Waste Management Mumbai Flashcards
1
Q
Problems
A
20 million population size, increasing by 5% annually
Fertility rate is 2 children per woman
1 million born annually
Deonar dumping ground
2
Q
Where is Deonar dumping ground
A
Shivarji Nagar, eastern suburb Mumbai
3
Q
When was it done
A
1927-2016
4
Q
What was it
A
18 storeys high
16 million tonnes of rubbish
300 acre space
9000 metric tonnes dumped daily
5
Q
What did the waste streams include
A
Service, industrial, waste, household and biomedical but they weren’t separated
6
Q
Social Impacts
A
Life expectancy in adjacent squatter settlement was 39
National average was 67
Respiratory illnesses became common
90% of students said education was negatively impacted
7
Q
Environmental Impacts
A
Air and water pollution
