Lok Sabha Question No. 734 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: Solid Waste Disposal System
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Amar Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 734

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2022

## Solid Waste Disposal System

## 734.  DR. AMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) the details of solid waste disposal system in the city of Delhi in light of the increasing air pollution in the winter months, district-wise;
- (b) whether the Ministry is looking at introducing any new innovations to tackle the same considering  municipal  solid  waste  accounts  for  the  majority  of  air  pollution  in  the neighbouring States of Delhi, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of any comprehensive studies undertaken in the last three years to ascertain the sources of such waste and its disposal, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) whether the Ministry has introduced any programmes focused on effectively tackling solid waste?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  The  details  of  solid  waste  disposal  system  in  the  city  of  Delhi,  Urban  Local  Bodies (ULBs)-wise are as under:
- (b)  The  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  under  Waste  to  energy  Programme  has recognized incineration/gasification/pyrolysis as waste to energy conversion technologies for treatment of municipal solid waste and biomethanation process for wet waste
- (c )Annual Reports on status of implementation of SWM Rules,2016 in States/UTs have been prepared, which are available on CPCB website https://cpcb.nic.in/status-of-implementationof-solid-waste-rules/ .

| ULBs of Delhi                      | MSW Generated (in TPD)   | Waste Processing (in TPD)   |
|------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
| South Delh Municipal Corporation   | 3,500                    | 2,000                       |
| New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) | 273                      | 273                         |
| Delhi Cantonment Board             | 72                       | 42                          |
| East Delhi Municipal Corporation   | 2,600                    | 1,300                       |
| North Delhi Municipal Corporation  | 4,500                    | 2,300                       |
| Total                              | 10,945                   | 5,915                       |

(d) As per Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, local bodies and village panchayats shall facilitate  construction,  operation  and  maintenance  of  solid  waste  processing  facilities  and associated  infrastructure  on  their  own  or  with  private  sector  participation  or  through  any agency  for  optimum  utilization  of  various  components  of  solid  waste  adopting  suitable technology including the following technologies and adhering to the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs from time to time and standards prescribed by the Central  Pollution  Control  Board.  Preference  shall  be  given  to  decentralized  processing  to minimize transportation cost and environmental impacts such as:

- bio-methanation,  microbial  composting,  vermi-composting,  anaerobic  digestion  or any other appropriate processing for bio-stabilisation of biodegradable wastes;
- waste to energy processes including refused derived fuel for combustible fraction of waste or supply as feedstock to solid waste based power plants or cement kilns

The Rules stipulate specific criteria to encourage the use of solid waste in the waste to energy plants.  It  has  been  mentioned  that  (i)  non  recyclable  waste  having  calorific  value  of  1500 K/cal/kg or more shall not be disposed of on landfills and shall only be utilised for generating energy, (ii) High calorific wastes shall be used for co-processing in cement or thermal power plants.

The plastic waste invariably forms the part of solid waste. Therefore, for the plastic waste, the key technologies prescribed are (i) utilization of plastic waste in road construction, (ii) Coprocessing of plastic waste in Cement Kilns, (iii) Conversion of plastic waste into liquid RDF (Oil) and (iv) Disposal of plastic waste through Plasma Pyrolysis Technology (PPT).

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