Solid waste management in India

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Solid waste management IN INDIAUtkarsh Patel04January 2019ICRIER, New DelhiSTRUCTURE OF THE Solid waste Scenario in Disposal of Solid Sustainable Solid waste Management21. MUNICIPAL Solid WASTESCENARIO IN INDIA3Household WasteCommercial & Institutional WasteMarket and Catering WasteStreet Sweepings and Silt from DrainsHorticulture and Dairy WasteSlaughter house WasteTreated Biomedical WasteMUNICIPALSOLID waste -Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste is no longer a part of municipal Solid waste . C&D waste management Rules 2016, Plastic waste management Rules 2016, E- waste management Rules 2016, Biomedical waste management Rules 2016, and Hazardous and Other waste management Rules 2016 are separately notified by MoEF&CC4ALTERNATIVE ESTIMATES FOR MSW GENERATIONYearSourceAnnual Generation (million tonnes)2017Our estimate 1based on 450 gm per capita daily generation and urban population of 440 million*722017Our estimate 2based on 400 gm per capita daily generation and urban population of 440 million*642014-15Central Pollution Control Board522014-15Ministry of Urban Development522013-14Task Force on waste to Energy, Planning Commission62Source: CPCB, MoH&UA, Planning Commission* based on United Nations population estimates5TOP MSW GENERATING CITIES IN India 2016*79085085085010001000120015001680230 02500400042005000600086009620Agra

•Economics of Bioremediation •Economics of Recycling 25. 26 For further reading please refer to:Ahluwalia I.J.and Patel U., “SolidWaste Management in India: An Assessment of Resource Recovery and Environmental Impact.”ICRIER Working Paper 356 (2018)

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