India needs a united front to fix its garbage problem
As the much-celebrated Swachh Bharat Mission completes eight years of unprecedented focus on safe and inclusive sanitation, the path has changed significantly from where it started on October 2, 2014. An estimated 2,200 legacy dumpsites, strewn like ulcers on the country’s urban landscape, hold 160 million tonnes of waste and are waiting to be scientifically dismantled. Urban expansion has caused an exponential increase in plastic consumption, resulting in 9.5 million tonnes of plastic waste generated annually, 40% of which is unattended. Urban planners are also confronted by mounds of deadly electronic waste coming from televisions, computers and smartphones, among others, containing toxic metals such as lead, mercury and lithium. The second phase of SBM Urban launched a year ago rightly lays focus on augmenting infrastructure for material recovery, recycling and waste management.
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