Struggles and solutions in waste management from Gurugram: Waste to energy plant/Waste segregation

What is Gurugram's answer to the 40-metre tall Bandhwari landfill?

Municipal authorities have proposed a waste-to-energy plant to handle the mounting pile of waste. The project has been faced with resistance from local communities and activists with fears of pollution in addition to the existing groundwater pollution caused by the landfill.

Many countries across the world have realised the limitations of WTE plants and are now shifting focus to reducing waste and segregating at the source. While waste segregation is implemented poorly in Indian cities by authorities and residents, an apartment complex in Gurugram shows the way. The residents strictly adhere to waste segregation practices and have set up a composting unit that has reduced their contribution to the Bandhwari landfill.

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