National Symposium and Release of Report: Legacy waste Management and Dumpsite Remediation

Physical participaton by invite only

Unlined and unscientifically designed landfills -- typically referred to as dumpsites – can lead to irreversible environmental and health hazards, ranging from greenhouse gas emissions, groundwater and surface water pollution and air pollution, to surface fires. Old dumpsites, in fact, are well-known sources of dislocated pollution due to the generation of hazardous leachates and emissions

In recent years, efforts to bioremediate and biomine legacy waste dumpsites has gained traction. The Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 has given a clear mandate to all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in India to complete remediation of their existing dumpsites by 2023 (for cities with less than 10 lakh population) and by 2024 (for cities with more than 10 lakh population) in compliance with environmentally sustainable methods. The country is, therefore, going to take up this massive challenge to remediate millions of tonnes of legacy waste in next two-three years. The technical capacity of the ULBs and other stakeholders would play a pivotal role in remediation of more than 3,000 dumpsites that are holding over 1,300 million tonne of legacy waste and occupying more than 10,000 hectare of precious urban land, and to ensure that such dumpsites are not reborn ever.

The process of bioremediation would also involve gainful utilisation of the extracted fractions of legacy waste and its scientific disposal, as well as re-utilisation of the reclaimed land.

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) invites you to a one-day National Symposium to discuss the issue and release its toolkit -- Legacy Waste Management and Dumpsite Remediation to Support SBM 2.0. A pool of domain experts from the government, industry, research institutes and municipal administrations will join us to talk about the future of dumpsite remediation in India.

NOTE:  This symposium is for waste management practitioners, officials from central and state urban departments and municipalities, urban and town planners, civil society organizations, academia, research institutes, waste management industry representatives, journalists and others. All those who register will receive an automatic confirmation. However, we request you to register yourself at the earliest and reach out to us in case of any queries.

FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT:

Dr. Richa Singh
Dy. Programme Manager
Municipal Solid Waste Management Programme
Centre for Science and Environment,
Email: richa.singh@cseindia.org
Mobile: +91 9920658638