Lok Sabha Question No. 499 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Municipal Waste Treatment
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: S. Jothimani

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 499

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023

## Municipal Waste Treatment

## 499. MS. S. JOTHIMANI:

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

- (a) the data regarding the quantum of municipal waste generated in the country during the last five years, year-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  amount  and  percentage  of  waste  collected  particularly  plastic  waste,  that  is treated before disposal;
- (c) the details of campaigns conducted to raise awareness and promote clean beaches along with the expenditure incurred on the same by the department and its offices; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to study and prevent marine litter in the country?

## ANSWER

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

## (a) & (b):

Quantum  of  municipal  waste  generated  during  last  five  years  from  2016-17  till  2020-21  is provided in the table below.

| Year      |   Quantity of waste generated(tonnes per day) |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 2020-2021 |                                      160039   |
| 2019-20   |                                      150761   |
| 2018-19   |                                      152077   |
| 2017-18   |                                       43298.3 |
| 2016-17   |                                      119141   |

About  95.4  %  of  solid  waste  has  been  collected  during  the  year  2019-20.  The  quantity  of 34,69,780 tonnes of plastic waste has been generated in the year 2019-20.

(c) MoEF&CC organized a nationwide cleanliness-cum-awareness drive in 75 identified beaches in 10 coastal states namely Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu,  Puducherry,  Andhra  Pradesh,  and  Odisha  under  the  Swachh-Nirmal  Tat  Abhiyan initiative. The Government of India undertook the "Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar (Clean Coast Safe  Sea)"  campaign,  a  75-day  citizen-led  campaign  for  improving  ocean  health  through collective  action  by  removing  15  thousand  tonnes  of  plastic  waste  from  the  beaches  across India's  7500  km  coastline.An  amount  of  Rs.  25  lakhwas  spent  for  conducting  beach  cleaning drives in the FY 2022-23.

The details of funds released to States/UTs under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) for organizing Information,  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  for  creating  awareness  on  solid  waste management are provided as below.

| Mission Phase   |   Mission Allocation (Rs. in Crores) |
|-----------------|--------------------------------------|
| SBM-U           |                              1462.28 |
| SBM-U 2.0       |                              3040.3  |

The details of IEC activities undertaken under SBM are provided in Annexure I

- (d) The National Centre for Coastal Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, has undertaken a study on qualitative analysis of marine litter in different beaches along the east and west coast of India.

To  prevent  littering  of  plastic  waste,  including  marine  plastic  litter,  MoEFCC  has  taken following measures.

- (i) Notified amendment to Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016, in August, 2021 to phase out 12 Single-Use Plastics (SUP) items w.e.f. 1st July, 2022:
- a. Ear buds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene [Thermocol] for decoration;
- b. Plates, cups, glasses, cutlery such as forks, spoons, knives, straw, trays, wrapping or  packing  films  around  sweet  boxes,  invitation  cards,  and  cigarette  packets, plastic or PVC banners less than 100 micron, stirrers.
- (ii) Plastic packaging waste, which is not covered under the phase out of identified single use plastic  items,  will  be  collected  and  managed  in  an  environmentally  sustainable  way through  Guidelines  for  Extended  Producer  Responsibility  notified  on  16th  February 2022.
- (iii) Thickness of Plastic carry bags increased to 120 microns w.e.f. 31.12.2022.

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## Details of IEC activities undertaken under SBM

(i) Behavior change through SBM-Urban: Using traditional, digital, social media campaigns and  intensive  interpersonal  communication,  SBM-U  has  activated  all  categories  of  citizens  community  volunteers,  youth,  students,  home  makers,  senior  citizens,  celebrities,  elected representatives, media and the industry.

(ii) Changing Public Behavior: In order to make people aware of the dangers of open defecation and  to  increase  the  awareness  for  sanitation  and  its  link  with  health  and  productivity,  the awareness  programme  through  various  media,  including  press,  radio,  audio  visual,  cinema, outdoor publicity, exhibitions, targeted campaigns for various section of society etc. is carried out to make a substantial change in the behavior of the public at large.

(iii)  Har  Dhadkan  Hai  Swachh  Bharat  Ki: This activity was  aimed  at  popularising the'Swachhata Anthem' amongst the citizens. The ULBs were requested to screen the 'Swachhata Anthem' on digital screens in at least one prominent public place in the city, with high footfall. This activity has also been included on Swachh Survekshan 2022 under the citizen engagement indicator.  The  activity  was  undertaken  by  1,177  ULBs  across  22  States  and  4  UTs.  The Swachhata  Anthem  was  played  on  614  digital  screens,  626  door-to-door  waste  collection vehicles,  364  events/workshops/felicitation  ceremonies,  312  social  media  post,  414  on  other platforms and around 50,000 views on the YouTube.

(iv) Branding of AKAM circle/roundabout: Under this activity the ULBs were requestedthat in the  spirit  of  the  Azadi  ka  Amrit  Mahotsav,  to  identify  chaurahas/roundabouts  inthe  cities  and beautify these on the theme of AKAM. This activity has also been included as an indicator in the SwachhaSurvekshan 2022.A total of 2,642 circle/ chaurahas/ roundabouts have been identified out of which the AKAM branding and beautification is reported to be completed in 2,219 circles/ chaurahas/ roundabouts across 2,054 ULBs in 28 States and 7 UTs.

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