Waste and Sanitation in India: Checkpoint 1

Quick checkpoint - five questions on India's waste, Swachh Bharat, toilet use, landfills and waste pickers.

Quick checkpoint - five questions on India’s waste, Swachh Bharat, toilet use, landfills and waste pickers.

Question 1 of 5 Roughly how much municipal solid waste do Indian cities generate daily?

1,500 tonnes 1.5 to 1.7 lakh tonnes 100 crore tonnes None

About half of it is typically biodegradable.

Question 2 of 5 When was rural India declared open defecation free?

October 2014 October 2019 January 2024 Never

The declaration came on Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary.

Question 3 of 5 What did NFHS-5 and independent studies find after the ODF declaration?

Open defecation had fully ended Open defecation fell sharply but persisted among some people Toilets were never built Open defecation increased

Usage, maintenance and behaviour change remain important.

Question 4 of 5 What is biomining?

Mining gold with bacteria Excavating and sorting old landfill waste to recover materials and clear land Burning waste Digging new landfills

It helps cities clear legacy dumpsites.

Question 5 of 5 What do waste pickers mainly do?

Run landfills Collect and sort recyclables, saving cities money Build toilets Set waste policy

Informal waste pickers do much of India's recycling.

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