Shivani Wadehra
Shivani Wadehra is a graduate student at TERI (The Energy and Resources Initiative).
Content by Shivani Wadehra
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Publication - Working Paper
Managing waste at the household level: Field evidence from Delhi
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Blog post
Waste management in India: Solving a social dilemma
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...
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Project
Household responses to information, communication of actions of community, incentives on solid waste management actions: A case study of Delhi Households
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...