About Solid waste management
Solid Waste Management covers what happens to municipal waste after it leaves homes and businesses. Processing is a large theme: waste-to-energy plants at Piplaj in Ahmedabad and Haji Ali in Mumbai, plans for six plants in Uttarakhand, Ahmedabad's waste-to-steam project, a compressed biogas plant in Durg, a plastic-to-fuel project in Kalyan Dombivli and an analysis of WtE technologies for resource recovery.
Collection and monitoring get equal space, with Kerala's Haritha Mitram app, IoT-enabled collection in Chennai, QR-based tracking in Nagpur, traceability in Delhi and electric garbage vehicles in Lucknow, the first city in Uttar Pradesh to process all its daily waste. Other articles deal with sanitary and special care waste, plastic waste, faecal sludge and septage, and the money to be made from waste through the circular economy.
The section is written for municipal engineers, sanitation officers, waste processing companies and consultants.
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- From Waste to Wealth: How Circular Economy Is Reframing India’s Waste Challenge Why segregation at source decides whether India can earn from its municipal waste
- Sustainable WtE Technologies for Resource Recovery and Energy Generation How waste-to-energy technologies recover resources and cut landfill dependence
- Gujarat’s largest WTE Plant Inaugurated Gujarat's largest waste-to-energy plant and the waste it is designed to process
- Lucknow – Up’s First ‘Zero Fresh Waste Dump’ City How Lucknow reached full processing of its daily municipal solid waste
- Haritha Mitram App for Smart Garbage Tracking How Kerala's Haritha Mitram app tracks non-organic waste for local bodies
- Disposal of Sanitary Waste – Beginning with Bins Why segregation of dry and wet waste still lags in Indian complexes
- Sanitary Solutions & Waste Disposal Options for disposing of sanitary napkins, from eco-friendly pads to incineration
- Plastic Waste Taming the Untamed A conference panel on plastic waste segregation, recycling and the road ahead
Questions readers ask
What is waste-to-energy?
Waste-to-Energy systems convert municipal solid waste into usable energy, offering effective waste treatment and renewable energy production while reducing landfill dependence. Read the article
How much waste does Gujarat's largest waste-to-energy plant process?
The plant at Piplaj, Ahmedabad, is designed to process 1,000 metric tons of municipal solid waste daily, generating 15 megawatts of electricity per hour. Read the article
How much power does the Haji Ali waste-to-energy plant generate?
BMC's first mini waste-to-energy plant at Haji Ali converts two metric tonnes of wet waste into 300 units of electricity per day, used for street lighting and a local garden. Read the article
How much fuel can be made from plastic waste?
Under the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation project, one tonne of plastic can be processed to produce around 500 litres of fuel for use in oil boilers. Read the article