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Project Detail:
As the fifth largest economy in the world, India has a population estimated at 1.41 billion, with an urban component of 498 million growing at 2.3% annually. Waste management is a public health challenge. India generates about 62 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) annually. Economic and demographic growth in cities have increased the challenges and complexity of MSW management. Collection rates range from below 50% in small cities to 70%-90% in large cities and 22%-28% of waste is untreated. Uncollected waste is openly burned or pollutes land and waterways, while collected waste may be illegally tipped, or ends up in uncontrolled dumpsites. For sanitation, the first phase of the government's Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) eliminated open defecation among 500 million people, alleviating the acute health risks and preventing pollution of land and water bodies. However, maintaining the open defecation-free (ODF) status is a constant challenge, in terms of behavioral and cultural factors, maintenance of sanitary facilities, and equity of access.
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