Mumbai vs UK waste disposal

Question 1

M: waste collection strategy?

Answer 1

there is no strategy for waste collection/ not regulated as can’t afford to (cost of enforcement and set up)

Question 2

how many rubbish bags are collected per day across Mumbai

Answer 2

1 million

Question 3

how many rag pickers are there in Mumbai

Answer 3

36,000

Question 4

example of the recycling district in Mumbai

Answer 4

Compound 13 - illegal and unregulated

Question 5

M: where does the nightly burning of municipal waste take place

Answer 5

at the 100 hectare Municipal Garbage Dump (high levels of particulate matter)

Question 6

M: what percentage of waste is recycled

Answer 6

80%

Question 7

M: how many tonnes of rubbish does Mumbai’s population produce per day and where does most of it go

Answer 7

8,500 metric tonnes

Deonar Landfill site

Question 8

UK: how many tonnes of waste is produced annually and how much of this is from households and businesses

Answer 8

330 million

1/4 from households and businesses

Question 9

UK- how much of household waste is garden waste

Answer 9

20%

Question 10

UK- how much waste gets recycled

Answer 10

only 23%

Question 11

UK- where does most waste go

Answer 11

landfill sites

Question 12

UK- what type of society are we in

Answer 12

a ‘throw away’ society- disposable culture- buy new rather than fix

Question 13

UK- waste motto

Answer 13

‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ - a ‘waste hierarchy’

Question 14

UK- after 2010 authorities are fined how much for every tonne of waste over the prescribed limit

Answer 14

£150 - helps limit the amount of waste

Question 15

UK- what tax goes up annually which helps to encourage recycling in local councils

Answer 15

landfill tax- more expensive to send things to landfill

Question 16

UK- how much did DEFRA supply to local councils to raise awareness for recycling

Answer 16

£13 million

Question 17

UK- how many councils have put in fortnightly bin collections

Answer 17

1/3 (in these areas 30% of waste is recycled or composted)

Question 18

UK- what do we have now to reduce amount of plastic bags

Answer 18

a 5p plastic bag charge

Question 19

UK- in 2006 IKEA put in a plastic bag charge. in the first 3 months how much had the number of plastic bags taken reduced by

Answer 19

97%