1. waste management in Cities

2. Households and businesses generate waste
The waste is usually sent to landfills.
origin of waste

3. waste sent to landfill
Mumbai : 5,500 tons per day (approx.)
Bangalore : 3,000 tons per day (approx.)
Delhi : 6,000 tons per day (approx.)
Pune : 1,500 tons per day (approx.)

4. Landfills are Hazardous
They pollute land and water

5. No community
would like a
landfill around
it.

6. howWASTEFUL we are !!
Landfills are NOT necessary.
Of the total waste that end up in landfills, a whopping
95%can still be reused or recycled (45%) or turned
into compost (50%).

7. new thinking in waste management

8. Waste can be managed responsibly at multiple levels
 home / office
 community / neighborhood
 city
 producers

9. It is possible to
publicly manage
our waste to
create an
environmentally
safe and a
CLEAN city

10. For more information see:
segregation, the FIRST step
waste management for communities
responsible waste management for cities
waste management law and policy in India
innovation in waste management
economics of waste management