Mumbai’s 9000-tonnes of daily plastic waste a major environment issue

Mumbai generates nearly 9K tonnes of plastic waste of non-biodegradable material like plastic, and glass. Obviously, despite promoting the concept of elimination of plastic bags from our lives, the situation remains unchanged. Mumbai has not learnt any lesson from the severe environmental impact of plastic waste that had been seen in the 2005 deluge where its drains, creeks and ultimately the city were choked.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 30 August 2015.

The above information is based on BMC's yet-to-be-released Environment Status Report for 2014-15. As per this report, wastes like plastic, glass, metal and paper account for 17% of the total waste generated everyday while 73% is grains and vegetables.
The worry is about plastic waste since there is no way to process the same.
The two dumping grounds in Mumbai at Deonar and Mulund have reached their full capacity and there is stiff resistance from environmentalists and NGOs over the Kanjurmarg landfill. Obviously, it is a major problem for the BMC and Mumbai has to reduce the amount of waste that the city generates every day.
This dry waste of plastic, paper and glass, is collected and sent to the over 30 segregation centers operated by NGOs and their ragpickers. However, in spite of the best intentions, plastic waste continue to reach the dumping grounds. (Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)


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