CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday imposed a complete ban on burning of waste in open places and announced a fine of Rs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Open waste burning is a widespread practice spurred, in part, by a lack of systematic waste collection. Its diffuse nature – occurring at major landfills, small or remote dumpsites, and individual households – makes it a complex problem to address.

Detailed explanation-3: -Create mass awareness, ensuring public participation in segregation of recyclable material and storage of waste at source. Provide employment through organizing door-to-door collection of waste. Ensure public participation in community based primary collection system.

Detailed explanation-4: -3.1 Incineration Incineration is the high-temperature burning (rapid oxidation) of a waste. It is also known as controlled–flame combustion or calcination and is a technology that destroys organic constituents in waste materials. New techniques are developed for this burning process, used as energy-generating methods.

Detailed explanation-5: -The study also says that Indore has become a champion and number one city in the waste management sector in India through 6-bin source segregation, participation of all stakeholders and good governance, which is helping treat 95 per cent of the waste generated in the city.