The Hindu 16.12.2011
State in top position in solid waste management
Sadhan K. Ghosh, Chairman of Consultative Committee for
Better Solid Waste Management in West Bengal, said on Thursday that the
country was producing 50 million tonnes of solid waste every year.
Mr.
Ghosh, who is also the coordinator at the Centre for Quality Management
System, Jadhavpur University, told presspersons here that it was
possible to generate 2,000 MW of power from this waste.
Udupi
secured the first place among the towns having a population between one
and three lakh in solid waste management in the country. Towns and
cities had been divided into three categories with regard to solid waste
management.
The three categories were towns with a
population below one lakh, towns with a population between one and three
lakh, and cities with a population above three lakh. Karnataka was in
the top position in the country in solid waste management, he said.
An
international conference on solid waste management would be held in
Mysore on July 16, 2012. Representatives from 11 countries would
participate in it, he said.
Nearly 800 delegates
from the country and abroad would participate in the conference. As
living standards of people were going up, solid waste generated was also
increasing.
The aim of the international conference
was to focus on reducing plastic waste every year and bringing it down
to zero, Mr. Ghosh said.