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India is turning into one big garbage dump. The problem is assuming gigantic proportions and the numbers are staggering. Urban India is the world’s 3rd largest garbage generator and by 2050 waste is expected to rise to 436 million tons up.
Did you know around 10 million tonnes of garbage is generated in just the metropolitan cities alone like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kolkata?
Out of the total municipal waste collected, 94% is dumped on land and 5% is composted.
When it comes to waste management in India, nothing is quite right. Central Pollution Control Board in its report which was released in 2009 indicates that around 62 million tons of solid waste is produced in our country every year, of which less than 20% or only 12 million tons are treated. This essentially means that the remaining 52 million tons of waste remain ‘untreated’ and contaminate land or make its way into rivers, lakes and wetlands.
Read: Delhi’s Waste Is Responsible For Killing All Aquatic Life In Yamuna River
If we don’t take ‘Waste Management’ seriously now then there is no way for India to get itself out of this dump.
Watch: Greenathon report: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle before it’s too late
Last year, The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued statutory notices to municipal commissioners of 184 towns to ensure proper management of domestic sewage and solid waste. But no serious action has been taken till now.
Another major issue is the overflowing landfills – there is literally no space to accommodate fresh garbage waste.
An expert at the Centre of Science and Environment says, instead of constructing new landfill sites, the government should be really looking into innovative methods to dispose and recycle its waste. The reason why most landfill sites are over-flowing is because the current waste disposal system is flawed.
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