Waste generation is not rare in urban areas, nor any other part of the world. The only difference is in the management of wastes. An effective, efficient and sustainable waste management system is still rare in India. "The scenario is bad in India and not

The household waste is disposed of either via a door-to-door collection system, which is not so common, or in municipal facilities. Excluding posh residential and commercial colonies, most of the

After the garbage is collected, it needs to be transported to a safe disposal site. Here, too, there is no dearth of problems

"We simply dispose waste in abandoned quarries and other areas,' said Dhaigude, when asked about the waste disposal system in Mumbai. In the parlance of the municipal officials, disposal of waste

Despite the importance of their work, ragpickers are a harassed lot

Where the government has failed miserably in providing quality service to the people, some ngos have set an example on how urban waste can be managed. Vatavaran in Delhi and Exnora in Chennai are two organisations, which have set at rest doubts on the dif

The solution lies in making waste management a community exercise

Sheila Dikshit ignores MCD, launches waste management campaign

A cash rich municipality and a set of dedicated officials have made Surat s waste management system a successful but expensive exercise

What the municipalities must learn about waste management from an NGO