Over 377 million urban people live in 7,935 towns and cities and generate 62 million tonnes of municipal solid waste per annum. Only 43 million tonnes (MT) of the waste is collected, 11.9 MT is treated and 31 MT is dumped in landfill sites. Thus, Sanitation & Waste Management becomes one amongst the most neglected basic essential services required to keep urban centres clean.
Recent Developments ASSOCHAM-NEC Report 2018 Recently, ASSOCHAM-NEC technologies jointly released a report on 05th June, 2018 named “Electricals & Electronics Manufacturing in India” which has revealed that India recycles only 5% of its e-waste and the rest is dismantled by the unorganized sector and scrap dealers. Key Highlights:
Bio-Medical Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2018 Recently, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF& CC) released new amendments to the Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016. Key Highlights:
Plastic Waste (Amendment) Rules 2018 Recently, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF& CC) released new amendments to the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. Key Highlights:
E-Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2018 Recently, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF& CC) released new amendments to the E-Waste Management Rules, 2016. Key Highlights:
Swachh Survekshan Survey 2018
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Until 2014, 600 million people (approximately 60 per cent of the world’s open defecators) were practicing open defecation across the country. Of these, 550 million were in rural India. This situation changed quite dramatically in recent times. The open defecation number has dwindled to 100 million. As many as 5,20,000 villages, 530 Districts and 25 States and Union Territories are Open Defecation Free (ODF). Rural India is poised to become open defecation free by October 2, 2019.
What led to the change?
Achievements in Reports
Solid Waste Solid waste is the unwanted or useless solid materials generated from human activities in residential, industrial or commercial areas. Types of Solid Waste
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Indian Scenario on Waste Generation
India generates roughly 62 million tons of garbage a year. Out of this staggering figure, approximately 43 million tons are collected annually: 11.9 million tons of collected waste are treated and the remaining 31 million tons disposed off in landfills.
Indian Scenario in Solid
Waste Management (SWM)
As per PIB 2016, In India less than 60% of waste is collected from households and only 15% of urban India’s waste is processed in a country 12 times as dense as that of the United States.