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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Ghazipur Fire: Experts Call For Faster Remediation, No More Waste Dumping

Ghazipur Fire: Experts Call For Faster Remediation, No More Waste Dumping

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published Published on Mar 31, 2022   modified Modified on Apr 1, 2022

-PTI/ The Wire Science

New Delhi: Days after the fire at the Ghazipur landfill site sent pollution levels in nearby areas soaring, experts on Wednesday said authorities need to speed up the bioremediation of legacy waste at such sites in the capital and build an extensive infrastructure to avoid dumping of fresh wet waste into landfills to prevent such instances.

The Delhi government’s Department of Environment has blamed the East Delhi Municipal Corporation’s “carelessness” for the blaze that broke out on Monday afternoon, turning the sky hazy grey and choking residents in nearby areas.

Environment minister Gopal Rai has directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to impose a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the EDMC and to take action against erring officers.

Experts said that preventing fires at landfills is a two-pronged challenge – legacy waste has to be remediated at an accelerated rate and the dumping of fresh waste has to be reduced.

“We need a very extensive infrastructure for segregation, composting, recycling, and reuse so that uncontrolled dumping of waste does not happen at landfills. Policies and funding are available. The question is how quickly we implement it,” said Anumita Roychowdhury, executive director, research and advocacy, at the Centre for Science and Environment.

“Authorities need to ensure segregated collection and transportation of waste, composting facilities in each and every ward of Delhi and material recovery facilities for recycling and reuse of waste. They will have to optimise all assets for recycling and reuse,” she said.

Bharati Chaturvedi, founder and director of Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group, said the long-term solution would be that the waste does not reach landfill sites. “The law says only inert waste can be dumped at landfill sites. There cannot be a solution if you have the wrong kind of waste in a landfill,” she said.

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PTI/ The Wire Science, 31 March, 2022, https://science.thewire.in/environment/ghazipur-fire-experts-call-for-faster-remediation-no-more-waste-dumping/?fbclid=IwAR2JUiLjOT4twyFoX2VLdCCAvm8wxG2PkV3UUgH5kamYcLKocsk3N5WSnjU


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