthi

CounterMEASURE II – a UNEP initiative, surveys stakeholders in four cities and shares insights for effective campaigns against single use plastics.

The dry waste collection centre in Ponnampet, Coorg
Waste Management

Turning a landfill into a park: What our cities can learn from eco-sensitive Coorg

March 16, 2022 Pinky Chandran

How does one close a landfill and in the process create a sustainable waste management model? Coorg in Karnataka has shown the way.

bhalswa landfill
Waste Management

Unearthing invisible layers of life near Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill

December 30, 2021 Kanchan Joneja and Sukriti Thukral

Waste picker communities in Shraddhanand Colony share a toxic relationship with the Bhalswa landfill and lack basic services like access to clean water.

Plastic packaging
Waste Management

Managing plastic packaging waste: Why the draft EPR rules are likely to fall short

December 2, 2021 Pinky Chandran

The exclusion of waste collectors and the informal recycling value chain is one among the key concerns with the draft EPR rules.

Swach Bharat 2.0 waste management Deonar landfill
Waste Management

Opinion: Five areas Swachh Bharat 2.0 must focus on to overcome our real waste challenges

October 26, 2021 Tikender Panwar and Aravind Unni

Swachh Bharat 2.0 should aim for a decentralised model that looks at zero-waste cities with mandatory inclusion of all waste workers.

Multi-layer plastic
Waste Management

Plastic waste: Why EPR alone doesn’t stand a chance

September 23, 2021 Pinky Chandran

The guidelines on extended producer’s responsibility (EPR) are problematic as they ignore the informal waste workers in the recycling value chain.

Bandhwari waste to energy plant
Waste Management

“Hear us today, for life tomorrow”: Pleas against Bandhwari Waste to Energy Plant

September 16, 2021 Monika Khanna Gulati

Both citizens and experts are staunchly opposed to the proposed expansion of the Bandhwari Waste to Energy plant. Here’s why.

Indian cities need a plastic and solid waste inventory
Waste Management

Indian cities need a waste inventory. These studies show why and how

July 20, 2021 News Desk

Delhi-based iFOREST, has released two reports on solid and plastic waste in Haridwar and Rishikesh. These are the key findings and recommendations on developing a waste inventory

Revival of tourism must focus on sustainable waste management
Waste Management

How can India move towards more sustainable waste management in tourist cities?

July 13, 2021 Pinky Chandran

There is no one-size-fits-all approach. But waste management in tourist cities needs a fresh, multi-stakeholder approach as the tourism sector looks to revive itself.

Waste Management

What does it mean to live near a solid waste dumpyard in our cities?

June 8, 2021 Sahana Goswami and Samrat Basak

Life near garbage dumpyards in our cities is fraught with many risks. Yet, little attention is paid to the issue of scientific solid waste management and elimination of landfills.

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