Urban Waste & Disposal

• what has happened to mumbai's waste production since 1999?

  has doubled
• why has mumbai's waste production doubled since 1999?

  due to the rise in population and incomes
• How much waste did Mumbai produce per day in 2016?

  11,000 tonnes of waste per day in 2016
• What happens to lots of the waste?

  • lots of the waste is unregulated
  • and ends up in the river systems
  • Mithi River = highly polluted
• what do some estimates say?

  Mumbai recycles 80% of its dry waste in slums like Dharavi
• What do workers do with waste in Dharavi?

  sift through and sort waste for recycling
• give one weakness of recycling in Dharavi?


  workers sift through and sort waste for recycling without protection & conditions are very poor
• What is Mumbai home to?

  the largest rubbish dump in Asia - Deonar
• how high is Deonar?

  18 storeys high
• how much rubbish does Deonar contain?

  16 million tonnes
• what is the effect of decomposing waste?

  releases gases such as methane and carbon monoxide
• What do rubbish fires contribute to?

  Rubbish fires at landfill contribute 10% of Mumbai's urban air polluted
• is rubbish at Deonar properly regulated?

  no
• what do pollutants do?

  leach out of the rubbish dumps
• What did the BBC report?

  As of 2021, the BBC reported that Mumbai only has one incineration plant
• what were new plans proposed to do and by who?

  proposed by Prime Minister Modi to build more incineration plants

  • HOWEVER, there are worries that it will impact the livelihoods of scrappers who rely on the waste