Making a Clean Sweep of Urban Solid Waste Management

The available solid waste is converted into compost in the compost plants which can be used as fertilizers for the cement factories.

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atch the scale and the area. Over the years it has been knit-em for managing and it is anchored in the philosophy of 'My Responsibility'. About the management and disposal of biodegradable waste and the management of non-biodegradable materials into plastic, cloth, leather, etc. at the source or the point of generation. The compost and the generated has a role in proliferating gardening across the local bodies are collecting various non-biodegradable items from all the generators through the Haritha Karma Sena (HKS). They are transported to the collection Facility where they are further processed; the reusables are used for upcycling and those that can be recycled are sent to their respective facilities.

The process-reject items end up in the hazardous landfill. The process-reject items from the above nodes are disposed in a scientific landfill. But, the state does not have such a facility for the collection of waste, comparatively less, is a matter of concern.

The state's scheme or policy for waste management is a hybrid one that optimally integrates decentralised and centralised facilities. This is enshrined in the State's Policy for solid waste management (SWM) adopted in 2018.

The ULBs in the state are delivering a slew of services to the citizens and those responsible for the development and maintenance of public infrastructure. They face a critical shortage of competent manpower to plan, develop and monitor facilities particularly in the SWM sector.