Waste Management and Circular Economy

Abstract

Creating waste is byproduct of ever evolving civilization .due to globalisation and consumerism our management of waste products has been very dismal somewhat alarming.India annually produces 62metric tonnes of waste of which only15present is recycled.Presently in India, about 960 million tonnes of solid waste is being generated annually as by-products during industrial, mining, municipal, agricultural and other processes. Of this 350 million tonnes are organic wastes from agricultural sources; 290 million tonnes are inorganic waste of industrial and mining sectors and 4.5 million tonnes are hazardous in nature