BY THE NEW MILLENNIUM , global waste-to-energy market is projected to be worth US 37.64 billion. It amounted to a mas- sive of 2.12 billion tons of waste each year we produced. A truck with waste can circle the Earth 24 times. We need 1.6 planets to absorb our waste as well as providing us with the resources and by 2030s, two. Without we realizing it, there is gold trashed in the waste we produce every day. With rapid urbanization in India, the country is facing massive waste management challenge. Over 377 million urban people live in 7,935 towns and cities and generate 62 million tonnes of municipal solid waste per annum. Nearly 72 per cent of India’s garbage remaining untreated. Landfills are unsightly and odorous. Only 43 million tonnes (MT) of the waste is collected, 11.9 MT is treated and 31 MT is dumped in landfill sites. Solid waste management is one among the basic essential services provided by municipal authorities in the country to keep urban centres clean. However, almost all municipal authorities deposit solid waste at a dump yard within or outside the city haphazardly. Experts believe that India is following a flawed system of waste disposal and management.
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