India Garbage Problem

Presence of a public urinal and open garbage bin right next to one's house violates the right to live with dignity in a clean and healthy environment under the Constitution, the Delhi High Court has said. Justice Amit Bansal stated that a hygienic environment was an integral aspect of a healthy life and the absence of a healthy environment frustrates the right to live with dignity. The court passed the order while dealing with a lawyer's petition raising a grievance against the construction of an unauthorised open garbage bin and urinal on the eastern walls of his property. The petitioner contended that about 150 residents in his neighbourhood used the garbage bin to dispose of their waste and in spite of several requests to the MCD officials to maintain sanitary conditions near the bin and the urinal, no action was taken. The court directed the MCD to forthwith demolish the open dustbin and the urinal next to the house of the petitioner, observing that the presence of an open garb

The new fee will be collected alongside property tax and is expected to generate an additional revenue of Rs 750 crore annually

Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Friday said out of 2,300 identified garbage dumping sites across India, 427 have been fully cleaned, freeing up 4,500 acres of land and asserted that the remaining locations would be cleaned in the next two years. The Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs of India, addressing media, said the nationwide garbage-free cities initiative began in 2021, with only 18 per cent of solid waste being processed at the time. Today, that figure has risen to 73 per cent. "We are currently processing 1.5 lakh tons of solid waste per day," he said, adding that the country has identified 22 crore metric tons of waste at 2,300 dump sites. Highlighting the country's progress towards creating garbage-free cities, Khattar noted that a significant portion of the cleaned land has been repurposed for development projects, including initiatives to generate electricity from waste. "Some of the projects on these lands are focused on waste-to-energy solutions," he ...

The MoEFCC's proposal aligns with the "polluter pays" principle, ensuring that those responsible for environmental damage bear the cost of cleanup

The JBM Enviro waste-to-energy facility runs like a coal-fired power plant - it uses heat from burning feedstock to turn water into steam that powers a turbine

AAP Delhi convener and minister Gopal Rai Friday asserted his party will solve the city's garbage management problem within five years, if voted to power in the MCD, saying the BJP failed in its 15-year-tenure in the civic body. The party released 'Kejriwal's 10 guarantees' for the December 4 MCD polls earlier this month with the promise to clear the three landfill sites and address the problem of garbage mismanagement in the capital. In an interview to PTI, Rai said, "It is not just AAP but the people of Delhi who have been raising this issue," when asked why is the party focussing on the issue of garbage menace. AAP's senior leader Atishi had earlier told PTI that the party will rope in international experts to find solutions to reducing the size of the three landfill sites. Rai concurred with her and said there are several countries that came up with technological solutions to garbage mismanagement. "I visited Sweden a while ago and it is a country that used to be polluted at a

The housing and urban affairs (HUA) ministry said legacy dumpsites pose a major threat to the environment and contributes to air pollution and water pollution

Abhay Deshpande's firm Recykal currently collects over 10,000 tonnes of garbage a month from schools, colleges and commercial set-ups, and plans to take it to 100,000 tonnes soon.

The week-long campaign to free India of garbage will be till August 15

A local clean-up drive in Kumaon shows that there are some pay-offs of PM Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, writes Anjuli Bhargava

We need to empower and resource those we depend on to clear our cities

India's cities are among the largest garbage generators in the world, producing about 62 million tonnes of waste every year

A study has suggested the govt accord industry status to the country's waste management sector