Parliament Question: Solid Waste Management

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 50 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2025 Solid Waste Management

50. SMT. BHARTI PARDHI:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:

SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE:

SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to

state:

(a) whether the Government has assessed the current status of municipal solid waste management, including State/UT-wise data on total waste generated, segregated (dry/wet) and recycled and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the steps taken to promote effective waste segregation at source and separate collection of dry and wet waste from households and commercial establishments;

(c) whether systematic policies, incentives or public awareness programmes have been introduced to reduce waste generation and increase recycling rates and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the measures undertaken to monitor compliance with waste management rules, including the use of technology for tracking and rewarding municipal performance;

(e) the details of international best practices adopted in India for waste prevention and segregation, including citizen participation and data-driven monitoring; and

(f) the long-term strategies proposed to minimise waste generation, enhance recycling, and ensure a cleaner environment in urban and semi-urban areas? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) Based on the information submitted by the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) and Pollution Control Committees (PCCs), to Central Pollution Control Board for 2023-24, under the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, the total solid waste generated in the country is 1,85,195 TPD, waste collected is 1,79,479 TPD, waste processed/treated is 114,110 TPD and waste landfilled is 39,629 TPD. The State/UT wise data for total solid waste generated, collected and processed is given at Annexure.(b) As per the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, the local authorities and village panchayats are responsible for solid waste management. The Rules mandate waste generators to segregate and store the waste generated by them in three separate streams namely bio- degradable, non-biodegradable and domestic hazardous wastes and handover segregated wastes to authorised waste pickers or waste collectors as per the direction or notification by the local authorities from time to time. Further, as per the Rules, local authorities and village panchayats are mandated to arrange for door to door collection of segregated solid waste from all households, commercial, institutional and other non residential premises.

(c) The Government of India provides central assistance under the Swachh Bharat Mission for solid waste management in urban and rural areas of the country. The Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 (SBM-U 2.0) has the overall vision of creating "Garbage Free Cities", through 100 % source segregation, door-to-door collection and scientific processing of all fraction of waste, safe disposal in scientific landfill, and remediation of all legacy waste dumpsites. Under Swachh Bharat Mission – Grameen Phase II, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation has issued operational guidelines to the States and Union Territories which include solid waste management activities at the village level.

(d) to (f) The concerned State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution Control Committees are mandated as per rules to monitor environmental standards and adherence to conditions for waste processing and disposal sites. Separately, a Swachhta Management Platform “Swachhatam” along with GIS platform based App was launched under SBM-U 2.0, by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, to enable data driven decision making and to maintain transparency through digital engagement. Also, Swachh Survekshan under SBM 2.0 provides competitive Monitoring Framework for accelerating Swachhta outcomes in Urban India, with citizens participation being one of the key pillars. The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, recognizes the waste hierarchy under which the solid waste should be managed by giving emphasis to prevention, reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery and disposal, with prevention being the most preferred option and the disposal at the landfill being the least.

*****Annexure Overall Solid Waste Management Status (as per Annual Report 2023-24 submitted by 36 SPCBs/PCCs) (values in TPD) Sl. No. State Generated (TPD) Collected (TPD) Treated (TPD) 1 Andhra Pradesh 6890 6890 6890

77.3 77.3 72.22 2 A&N Island 3 Arunachal Pradesh 215.02 202 44.49 4 Assam 1224 1131 726 5 Bihar 5949 5949 1502.94 6 Chandigarh 578 578 130 7 Chhattisgarh 2455 2345 1904 8 DNH & DD 269.02 269.02 216.49 9 Delhi 11342 11342 7542 10 Goa 193.9 193.9 187.9 11 Gujarat 12000 12000 7571.832 12 Haryana 9662.21 7248.72 4859.31 13 Himachal Pradesh 362.037 361.047 339.807 14 Jammu & Kashmir 1470.3 1468.3 283.5 15 Jharkhand 2258 2033 1349 16 Karnataka 12140 12123 7694 17 Kerala 3011.23 2595.225 2595.225 18 Ladakh 12.454 12.454 7.254 19 Lakshadweep 18 18 18 20 Madhya Pradesh 6853.5 6797 6526 21 Maharashtra 24299.43 23974.73 19877.12 22 Manipur 290 197.27 230.4* 23 Meghalaya 179.12 150.5 65 24 Mizoram 248.99 129.5 102.83 25 Nagaland 303.865 260.028 121.62 26 Odisha 3622.788 3479.528 2809.258 27 Puducherry 564 564 564 28 Punjab 4860.04 4853.6 2110.74 29 Rajasthan 7909.385 7746.633 1747.72 30 Sikkim 69.68 69.68 36.57 31 Tamil Nadu 17843.455 17400.66 9213.436Sl. No. State Generated (TPD) Collected (TPD) Treated (TPD) 32 Telangana 11714 11714 9440 33 Tripura 350.2 350.2 350.2 34 Uttar Pradesh 20114 20114 12675 35 Uttarakhand 1773.4 1723.78 1006.34 36 West Bengal 14072.04 13116.77 3300 Total 185195 179479 114110 * legacy waste has been accounted