Call to integrate waste management, promote scientific recycling for sustainable future

October 20, 2012 5:53 am

An integrated approach to the management of solid, hazardous and e-waste, the  environmental damage cost of which is estimated to be over five per cent of India’s GDP ( $32 billion), and focus on promoting organised and scientific recycling of wastes  have become indispensable for a sustainable utilisation of natural resources and their protection from toxic releases.
“The integrated waste management approach, possible only with the active participation of government authorities and all stakeholders would  provide a holistic and viable solution to industries and communities for maximizing recovery of valuable end-products from wastes and minimizing effluents for disposal,” said Ram N Agnihotri, National Head, Hazardous Waste Management & Biomedical Waste  Management, Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd.Addressing the third `Waste management summit 2012’, with the theme `Waste management – solutions for sustainable future’, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), he said, “The lack of technical and financial resources and of regulatory control for the management of wastes in the past have led to the unscientific disposal of wastes in India. They posed serious risks to human, animal and plant life.”

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