Shivani Wadehra is a graduate student at TERI (The Energy and Resources Initiative).
24 Oct 2017 | Shivani Wadehra, Arabinda Mishra
In April 2016, the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change notified the Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, which mandated that waste generators segregate their waste before it is collected. However, there is no compliance with the rules at the household level. This column finds that while information and provision of dustbins leads to source...
27 Sep 2017 | Shivani Wadehra
Delhi generates 8360 TPD (approx.) of municipal solid waste (MSW) per day. Studies have shown that there is a clear linear relationship between per capita solid waste generation rates and income levels for Indian households [Viswanathan, 2006] and that India’s per capita MSW generation rates are likely to keep pace with the economic growth rates [Goel, 2008], which means...
14 Jun 2016 | Shivani Wadehra