Solid waste management policy on the anvil

The state government will come out with a policy soon on dealing with solid waste in urban areas.  
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HYDERABAD:  The state government will come out with a policy soon on dealing with solid waste in urban areas.  The first meeting of the state-level advisory board for monitoring and implementing solid waste management rules was held at the Secretariat here on Friday. Officials discussed preparation of a state policy and solid waste management strategy and implementation of the provisions of solid waste management rules.

Municipal administration and urban development secretary Navin Mittal, who chaired the meeting, felt that there was a lot of scope for improvement in solid waste collection in urban areas of the state. The solid waste management policy should lay emphasis on waste reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery and optimum utilisation of its various components. The policy should also provide broad guidelines on integration of informal waste collectors in the waste management system, Mittal said. 

The Administrative Staff College of India will be entrusted with the job of preparing the solid waste management rules. Officials said that apart from GHMC, 26 urban local bodies (ULBs) were processing limited quantities of waste into compost and about 30 ULBs had dry resource collection centres. Lack of suitable place for setting up compost plants, shortage of staff, lack of knowledge and expertise, and non-availability of vehicles were some of the reasons are blamed for the poor performance of some of the ULBs in solid waste management. 

The commissioners of Siddipet and Bhongir municipalities suggested registration of waste pickers.

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