Lok Sabha Question No. 4229 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-27
Subject: Guidelines for Bio-Mining at Solid Waste Dumpsites
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Jagannath Sarkar, Sunita Duggal, Satyadev Pachauri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4229

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2023

## Guidelines for Bio-Mining at Solid Waste Dumpsites

## 4229. SHRI JAGANNATH SARKAR: SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL: SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI :

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

- (a) whether the Government has issued any guidelines for Bio-Mining at aged municipal solid waste dumpsites for its excavation, treatment, segregation and utilization;
- (b) if  so,  the  total  number  of  Municipal  Corporations  that  have  adopted  Bio-Mining  at dumpsites  in  the  country  during  the  last  five  years,  State/UT-wise  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has information on the volume of solid waste being treated by utilizing Bio-Mining processes across the country;
- (d) if so, the comparative data of waste volume processed with the volume of recovered material (in tonnes) under Bio-Mining during the Financial Year 2022-23 and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government has conducted any study highlighting improvement in the air quality  standards  around  the  dumpyards  after  having  been  reclaimed  through  BioMining; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a): The  Solid  Waste  Management  Rules,  2016,  provide  the  statutory  framework  for management of solid waste in the country. As per the Rules, Local Authorities and Village Panchayats are mandated to investigate and analyse all old dumpsites and existing operational dumpsites  for  their  potential  of  bio-mining  and  bio-remediation  and  wheresoever  feasible, take necessary actions to bio-mine or bio-remediate the sites. Guidelines for the disposal of legacy waste (Old Municipal Solid Waste) were issued in February 2019 by Central Pollution Control Board. The guidelines suggest the methodologies of bio-mining and bioremediationfor  old  municipal  dumpsites,  including  excavation,  stabilization, treatment, segregation / screening and utilization of screened fractions.

(b) to (d): As per Annual Report of CPCB on Solid Waste Management for the year 2020-21, there  3184  dumpsites  out  of  which  234  dumpsites  have  been  reclaimed/capped  and  8

dumpsites have been converted to sanitary landfills. The state-wise details are at Annexure. As  per  available  information  with  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs,  there  are approximately 2203 existing legacy dumpsites having more than 1000 tonne of legacy waste. Under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 it is envisioned to remediate all dumpsites within the mission period. Steps have been undertaken for remediation of a total of 1295 dumpsites. Action plan for dumpsite remediation of 1037 cities has already been approved by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

(e) & (f): As per the Guidelines for the disposal of legacy waste (Old Municipal Solid Waste)  issued  by  CPCB,  legacy  waste  dumpsites  have  ill-effects  like  generation of greenhouse  gases,  pollution  including  leachate  and  landfill  gas  generation,  stench,  risk  of uncontrollable fire,  etc.  The  benefit  of  bio-mining  lies  in  abatement  of  ongoing  and  future pollution andin the recovery and re-use of valuable space.

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## STATEWISEDETAILSOFDUMPSITES

| S.No.   | State             | Total Number ofexistingdumpsites   | Dumpsites reclaimed/c apped   | Dumpsites Converted tosanitaryl andfill   |
|---------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | AndhraPradesh     | 124                                | 1                             | 3                                         |
| 2.      | ArunachalPradesh  | 34                                 | Nil                           | Nil                                       |
| 3.      | Assam             | 45                                 | Nil                           | Nil                                       |
| 4       | Bihar             | 130                                | Nil                           | Nil                                       |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 7                                  | 0                             | 0                                         |
| 6       | Goa               | 8                                  | 1                             | Nil                                       |
| 7       | Gujarat           | 164                                | 0                             | 0                                         |
| 8       | Haryana           | 76                                 | 29inprogress                  | Nil                                       |
| 9       | HimachalPradesh   | 57                                 | Nil                           | Nil                                       |
| 10      | Jammu&Kashmir     | 55                                 | 2                             | Nil                                       |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 41                                 | 2                             | 0                                         |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 191                                | Nil                           | Nil                                       |
| 13      | Kerala            | 41                                 | Nil                           | Nil                                       |
| 14      | MadhyaPradesh     | 326                                | 50                            | Nil                                       |
| 15      | Maharashtra       | 237                                | 141                           | 0                                         |
| 16      | Manipur           | 21                                 | Nil                           | Nil                                       |
| 17      | Meghalaya         | 6                                  | Nil                           | 1                                         |
| 18      | Mizoram           | 21                                 | 1underprogress                | Nil                                       |
| 19      | Nagaland          | 37                                 | 1                             | Nil                                       |
| 20      | Odisha            | 78                                 | Nil                           | Nil                                       |
| 21      | Punjab            | 143                                | Nil                           | Nil                                       |
| 22      | Rajasthan         | 197                                | 1                             | 1                                         |
| 23      | Sikkim            | 2                                  | 1                             | 1                                         |
| 24      | TamilNadu         | 210                                | 23                            | 0                                         |
| 25      | Telangana         | 160                                | 6                             | 1                                         |
| 26      | Tripura           | 12                                 | 1                             | Nil                                       |
| 27      | Uttarakhand       | 34                                 | 0                             | 0                                         |
| 28      | UttarPradesh      | 609                                | 1                             | 0                                         |
| 29      | WestBengal        | 107                                | 1                             | Nil                                       |
| 30      | AndamanandNicobar | 1                                  | 1                             | Nil                                       |
| 31      | Chandigarh        | 1                                  | 1                             | 1                                         |
| 32      | DDDNH             | 3                                  | Notprovided                   | NotProvided                               |
| 33      | Delhi             | 3                                  | Inprocess                     | Nil                                       |
| 34      | Lakshadweep       | Nil                                | Nil                           | Nil                                       |
| 35      | Puducherry        | 3                                  | 0                             | Nil                                       |
|         | Total             | 3184                               | 234                           | 8                                         |

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## Annexure