One great news for the private waste management sector in India comes from the city of Agra where Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam has outsourced the function to a private firm on a fee basis- where the major polluters will be charged a fee to dispose their waste. This is a step to ensure that people don't get away after polluting our environment and somebody oversees the whole process to guarantee safe disposal of waste. This also imbibes a sense of cautiousness within the community and makes them think before they dispose anything here and there as when they know they are paying money for a particular services, they'll be more interested in knowing what happens to it.
In Pune, a new hazardous and bio-medical plant is going to be set up under PPP on a cost sharing basis-25% Central govt., 25% State govt. and rest 50% by private firm to handle about 3000kgs of waste.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has identified 3 new landfill sites at Tajola, Ambernath and Shil Phata to handle the growing waste in the upcoming years. The garbage output is expected to double from 11000 odd tonnes to 19500 tonnes in the next 25 years.
Small cities have come up with exemplary progress which shoes that if there is a will and proper planning then any problem can be solved. Rajkot has entered into PPP to collect and efficiently dispose the waste generated in the city everyday, where earlier only 25% of the households were having their waste collected compared to the present 90% households. The waste collectors are paid about Rs.10 per household per month for the collection, segregation and disposal. The recyclables are sold off and the remaining is landfilled. Also fines and penalties are levied on people who litter.
Though this is not a new concept and every municipal council has made plans on the same lines in some way but what needs to be seen is how to successfully implement that plan. If these plans are implemented in proper manner, there will be no unpleasant sites in our cities in the first place.
To reiterate the fact, we at Ecowise follow the best practices to not only collect the waste door-to-door but also treat them by making compost to make least burden on our landfills.
So, Join our campaign towards cleaner cities.
In Pune, a new hazardous and bio-medical plant is going to be set up under PPP on a cost sharing basis-25% Central govt., 25% State govt. and rest 50% by private firm to handle about 3000kgs of waste.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has identified 3 new landfill sites at Tajola, Ambernath and Shil Phata to handle the growing waste in the upcoming years. The garbage output is expected to double from 11000 odd tonnes to 19500 tonnes in the next 25 years.
Small cities have come up with exemplary progress which shoes that if there is a will and proper planning then any problem can be solved. Rajkot has entered into PPP to collect and efficiently dispose the waste generated in the city everyday, where earlier only 25% of the households were having their waste collected compared to the present 90% households. The waste collectors are paid about Rs.10 per household per month for the collection, segregation and disposal. The recyclables are sold off and the remaining is landfilled. Also fines and penalties are levied on people who litter.
Though this is not a new concept and every municipal council has made plans on the same lines in some way but what needs to be seen is how to successfully implement that plan. If these plans are implemented in proper manner, there will be no unpleasant sites in our cities in the first place.
To reiterate the fact, we at Ecowise follow the best practices to not only collect the waste door-to-door but also treat them by making compost to make least burden on our landfills.
So, Join our campaign towards cleaner cities.
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