Dry waste management encompasses a series of practices to manage the dry component of municipal solid waste in the most efficient manner, aiming to reduce landfill dependency and promote resource recovery. India generates approximately 50,000 metric tonnes of dry waste per day, including plastics, metals, paper, glass, and textiles. Despite substantial resource recovery potential, improper segregation and lack of infrastructure hinder sustainable management.
Exposure to improper dry waste management in India can lead to contamination of drinking water, neurological disorders, cardiovascular problems, and skin and eye irritations.
Dry waste management in India is essential due to its environmental and health impacts, with 0.50 lakh tonnes generated daily from a total of 1.45 lakh tonnes of solid waste. Effective management reduces landfill use and recycles valuable materials, supporting a circular economy.
Management of dry waste significantly contributes towards ESG through a reduction of landfill use, minimization of carbon footprint, improvement in the lives of the working staff involved and through enhancement of transparency and traceability in the supply chain. It also mandates companies to report their progress in the domain of waste mitigation and recycling percentage.
Supports Sustainability Development Goals like :
India’s Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules 2016 emphasize the need for segregation, collection, and management of solid waste, including dry waste. Key regulations include:
These connote a comprehensive set of rules that mandate businesses to adhere to the principle of segregation of solid waste at source. It also provides regulatory guidelines for the companies to facilitate a seamless collection and transportation of the collected waste to recyclers.
This regulatory framework encourages businesses to manage their plastic waste so as to encourage recycling, while also reducing the use of single-use plastics. This includes EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) which requires companies to set up or associate with partners who have adequate waste collection centers and recycling units, failing which companies would be penalized.
This regulatory framework requires companies to accord part of their profit towards different CSR activities, which also include solid waste management. This has emboldened a plethora of businesses towards investing in Collection and Recycling of waste along with the awareness programs.
SZW provides full supply chain management, linking businesses with PCB-approved recyclers. Our largest Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Karnataka sorts 16 MT of mixed dry waste daily. We also run a Plastic Recovery Facility (PRF) and a pioneering Textile Recovery Facility (TRF) in Bangalore and Gurugram.
Saahas Zero Waste integrates modern dry waste management models with the advanced technology for the automation of operations. These include TRACER (block-chain based traceability platfrom), IoT devices, Quality and Vision sensing devices and Management Information Systems (MIS)
Saahas Zero Waste provides consultation and supplies machinery like Balers, Shredders, Grinders, Conveyors, and Vibrating Screeners for waste processing, handling capacities from 500kg to 100 TPD.
Saahas Zero Waste offers advanced customized solutions based on the existing problems and challenges confronted in dry waste management. These problems include lack of awareness, high contamination levels, inefficient segregation, lack of traceability, waste to landfill, lack of data and other dry waste management related issues.
SZW provides advanced technologies that enable seamless tracking of dry waste from its point of origin to final destinations, ensuring full traceability and eliminating any gaps in the waste management process. This ensures transparency, accountability, and optimized flow throughout the entire waste cycle.
SZW conducts comprehensive audits across various aspects of dry waste management, providing actionable recommendations aimed at enhancing operational efficiency, improving traceability, and optimizing resource utilization in the waste management process.
SZW implements a comprehensive reporting framework in its dry waste management operations, enabling the tracking of key performance metrics such as daily production efficiency, inbound and outbound material flows, and other critical operational data. This structured approach ensures transparency, facilitates performance monitoring, and supports continuous improvement in waste management processes.
Management of dry waste involves sorting and baling of dry waste into different categories including plastics, textile, paper, glass, cardboard, etc for their diversion to appropriate end destinations in the form of recyclers, co-processing facilities, etc.
The other name for dry waste is Non-Biodegradable waste, recyclable waste.
Some examples of dry waste are plastic waste, clothes, paper, glass bottles, cardboard, metal waste, packaging materials, tetra paks, etc.
Material Recovery Facility (MRF) is a plant for sorting dry waste into different categories , sometime upto 30+ catergories for subsequent diversion to recycling centers to create new materials and products.
Zero waste to landfill refers to the practice of diverting all waste from landfills through recycling, reuse, and recovery of materials. The goal is to reduce waste volumes and promote a circular economy by ensuring that recyclable or compostable materials are properly processed
The major difference between dry and wet waste is that while the former is non-biodegradable, the later is biodegradable.
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