India generates the most waste globally, and by 2050, our waste generation will double.
Impact
The proliferation of airless open dumps of garbage leads to emissions of methane.
Leachate, which is a black liquid oozing out from the waste as it slowly decomposes over a period of 25 to 30 years, contaminates soil and groundwater.
Foul odour from the waste rotting in airless heaps, and smoke from the fires that routinely erupt in them, are other consequences of dumping waste in the open.
The earlier landfills are without bottom liners and sideliners, which allows the Leachate to seep into the ground causing ....
