Lok Sabha Question No. 4088 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Generation of Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4088

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2019

## Generation of Waste

## 4088. SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO:

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

- (a) the details of the total quantum ofwaste generated per year since the last five years in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of waste collected andtreated out of total quantity of wastegenerated in a year;
- (c) whether the Government has introduced any state-of-the-arttechnological innovation in order to productively treat waste collected in thecountry;
- (d) if so, the details of such innovationthereof; and
- (e) whether the Government conducts any awareness events in order to educatethe citizens on  hazards  associated  with  different  types  of  wastes  and  effectivemanagement  of  the same and if so, the detailsthereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a)&(b) According  to  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA),  52.9  Million Tonne  per  Annum  (MTPA)  of  solid  waste  is  generated  in  the  country,out  of  which  46%  is processed. The State/UT-wise details are annexed.As per estimates by Central Pollution Control Board  (CPCB)0.18MTPA  of  Bio-medical  waste  (BMW)  is  generated  in  the  country,  out  of which 97% is treated. Further, 7.17 MTPA of hazardous waste is generated, out of which 91% is recycled or treated and 25,940 tons of plastic waste is generated.

(c)&(d) The Government had comprehensively revised and notified the waste management rules in 2016 onhazardouswaste, E-waste, solid waste, plastic waste, construction & demolition waste and bio-medical waste. The rules emphasize on recycle and recovery and provide  for  technological  options  for  management  of  such  wastes.  The  recycler/  operator/ generator  may  opt  for  any  recycling/  resource  recovery  or  technological  options,after  due evaluation  by  concerned  authorities viz. State  Pollution  Control  Boards/Committees,  Central Pollution Control Board,Local Bodies.

The CPCB in its guidelines for collection, segregation & disposal of plastic waste has prescribed for  technology  solutions  including  utilization  of  plastic  waste  in  road  construction,  coprocessing  in Cement Kilns, conversion of plastic waste into liquid RDF (Oil) and disposal of plastic waste through Plasma Pyrolysis Technology.

Similarly,  the  BMW  Management  Rules,  2016  prescribes  incineration,  plasma  pyrolysis, autoclave/microwave/hydro clave, combination of sterilization & shredding, dry heat sterilization as treatment technologies for category-specific disposal of bio-medical waste.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is undertaking research and development  projects  for  e-waste  recycling/recovery  and  has  set  up  following  demonstration/ pilot projects:

-  Demonstration plant at Bangalore on 'Environmentally Sound Methods for Recovery of Metals from Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) - Phase II'operated by Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Hyderabad and E-Parisara, Bengaluru.
-  Pilot plant at National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur involving physical separation and chemical leaching methods for recycling/recovery of electronic waste;
-  Demonstration plant at Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Bhubaneswaron converting plastics from e-waste to virgin master batch for use in value added products.  The process  is  capable  of  converting  about  76%  of  waste  plastic  into master batch.

(e) The Government of India hosted the World Environment Day (WED) on June 05, 2018. The theme of WED 2018 was 'Beat Plastic Pollution'. Various awareness activities including beach and river clean-ups, exhibitions and school programmes were organized during the event. Further, under the scheme of 'Creation of Management Structure for Hazardous Substances', the Ministry provides financial assistance under for organizing awareness programs and capacity building activities for all waste management rules. Till date,20 Capacity-building programmes and regional consultations have been conducted on waste management rules.

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4088 DUE FOR REPLY ON 04.01.2019 REGARDING GENERATION OF WASTE RAISED BY SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO

State/UT-wise details on Solid Waste generation and processing (till November, 2018)

| S. No.   | Name of State/ Union Territory   | Total Waste Generation (in Million Tons per Annum)   | Total Waste Processing (in percentage, %)   |
|----------|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh                   | 2,330,160                                            | 29%                                         |
| 2.       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands         | 36,500                                               | 52%                                         |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh                | 66,065                                               | 20%                                         |
| 4.       | Assam                            | 413,910                                              | 35%                                         |
| 5.       | Bihar                            | 828,915                                              | 43%                                         |
| 6.       | Chandigarh UT                    | 172,280                                              | 85%                                         |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh                     | 601,885                                              | 84%                                         |
| 8.       | Daman &Diu                       | 11,680                                               | 65%                                         |
| 9.       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli              | 12,775                                               | 0%                                          |
| 10.      | NCT of Delhi                     | 3,832,500                                            | 55%                                         |
| 11.      | Goa                              | 94,900                                               | 65%                                         |
| 12.      | Gujarat                          | 3,702,925                                            | 57%                                         |
| 13.      | Haryana                          | 1,647,610                                            | 17%                                         |
| 14.      | Himachal Pradesh                 | 124,830                                              | 40%                                         |
| 15       | Jammu &Kashmir                   | 501,510                                              | 8%                                          |
| 16.      | Jharkhand                        | 849,335                                              | 42%                                         |
| 17.      | Karnataka                        | 3,650,000                                            | 32%                                         |
| 18.      | Kerala                           | 227,760                                              | 60%                                         |
| 19.      | Madhya Pradesh                   | 2,344,760                                            | 65%                                         |
| 20.      | Maharashtra                      | 8,238,050                                            | 44%                                         |
| 21.      | Manipur                          | 64,240                                               | 50%                                         |
| 22.      | Meghalaya                        | 97,820                                               | 58%                                         |
| 23.      | Mizoram                          | 73,365                                               | 4%                                          |
| 24.      | Nagaland                         | 124,830                                              | 52%                                         |
| 25       | Odisha                           | 992,800                                              | 12%                                         |
| 26.      | Puduchery UT                     | 127,750                                              | 10%                                         |
| 27.      | Punjab                           | 1,496,500                                            | 33%                                         |
| 28.      | Rajasthan                        | 2,372,500                                            | 55%                                         |
| 29.      | Sikkim                           | 32,485                                               | 66%                                         |
| 30.      | Tamil Nadu                       | 5,601,655                                            | 55%                                         |
| 31.      | Telangana                        | 2,690,415                                            | 73%                                         |
| 32.      | Tripura                          | 153,300                                              | 45%                                         |
| 33.      | Uttar Pradesh                    | 6,132,000                                            | 57%                                         |
| 34.      | Uttarakhand                      | 513,190                                              | 38%                                         |
| 35.      | West Bengal                      | 2,810,500                                            | 5%                                          |
| Total/   | Average                          | 52,971,720                                           | 46.03%                                      |

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