Waste Recycling - Inputs on Solutions
Below are the Key Issues and Root Causes as outlined by you for the lack of effective Waste Recycling in India.
Based on them, kindly help identify specific Solutions to them. Please respond to this post and submit your views as comments.
Thanks for your participation!
Ministry of Urban Development
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Waste Recycling – Issues and Root Causes:
1. Plastic bags are used widely
2. Availability of plastic bags is very easy
3. Lack of enough waste recycling units
4. Waste collection people are lethargic
5. Waste is not segregated properly at source
6. Separate dustbins are not installed in different places
7. Lack of knowledge in people about waste management
8. Lack of technology and infrastructure in this sector
9. No information / guidelines for recycling available
10. Waste recycling is not a priority for the Government
11. No focus on R&D in waste recycling
12. New inventions in this field are not given any importance
13. India lacks the latest technologies for effective waste management
14. Recycling of waste is completely managed by Government corporations which do not allow public enterprises to set up waste recycling units on a large scale
15. Lack of trade agreements with other countries whom we could export our waste materials more